--- 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
> >
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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.

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