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From: John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Previ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Debian GNU/Linux User
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: You are a Linux Guru!
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> >
> > "Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions t
On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 10:04:25AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 26/08/2000 (13:33) :
> > I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
> > using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
> > suggested MO is to get the minimal
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 26/08/2000 (13:33) :
> I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
> using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
> suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then
> start adding packages afterwards.
>On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
>> I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
>> using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
>> suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then
>> start adding packages afterwar
Hi,
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> I believe it's possible (and generally recommended) *not* to go about
> using dselect to install packages on installation. My generally
> suggested MO is to get the minimal install set (the default), and then
> start adding packages afterwar
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 10:37:09PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 24/08/2000 (19:20) :
> >
> > FAQ: dselect is being obsoleted. New tools based on apt (capt, etc.)
> > are its replacements. Searching descriptions *is* supported.
>
> Obsoleted it may be in the futu
%% Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
pr> Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (22:46) :
>> I think Karsten means console-apt, which is in unstable:
>> (http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/admin/console-apt.html)
pr> Aha. It's installed and it looks very nice
Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (22:46) :
> I think Karsten means console-apt, which is in unstable:
> (http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/admin/console-apt.html)
Aha. It's installed and it looks very nice! Unfortunately it doesn't look
like one can search descriptions
>I don't like gnome-apt as one has to use the cursed mouse.
err, isn't that enough to file it as a critical bug? :)
hawk
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> But that aside, I searched for capt, but I cannot find it do you have an
> URL?
I think Karsten means console-apt, which is in unstable:
(http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/admin/console-apt.html)
Package: console-apt 0.7.7.2
Text-based user interface for APT
console-apt is an ncurses-ba
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote on 24/08/2000 (19:20) :
>
> FAQ: dselect is being obsoleted. New tools based on apt (capt, etc.)
> are its replacements. Searching descriptions *is* supported.
Obsoleted it may be in the future, but it is still the tool one gets
when installing Debian 2.2
But that a
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 05:26:24PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (15:48) :
> > Don't get me wrong, the Debian installer is very powerful and easy to use
> > for me. I've done countless installs with it. But it's not state of the
> > art.
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (15:48) :
> Don't get me wrong, the Debian installer is very powerful and easy to use
> for me. I've done countless installs with it. But it's not state of the
> art. We should try and be careful to avoid the "Not invented here"
> syndrom
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/08/2000 (15:49) :
> I don't know. I recently had the opportunity to install Debian on a
> server and I went through hell. And I _am_ a Linux Guru! :-) Eventually
> I had to give up and put Mandrake 7.1 on there which installed
> with no problem
Previ wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here is a Press clip about Debian in Aug 2000 edition
> of Chip Magazine here in India.
>
> "Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions to install,
> and that's why anyone who has managed to configure and
> install Debian is considered to be a Linux guru"
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick] wrote:
> I beg to difer...but then again, it's only my opinion based on my
> experiencesmaybe someone else may have differing viewshey it only
> makes us humans!
>
Take for example RAID support which is what tripped me up in this
case. It'
http://www.astro.com.my
> -Original Message-
> From: Jaldhar H. Vyas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:43 AM
> To: Morten Liebach
> Cc: Debian GNU/Linux User
> Subject: Re: You are a Linux Guru!
>
> > YAY! I've allways wanted to
> YAY! I've allways wanted to be that when I grew up!
>
> BTW Debian is about the same in ease of installation as RedHat, SuSE and
> others, but it's so much easyer to understand, end therefore to admin,
> that I prefer it.
>
I don't know. I recently had the opportunity to install Debian on a
s
On 21, aug, 2000 at 02:28:46 +0530, Previ wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here is a Press clip about Debian in Aug 2000 edition
> of Chip Magazine here in India.
>
> "Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions to install,
> and that's why anyone who has managed to configure and
> install Debian
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