-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/30/08 20:46, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:29:12PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 01/30/08 19:34, Walt L. Williams wrote: >>> I tried using wvdial as it seemed simple, and I want off the >>> Suse system as soon as I can. SuSE 10.3 is really rough >>> and unpolished. I have been looking at the Debian system >>> for a few years now but never made the time to make the >>> move. Using Debian will help me better learn whats under >>> the Linux hood. >> Sadly, I've got to disagree. >> >> The Debian packagers do a *lot* of configuring for you, and the >> stuff Just Works, so I've just not needed to know a lot of the >> innards, and thus have forgotten a lot since I moved from Mandrake >> to Debian. > > Its only getting worse. Just look at the ratio to "unix" type questions > to "point-clicky lindows" type questions on this list.
What a problem to have!! > If you want to get your hands dirty on a great UNIX, try OpenBSD. It > works, its secure, but its not as easy as Debian's install once and just > do one-liner upgrades. OTOH, it screams on my 486 where Etch crawls. FreeBSD might better suite the OP's desire for "guts learning" and still have a full-featured modern system. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHoUXgS9HxQb37XmcRAvVYAJ9CMLXQN0HrLwkUdF+ZvK9SLfN+EwCfcofH tuPZdo6JbJwjWZai0MMtcZI= =/Ypz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
