Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:26:29AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Francis Pineda wrote: > > 2. Where is Debian located? I understand there are over 800 > > distrubuters nationwide that communicate via e-mail and message > > boards. But is there a specific "home" to debi

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Francis Pineda wrote: (It's recommended you turn your line wraps on to 72 columns for the comfort of the people reading your messages) > I am currently a computer networking student researching different > flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have > sh

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Michel Loos
Em Ter, 2002-02-19 às 04:11, Gustavo Noronha Silva escreveu: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700 > "Francis Pineda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the > > home-user > > looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the powe

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread ben
On Monday 18 February 2002 10:29 pm, Francis Pineda wrote: > Greetings Debian Community! > > I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours > of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research > Debian. He says it's, "Really Cool" I find it ve

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Oki DZ
Greetings Debian Community!   I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux.  From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian.  He says it's, "Really Cool"  I find it very appealing and hope to install it as soon as m

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Gary Turner
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700, Francis Pineda wrote: >Greetings Debian Community! > >I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of >Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research >Debian. He says it's, "Really Cool" I find it very

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700 "Francis Pineda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user > looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user? "From professionals to professionals", I don't think Debian is home-

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 00:29, Francis Pineda wrote: > Greetings Debian Community! Greetings! > 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user > looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user? Supposedly it's the home user, but considering the dif

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Isabelle Hurbain
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 07:29, Francis Pineda wrote: > Greetings Debian Community! > > I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours > of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research > Debian. He says it's, "Really Cool" I find it very