From: Alvah Whealton (mindswing@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Jul 04 2004 - 10:33:45 EDT
On Saturday 03 July 2004 05:48 pm, Mark R. Biggers wrote:
> Hello Al,
>
> You might be installing Debian "the hard way" -- or is that the
> standard way :^)? Check out:
>
If its the easy way it still sucks canal water. I try to install it the same
way each time, but something is different. Someties konqueror works,
sometimes it doesn't. That's one example.
> ## For help on lots of Debian subjects
>
> http://DebianHELP.org
>
> ## Try Bonzai Linux - nice graphical Debian Woody installer, w/KDE ready
> ## Use to upgrade to Sarge (what I am using) or Sid (unstable)
>
> http://developer.berlios.de/projects/bonzai/
I have glanced at these things.and I am encouraged enough to go back and
spend more time with them.
>
>
> ## If you just like installing for fun & learning, or an easier way
> ## to try Debian Sarge (next version),
> ## try out the new Debian Installer - will replace Woody's going forward
>
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> I've had such good experience with Debian updates, upgrades and installs,
> *even* on Sarge/testing, that my patience level for foul-ups like 9.0
> => 9.1 SuSE, is really low - commercial distros should just work,
> period ... right?
My experience with upgrading from "testing" has been quite good. But I have
pieced together pards of Woody, Sarge and "testing". Unfortunately, I have
two CD's, supposedly a download of Sarge. The installer bombs every time. I
subsequently used the CD's as apt sources for my hyrid Debian.
My hybrid is doing well. I just wish th OS could find my printer. I have
installed the open circulation Xandros and installed some Debian packages on
it. It's my second hybrid. It isn't pretty, but it prints.
I had an incredible problem with SuSE's installer. I don't think I want to
talk about it.
>
> ( That's a tall order for the world of flaky PC hardware - ever use
> Sun, HP, IBM or other Unix workstations or servers? Then, *you*
> understand "flaky PC hardware", ha ha! )
I'm afraid I never had the pleasure. I have been disabled for 10 years, but
before that I was an IBM Mainframe programmer for 20 years.
> pass that 4-July soda,
>----mark
Thanks, Mark,
I now have some positive leads for this afternoon.
Al Whealton
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Self doubt has proved to be the best decision I ever made. . . .
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