--- Jason DeWitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > apt-get install gnome (installs gnome and all > required stuff, X, all of > it) I usually start off with apt-get install fluxbox > and get something > small on there before I go for gnome or kde just so > I can make sure my > gfx is working.
I would suggest something with a smaller footprint, that can use either KDE or Gome. Try IceWM. > > apt-cache search <program name> (searches for > packages, duh!) > > when I install a debian system, it will ask if you > want to run > packagesel and dselect at the end. I never do this, > that way I have a > bare system and then I apt-get exctally the stuff I > want, not what > somebody thinks I might want. > > Shannon Roddy wrote: > > > Well... I am installing my first debian box > here... as I run away > > from RedHat. Any pointers on using apt? Any > suggestions for > > differences between debian-woody and RH9? > > > > Thanks, > > Shannon > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle An opptimist thinks the glass is half full. A pessimist thinks it is half empty. A realist knows that someone is going to have to wash the glass. I am a realist. I buy plastic drink cups. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
