I just apt-get upgrade (ed) Mepis. Seemed to go fine, even though I answered the questions sort of randomly. Still chugging along, desktop seems fine, openoffice works, moz, etc.
Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Tortorich Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [brlug-general] newbie distro I just happened to be in Mepis installing mono to test porting some work code over (just to see if it compiles, although I probably have things I SHOULD be doing). It looks like by default it points to ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free, which I think is just the normal debian repository. Im doing and apt-get upgrade now for the hell of it. Ill let you know what it breaks. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Baudouin Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] newbie distro Can't vouch for the others, but for ubuntu they have their own repositories and it is neither safe nor recommended to use the standard debian ones. For example, using Ubuntu, you would break your entire X system if you switched over to debian's repositories and did an apt-get update then upgrade. On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:51:56 -0600 (CST), -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for all the input. I'm going to try out Mepis since i don't need > the MS compatibility.... so do these debian based distros have their own > apt repositories for updates? Is it safe/recommended to use the standard > debian apt repositories? > > ray > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > > Agreed, but the procedure in Ubuntu to install this is > > non-straightforward and involves searching forums. Same with > > installing xmms and mp3 support. Also IMHO the use of xfree vs xorg > > pulls me away from ubuntu. > > > > Andrew > > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:31:05 -0600, Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In other words, it's a violation of the GPL to write or distribute > >> software that makes uses of patented algorithms, so there's really no > >> such thing as a _Free Software_ DVD decryption in the US. That's why US- > >> based distributions can't/won't include DeCSS. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
