On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Paul Christenson [N3EOP] wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro wrote:
>
> > What is the difference between Red-Hat, Debian and Slackware?
>
> Slackware: One of the oldest distributions, and is showing its age.
> Created as a "bugfixed" version of SLS (Softl
On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Dima wrote:
> Also, it's (Slackware's) a great "first Linux" for those who like to
learn swimming in
> the deep end of the pool.
>
Back in the pioneer days, that's all there was...a deep pool.
Time flies like arrows, but fruit flies like bananas
Perry Piplani
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
>Slackware _does_ have a package tool (called, I believe, pkgtool :-)
>albeit simpler (less sophisticated, less capable) than those of
>Debian or Redhat.
>Also Slackware _does_ have interim upgrades, both for new software
>versions and to fix security ho
I would like to supplement Paul's excellent summary in respect to
Red Hat. Red Hat is heavily oriented towards Xwindows. The
installation program configures X very early, and the balance of the
installation uses Xwindow interface. They have several X-based
administration tools that they thi
ost known security problems left untouched.
I don't intend to promote Slackware on a Debian mailing list (I'm in
the process of `upgrading' from Slackware to Debian), but there are
some mistakes in the above.
Slackware _does_ have a package tool (called, I believe, pkgtool :-)
albeit simpl
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On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> I didn't know that Debian can use RedHat packages. Can dpkg do it or do
> I need something more?
It's the 'alien' package.
I didn't know that Debian can use RedHat packages. Can dpkg do it or do
I need something more?
-=-
Daniel Robbins
School of Medicine Computer Services
University of New Mexico
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On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro wrote:
> What is the difference between Red-Hat, Debian and Slackware?
Slackware: One of the oldest distributions, and is showing its age.
Created as a "bugfixed" version of SLS (Softlanding Linux System).
Maintained by one person (Patrick Volkerding
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On This Day, In The Year of Our Lord 18 Mar 97, 13:23
> I wonder if it is possible to upgrade from slackware to debian, and
> keep most of my system. Is there an easy way to do this, or should I
> just fdisk the thing and start all over?
I wouldn't mind finding out myself. I am very new to Linu
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > Any suggestions?
> [...]
> You then need to obtain the non-debian source for dpkg. Once you have this
> compiled and running, you need to "carefuly" install the base system,
> using dpkg -i. Start with ld.so and libc5 and the rest should go smoothly.
Stig,
> I wonder if it is possible to upgrade from slackware to debian, and
> keep most of my system. Is there an easy way to do this, or should I
> just fdisk the thing and start all over?
I recently upgraded from slackware 3.0 (linux 1.2.13) to Debian
(linux 2.0.6) and still have both r
On 18 Mar 1997, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote:
>
> I wonder if it is possible to upgrade from slackware to debian, and
> keep most of my system. Is there an easy way to do this, or should I
> just fdisk the thing and start all over?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Move any packages or libraries that you
I wonder if it is possible to upgrade from slackware to debian, and
keep most of my system. Is there an easy way to do this, or should I
just fdisk the thing and start all over?
Any suggestions?
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