Which laptop (model), if may I ask? 2010/12/4 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]>
> Hi all, > > I know this might sound as spam, but it ain't ! I would like to send kudos > for a > new success of Debian I enjoyed yesterday, when I got the duty to save my > girlfriend's old laptop from the evils of MS XP. > > So I first did a backup of her files and then decided to try the latest > Debian > Live on a USB key: it worked perfectly; although I had to know if her > laptop was > i386 or amd64: I would have loved a bi-arch live hd image. But it worked ! > Hence > kudos to [email protected] ! > > Then, after enjoying that everything was working out-of-the-box (X, wifi, > …) I > downloaded the debian-installer-launcher, which also worked perfectly > (beside > one useability bug: #605401). And the installation felt _very_ fast: it > took > something like 15 minutes to complete the install. Hence kudos to the > debian- > installer-launcher maintainers ! > > Then I rebooted and wanted to make sure the box was uptodate, which failed > as > the /etc/apt/sources.list only contained lines for the "CD". Other than > that, > everything fine. > > Then, as my girlfriend is an intensive iPod user, I had to make it at least > accessible from Debian; but Rythmbox was already there, doing the job: > great ! > Hence kudos to Rythmbox and libgpod maintainers ! (Please forward to others > if > needed !) > > All-in-all, I am very disappointed by such a success: I had almost nothing > to > fix nor tweak to get Debian on her machine: almost everything went smooth. > > Keep up the good job ! > > Cheers, > > OdyX > -- > Didier Raboud, proud Debian Maintainer (DM). > CH-1020 Renens > [email protected] > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my
