One more question. What is a easy to install but WELL tested and STABLE
binary distro? I'm thinking something that needs a update 2 or 3 times a
year or something.
If you want a *really* well tested and *really* stable linux binary
distro, Debian stable is your friend :D
I have a debian
Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:
One more question. What is a easy to install but WELL tested and STABLE
binary distro? I'm thinking something that needs a update 2 or 3 times a
year or something.
If you want a *really* well tested and *really* stable linux binary
distro, Debian stable is your friend
On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 10:45:46 Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:
One more question. What is a easy to install but WELL tested and STABLE
binary distro? I'm thinking something that needs a update 2 or 3 times a
year or something.
If you want a *really* well tested and *really* stable linux binary
Am 13.11.2011 19:26, schrieb Mick:
On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 10:45:46 Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:
One more question. What is a easy to install but WELL tested and STABLE
binary distro? I'm thinking something that needs a update 2 or 3 times a
year or something.
If you want a *really* well tested
Am 12.11.2011 02:02, schrieb Neil Bothwick:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:45:23 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
What happens when there is that one thing they need to do that needs
root privileges? Do you give them the root password and let them do
what they want, or do you make that one operation
On Saturday 12 Nov 2011 00:42:31 Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:47:31 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
If my ftp server stats are anything to go by, Linux Mint is the one
power users are targeting right now. Number of downloads is a
significant % of number of Ubuntu downloads.
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:42:31 +
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:47:31 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
If my ftp server stats are anything to go by, Linux Mint is the one
power users are targeting right now. Number of downloads is a
significant % of number of
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:44:08 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
The common thread lately is that people using Mint do not want to
change just because for no good reason. Can't argue with that - gnome2
ain't broke so gnome3 isn't the fix. The solution is a fork.
Deja Vu, or should that be Keja Vu?
Dale wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux
on my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type.
I don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig
with a slow CPU and not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to
Install Ubuntu. It's easy to use, and doesn't need to be configured so
much. It's also friendly for beginners and has lots of references on the
web if something break. Also, it's normal look is prettier then Debian.
Érico V. Porto
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com
Érico Porto wrote:
Install Ubuntu. It's easy to use, and doesn't need to be configured so
much. It's also friendly for beginners and has lots of references on
the web if something break. Also, it's normal look is
prettier then Debian.
Érico V. Porto
Then I guess I did OK then. I got
Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 12.11.2011 00:36, schrieb Dale:
[...]
Now to figure out why the windows in Kubuntu have no borders and no
little X to close the window. sighs I hate the little details.
Dale
:-) :-)
That is a typical symptom that the window manager is not running
(probably
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote:
On Nov 11, 2011 5:17 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux
Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:
So, what is a easy to install distro that has
KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy
Well, surely Kubuntu would be a nice choice, but can I suggest
OpenSuse? I installed it something like two years ago (I was curious)
and I liked it. It has a
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:54 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
SNIP
Now to teach him how to update the thing.
Dale
:-) :-)
I'll be interested in hearing how that goes. I had one weekend running
Ubuntu and ended up running away as fast as I could. It wasn't that it
was bad or didn't
Mark Knecht wrote:
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:54 AM, Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
SNIP
Now to teach him how to update the thing.
Dale
:-) :-)
I'll be interested in hearing how that goes. I had one weekend running
Ubuntu and ended up running away as fast as I could. It wasn't that it
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
SNIP
I have noticed the same points you found. I set up the user cutie during
the install. I logged in as cutie then did sudo su -. That got me to root
user. Yeppie ! Then I did passwd and typed in a root password. After
I'll be interested in hearing how that goes. I had one weekend running
Ubuntu and ended up running away as fast as I could. It wasn't that it
was bad or didn't work, but that the management of it seemed so
different from any distro I'd run before that I didn't want to deal
with learning it.
Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:
I'll be interested in hearing how that goes. I had one weekend running
Ubuntu and ended up running away as fast as I could. It wasn't that it
was bad or didn't work, but that the management of it seemed so
different from any distro I'd run before that I didn't want to
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:49:54 +0100
Lorenzo Bandieri lorenzo.bandi...@gmail.com wrote:
I'll be interested in hearing how that goes. I had one weekend
running Ubuntu and ended up running away as fast as I could. It
wasn't that it was bad or didn't work, but that the management of
it seemed
On Friday 11 Nov 2011 07:37:56 J. Roeleveld wrote:
On Thu, November 10, 2011 8:03 pm, Dale wrote:
SNIPPED
Any tips or tricks on Kubuntu anyone? Sort of a basic 'this is how you
update/install something for idiots' type thing. lol
I think Sabayon would be a better option, but if you
Then you must be using a single-user machine. Like your own laptop or
desktop.
sudo is absolutely necessary on any multi-user machine unless you like
security holes.
Instead of bashing sudo, it's better to find out what problem it is
designed to solve, then determine if you have that
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 11 Nov 2011 07:37:56 J. Roeleveld wrote:
On Thu, November 10, 2011 8:03 pm, Dale wrote:
SNIPPED
Any tips or tricks on Kubuntu anyone? Sort of a basic 'this is how you
update/install something for idiots'
Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:49:54 +0100
Lorenzo Bandierilorenzo.bandi...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't use sudo on my rig so it sort of annoys me. ;-) I guess
we have that in common. lol
The update tool is GUI. That's why I think he can do that himself.
A lot like winders in
Michael Mol wrote:
Never used OpenSuse, but I've spent about ten years bouncing between
Ubuntu and Debian. (I started using Ubuntu around either 5.04 or 6.06.
Not sure.) While Ubuntu is usually among the first of the binary
distros to support new things, it's been suffering more and more (and
Am 11.11.2011 21:25, schrieb Dale:
If I copy the WHOLE .mozilla directory from winders to Linux, won't that
keep all their settings, passwords, bookmarks and email? I have done
that on Linux a couple times with little problems. I'm just not sure
about winders to Linux.
I suggest using
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:19:45 -0600
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
ine is a single user machine both for me and my brother. That said,
if I did have other users on my machine, they wouldn't even be in the
wheel group so sudo wouldn't happen either. They would be able to do
user things but
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:10:27 +0100
Lorenzo Bandieri lorenzo.bandi...@gmail.com wrote:
Then you must be using a single-user machine. Like your own laptop
or desktop.
sudo is absolutely necessary on any multi-user machine unless you
like security holes.
Instead of bashing sudo, it's
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:14:57 -0500
Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote:
Never used OpenSuse, but I've spent about ten years bouncing between
Ubuntu and Debian. (I started using Ubuntu around either 5.04 or 6.06.
Not sure.)
While Ubuntu is usually among the first of the binary distros to
Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 11.11.2011 21:25, schrieb Dale:
If I copy the WHOLE .mozilla directory from winders to Linux, won't that
keep all their settings, passwords, bookmarks and email? I have done
that on Linux a couple times with little problems. I'm just not sure
about winders to Linux.
Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:19:45 -0600
Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
ine is a single user machine both for me and my brother. That said,
if I did have other users on my machine, they wouldn't even be in the
wheel group so sudo wouldn't happen either. They would be able to
Am 12.11.2011 00:28, schrieb Dale:
Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 11.11.2011 21:25, schrieb Dale:
If I copy the WHOLE .mozilla directory from winders to Linux, won't that
keep all their settings, passwords, bookmarks and email? I have done
that on Linux a couple times with little problems. I'm
Am 12.11.2011 00:36, schrieb Dale:
[...]
Now to figure out why the windows in Kubuntu have no borders and no
little X to close the window. sighs I hate the little details.
Dale
:-) :-)
That is a typical symptom that the window manager is not running
(probably crashed while loading
Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 12.11.2011 00:28, schrieb Dale:
Florian Philipp wrote:
Am 11.11.2011 21:25, schrieb Dale:
If I copy the WHOLE .mozilla directory from winders to Linux, won't that
keep all their settings, passwords, bookmarks and email? I have done
that on Linux a couple times with
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:19:45 -0600, Dale wrote:
Mine is a single user machine both for me and my brother. That said,
if I did have other users on my machine, they wouldn't even be in the
wheel group so sudo wouldn't happen either. They would be able to do
user things but nothing else.
What
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:10:27 +0100, Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:
Yes, Alan, you're right, I'm on a single-user machine. I apologize, I
should have made it clear. Indeed, I can see that in a multi-users
machine sudo is useful. I just don't agree on the Ubuntu policy of
using sudo instead of root by
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:47:31 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
If my ftp server stats are anything to go by, Linux Mint is the one
power users are targeting right now. Number of downloads is a
significant % of number of Ubuntu downloads.
How much of that is a knee-jerk reaction to Unity, Mint being
Am 12.11.2011 01:27, schrieb Neil Bothwick:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:19:45 -0600, Dale wrote:
Mine is a single user machine both for me and my brother. That said,
if I did have other users on my machine, they wouldn't even be in the
wheel group so sudo wouldn't happen either. They would be
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:45:23 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote:
What happens when there is that one thing they need to do that needs
root privileges? Do you give them the root password and let them do
what they want, or do you make that one operation available to them?
SETUID bit like
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:10:27 +0100, Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:
Yes, Alan, you're right, I'm on a single-user machine. I apologize, I
should have made it clear. Indeed, I can see that in a multi-users
machine sudo is useful. I just don't agree on the Ubuntu policy of
using
Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:19:45 -0600, Dale wrote:
Mine is a single user machine both for me and my brother. That said,
if I did have other users on my machine, they wouldn't even be in the
wheel group so sudo wouldn't happen either. They would be able to do
user things but
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on
my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I
don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with
a slow CPU and not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:25:11 -0600
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux
on my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type.
I don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig
with a
Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:25:11 -0600
Dalerdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux
on my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type.
I don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a
Am 10.11.2011 19:25, schrieb Dale:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on
my brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I
don't want to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with
a slow CPU and not a lot of ram
So, what is a easy to install distro that has
KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy
Well, surely Kubuntu would be a nice choice, but can I suggest
OpenSuse? I installed it something like two years ago (I was curious)
and I liked it. It has a well-done KDE implementation.
Am Donnerstag, 10. November 2011, 21:04:46 schrieb Lorenzo Bandieri:
So, what is a easy to install distro that has
KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy
Well, surely Kubuntu would be a nice choice, but can I suggest
OpenSuse? I installed it something like two years
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on my
brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't want
to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Paul Hartman
paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote:
They have GTK, KDE and XFCE versions
Sorry for my mental slip... by GTK I meant Gnome :) And I left out E17 as well.
On Nov 11, 2011 5:17 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux
on my
brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I
On Thu, November 10, 2011 8:03 pm, Dale wrote:
SNIPPED
Any tips or tricks on Kubuntu anyone? Sort of a basic 'this is how you
update/install something for idiots' type thing. lol
I think Sabayon would be a better option, but if you really want to go
with *buntu/debian:
- Install X
# sudo
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