Re: Debian-Progeny

2002-01-10 Thread David Bellows
On Thursday 10 January 2002 06:15 am, S.Ghosh wrote: > Hello, > > Could someone please explain how to set up an external > modem under Debian-Progeny 1.0. Also how is the > printer setup carried out under Progeny. The external > modem worked well under RedHat 7.0 & 7.1. So I am > hoping it will und

Re: Debian-Progeny

2002-01-10 Thread Greg Madden
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 02:15, S.Ghosh wrote: > Hello, > > Could someone please explain how to set up an external > modem under Debian-Progeny 1.0. Also how is the > printer setup carried out under Progeny. The external > modem worked well under RedHat 7.0 & 7.1. So I am > hoping it will under Proge

Re: Debian & Progeny Debian?

2001-09-10 Thread Harold Bibik
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 04:56:14PM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something like: >Would anyone recommend >Progeny Debian instead? I looked at their web site and it looked good - >the matter in question would be - would it be as good for a beginner? >Can anyone give a qu

Re: Debian & Progeny Debian?

2001-09-10 Thread elawson
>Can anyone give a qualitative analysis on Progeny? It seems a mixed bag to me. I have had it install ok sometimes and then not install other times on same hardware. The package manager is not even close to Stormpkg, and the desktop is quirky at times. In other respects it seems quite nice so

Re: Debian & Progeny Debian?

2001-09-10 Thread Kamil Kisiel
The only significant difference I noticed with Progeny was the installer, though this may have been due to the fact that I simply upgraded my Progeny install to Woody almost right after, and then happily upgraded that to Sid... Speaking of the installer, it's not very good (IMO), especially the

Re: Debian & Progeny Debian?

2001-09-09 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 04:56:14PM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > I'm scouting for a Linux distro for a complete newbie who I think will be > interested in Linux. RedHat or Mandrake might be easy to install, but the > mere fact that they ship with a broken compiler that breaks almost anythi

Re: Debian & Progeny Debian?

2001-09-09 Thread dman
[ wrap you text at around 72 characters, please ] On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 04:56:14PM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: | I'm scouting for a Linux distro for a complete newbie who I think | will be interested in Linux. RedHat or Mandrake might be easy to | install, but the mere fact that they shi