On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 12:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I haven't done an install on Debian for about 4 years now. > > I recently played with a few other distriibutions and was impressed with > their ability to do hardware detection auth-magically for me. > > I'm trying to get some feedback on how well Debian performs at being able > to detect (and configure) hardware thats on the existing system. Right > now I don't care if this is on -stable or -unstable or wherever. > I would be nice if it was in the sarge disk-install project, but I'm > trying to be more open-minded then that. > > Is there something that might be available post-install to clean up the > rough edges? > > Specific areas that I'm concerned with are: > cd-rw devices > xconfiguration [snip] > For my needs and from my experiences, Debian makes for a better > mission-critical server than does SuSE. As for the desktop it can be well > argued that once configured it doesn't really change (and hence no need > for really cool hdwe detection tools). > But I'm very curious if the hardware detection/configuration process has > made any headway.
You may want to check out http://www.libranet.com. The previous version is available for free download, and an apt-get upgrade will bring you to sarge/sid. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
