Re: distribution archives became unusable

2024-03-06 Thread Darac Marjal
On 06/03/2024 08:09, Harald Dunkel wrote: Hi folks, the repositories listed on https://www.debian.org/distrib/archive have been signed using expired keys. Unfortunately this page doesn't deal with this problem. Do you think this could be improved? No, I wouldn't have said so. The packages we

Re: distribution model, in search of vision

2019-09-09 Thread Lee
On 9/9/19, H. E. Çitak wrote: > Well accepted 3 variations of Debian is the norm. live CD version is there. > When I made the transition to old laptops the wireless adapter was > consistently a problem, so I moved to derivatives because I could install > them as OS. They have their own strengths a

Re: [OT] Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-16 Thread Florian Kulzer
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:27:54 + Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 02:13:51AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:59:08 +0100 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Joey Hess wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: I wo

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-16 Thread Magnus Therning
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:47:01AM +1100, Star King of the Grape Trees wrote: >Magnus Therning wrote: > >>On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:39:01AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: >> >>> Where is the list of installed packages kept on >>>these systems, if I can store a list I can make a script out of it and

Re: [OT] Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:27:54 + Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 02:13:51AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:59:08 +0100 > >Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Joey Hess wrote: > >> > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> > > >> >>I

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-15 Thread Star King of the Grape Trees
Magnus Therning wrote: On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:39:01AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: Where is the list of installed packages kept on these systems, if I can store a list I can make a script out of it and more quickly return to where I was if a cd reinstall is necessary using that script to

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-15 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1142354731, Thomas Jollans wrote: > If not, this is a good time to make coffee unless your > internet connection is based on *insert super fast > technology that is used by no debian mirror here* My commercial ISP hosts a debian mirror so I get blazing speeds at home: and I work at a UK Univ

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-15 Thread Magnus Therning
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:39:01AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: >First thanks much for the steps for doing this upgrade. So far as I >can tell, it's not possible to rebuild gnome with all the accessibility >bits included without first being on an unstable distro first. Second >the Xwindows interfa

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-15 Thread Florian Kulzer
Jude DaShiell wrote: [...] Where is the list of installed packages kept on these systems, if I can store a list I can make a script out of it and more quickly return to where I was if a cd reinstall is necessary using that script to download the missing packages? I think

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
First thanks much for the steps for doing this upgrade. So far as I can tell, it's not possible to rebuild gnome with all the accessibility bits included without first being on an unstable distro first. Second the Xwindows interface once I get it talking may enable multimedia access conssole

Re: [OT] Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-15 Thread Magnus Therning
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 02:13:51AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: >On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:59:08 +0100 >Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Joey Hess wrote: >> > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> > >> >>I would go so far as to say that "Debian Unstable" is an oxymoron. >> > >> > >> > From WordNet

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix problems and avoid doing unattended updates or something like that ;) I'm curious about this. I've bee

Re: [OT] Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:59:08 +0100 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > >>I would go so far as to say that "Debian Unstable" is an oxymoron. > > > > > > From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]: > > > > unstable > > ... > > 6: subj

[OT] Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
Joey Hess wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: I would go so far as to say that "Debian Unstable" is an oxymoron. From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]: unstable ... 6: subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following t

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Joey Hess
Florian Kulzer wrote: > I would go so far as to say that "Debian Unstable" is an oxymoron. From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]: unstable ... 6: subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup" [s

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Magnus Therning
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 04:45:31PM +0100, Thomas Jollans wrote: >On Tuesday 14 March 2006 11:39, Magnus Therning wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:16:02AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: [..] >> Step two is to edit /etc/apt/sources.list. This is the relevant part of >> mine: >> >> deb http://ftp.uk

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:05:56 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:27:07 +0200 > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think many from this list recalls the yaird issue which made an > > unbootable initrd. I got "hit" directly :) Though I l

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:27:07 +0200 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think many from this list recalls the yaird issue which made an unbootable > initrd. I got "hit" directly :) Though I learned to *always* keep a second > kernel installed it still counts as a break. Good point,

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:42:47 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix > > problems and avoid doing unattended update

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > ive been running sid for 4 to 5 years and there have been glitches > (maybe severe ones once a year), but by-in-large if i want to try new ^^^ The term is actually "by and large" and it is actually a nautical term. Though, t

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Florian Kulzer
Clive Menzies wrote: On (14/03/06 10:42), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] I'm curious about this. I've been running pure sid for over a year and have never had anything break . What is people's experience with

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:42:47AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix > > problems and avoid doing unattended updates or something

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/03/06 10:42), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix > > problems and avoid doing unattended updates or something like that ;) > > I'm curious

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix > problems and avoid doing unattended updates or something like that ;) I'm curious about this. I've been running pure sid for over a year an

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread steef
Jude DaShiell wrote: What would the steps be to go from sarge stable to sarge unstable using apt-get? For now I'm restricted to console mode until or unless I figure out how to get debian's xwindows interface talking. you put two questions. the first is: how to get xwindows working; and 2.

