I've used Unix and other Linuxes for some time now, but I am just starting to
use Debian. What documents should I read and in which order to get up do
speed on how Debian does things? Would it be better to read a book? If so,
which one?
I particular, I am interested in:
- Setting up X.
- Setting up mail (end user not server) i.e. I have an ISP that stores my mail
and forwards it.
- Recompiling the kernel
- Setting up sound (either OSS or ALSA)
- Debian tips and tricks - I found out about alternatives on this list. Cool
idea.
- Debian uses a lot of indirection. Ex. The contents of /etc/modules/ALSA
gets plunked into modules.conf after update-modules is run. Where is stuff
like this documented?
Some things I've run into already.
Both the alsa source and kernel source were installed as packed files. Why
didn't apt-get unpack them for me?
I finally figured out where the were. How was I supposed to know where
apt-get put them?
Under Mandrake, the standard module drivers for the Crystal sound cards have a
really annoying click every time a sound is played. Is this true for Debian?
I've been trying to get ALSA set up. From searching the web, it looked like
pervious kernels had matching alsa-modules-(kernel version number) packages.
alsa-cache search doesn't find one for 2.2.17 (potato). It looks like I've
got to build them. Why the change?
Thanks,
dar
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