In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, > >I was wondering if I could use Linuxconf on a Debian system? If not, >please explain. I think as new user, it would be nice to have admin. >tool to control most of system config. in one setting.:-)
I had a look at it. The problem is that it: a) scatters file all over the place where they don't belong b) replaces the entire /etc/init.d startup scripts with its own monolithic procedure, thus preventing you from ever upgrading packages that need that stuff again. Also I have the idea that it does something like Sun Netra: I think it stores part of the configuration info in its own files, so if you edit the config files in /etc by hand and you then restart linuxconf it will happily restore the old config over your changes. Ugh. Basically it was designed for Slackware. Mike. -- | Miquel van Smoorenburg \ The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ Just reinstall windows and try again, sir. \ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]