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Tuesday 14 March 2006 11:39, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:16:02AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >For now I'm restricted to console mode until or unless I restricted ? I see no restrictions here. Just a little less eye candy *lol* > > First off, Sarge is the stable release

Re: distribution upgrade question

2006-03-14 Thread Magnus Therning
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:16:02AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: >What would the steps be to go from sarge stable to sarge unstable using >apt-get? For now I'm restricted to console mode until or unless I >figure out how to get debian's xwindows interface talking. First off, Sarge is the stable rel

Re: Distribution Upgrade

2004-04-17 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Curtis Vaughan wrote: When doing a distribution upgrade I got a message telling me to issue the following command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cut -f1 -d in order to find out the parameter for "install =" in /etc/lilo.conf By issuing the command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cu

Re: Distribution Upgrade

2004-04-16 Thread dircha
Curtis Vaughan wrote: So, before I reboot, I just want to be sure that I have lilo.conf set up right. What specifically should I do? Remove the install= line, or put something like install=menu.b? Yes, you should be able to safely remove the 'install=' line if you have upgraded to LILO > 22.3 a

Re: Distribution Upgrade

2004-04-16 Thread Curtis Vaughan
So, before I reboot, I just want to be sure that I have lilo.conf set up right. What specifically should I do? Remove the install= line, or put something like install=menu.b? Curtis Vaughan On 15 Apr, 2004, at 17:24, dircha wrote: Curtis Vaughan wrote: When doing a distribution upgrade I got

Re: Distribution Upgrade

2004-04-15 Thread dircha
Curtis Vaughan wrote: When doing a distribution upgrade I got a message telling me to issue the following command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cut -f1 -d in order to find out the parameter for "install =" in /etc/lilo.conf By issuing the command: readlink /boot/boot.b | cut -f2 -d- | cu

Re: Distribution tailored for education

2002-12-21 Thread Chris Lale
> Chris Lale wrote: Deryk Barker wrote: What I was wodnering was this: it seemed a good idea to produce our own distribution which we could hand to the students (particularly the first years, some of whom have very little experience) for them to install on their home systems and have the same desk

Re: Distribution tailored for education

2002-12-10 Thread Chris Lale
Deryk Barker wrote: What I was wodnering was this: it seemed a good idea to produce our own distribution which we could hand to the students (particularly the first years, some of whom have very little experience) for them to install on their home systems and have the same desktop setup as at sc

Re: Distribution tailored for education

2002-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Deryk Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.10.0420 +0100]: > What I was wodnering was this: it seemed a good idea to produce our > own distribution which we could hand to the students (particularly the > first years, some of whom have very little experience) for them to > install on thei

Re: Distribution tailored for education

2002-12-10 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Hello. My situation is much similar to yours. We badly need a way to make it possible to install a given custom subset of Debian by people with almost no Linux (or even general computer usage) experience. Additional requirement here is that everything should be in russian. Not a single english

Re: distribution version numbering

2001-10-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Aurelio Turco wrote: > As for the meaning of an increment in any of the other two components > I have not been able to find any documentation. That's because there is not one. > Could some kind soul outline what the meaning of an increment in the > other two components is, or

Re: Distribution Download

2000-08-04 Thread romeu
TED]Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ahoo.com>cc: Debian User List Enviado Por: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Assunto: Re: Distribution Download .

Re: Distribution Download

2000-08-03 Thread cam
When I was at school and behind a firewall...BulletProof FTP worked fine for dowloading...see if that works for ya. Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to download the entire distribution of linux from ftp.debian.org. > What (windows) program should I use for this purpose? I mean, I want to

Re: Distribution Download

2000-08-03 Thread Sven Burgener
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 05:51:39PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No I'm not crazy. Just the potato and woody bin for i386. I think I'm > almost setting up CuteFtp to bypass the firewall. After all, I have up to > 24 Gb of free disk space. If you experience problems with FTP, try the "pass

Re: Distribution Download

2000-08-03 Thread romeu
No I'm not crazy. Just the potato and woody bin for i386. I think I'm almost setting up CuteFtp to bypass the firewall. After all, I have up to 24 Gb of free disk space.

Re: Distribution Download

2000-08-03 Thread Gary Hennigan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to download the entire distribution of linux from ftp.debian.org. > What (windows) program should I use for this purpose? I mean, I want to > select the directory ftp.debian.org/debian and download it all with just > one click. I tried CuteFtp, but it does not d

RE: Distribution

1999-04-02 Thread David Nelson
Try http://www.debian.org. It's there for downloading if you want (50 to 250 Meg, depending on what you want... or more!) or there are links to where you can order it. Price: a few dollars to receive it on CD, but the OS is free. HTH, David -Message d'origine- De: khaled samy [SMTP:[

Re: Distribution

1999-04-02 Thread dyer
khaled samy wrote: > Dear Gentlemen! > > I heard about your quite amazing OS and had the following questions > about it: > -I'd like to get it; can I get it from you? > -What are the conditions if I buy it? > -May you send me some information to my e-mail address at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsu