On Sun, 2001-09-23 at 21:37, Shane Broomhall wrote: > Hi I am new to this List, First day. > I have been using, though not exclusively, linux for about 12 months. > I am hoping now to learn how to use Debian. I have a copy of Storm Linux, > (Boxed Set), that works well on my old Acer Laptop. I am hoping to use it > to > learn how Debian works and update some of its packages from the Debian > packages, i am told this is possible. > > I was wondering if any one knows of any software sepositories on servers > on the web that might hold extra packages or updates for storm. I have > checked their site and they are no longer functioning.
You can happily point your system at standard Debian mirrors and do a 'apt-get update' 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to use more recent Debian packages. You will most likely want the 'unstable' branch of Debian in that case. Find the nearest mirror at http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist and a good look around the Debian site will help you out in configuring your system to use the Debian mirrors - basically adding a couple of new lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list . Regards, Andrew. -- _____________________________________________________________________ Andrew McMillan, e-mail: Andrew @ catalyst . net . nz Catalyst IT Ltd, PO Box 10-225, Level 22, 105 The Terrace, Wellington Me: +64(21)635-694, Fax:+64(4)499-5596, Office: +64(4)499-2267xtn709
