Ed Lawson wrote:
>
> I have just been playing with the "hail" release of Stormix. Thank you Randy.
> It is a great distro for the reason it makes installing and setting up a
> desktop with many useful apps very easy. It is based on the Debian distro and
> has all the advantages that entails. It is really worth checking out and I
> suggest the GNHLUG contact them and get a few of their GPL CDs for "party
> favors". With the easy update features of the packaging system, it would be
> good for schools and similar locations. It is also good for new users..the
> install is up there with Mandrake. I did a basic install off the Stormix CD,
> added packages using the standard Debian CDs, and then used a 28.8 line
> overnight to add all the non-free packages to make a full system for web
> development and update everything. Worked flawlessly. I'm impressed. Has
> both KDE and the Helix Gnome desktops.
>
Don't have experience with "hail" (is it a new version of Stormix?),
but I have used the "rain" version as a base install, then reset the
sources.list in /etc/apt, and did the upgrades to a full debian. Only
problem I had was that "rain" did not have the right info to configure
Xfree for my card (an S3 Trio3D card - problems with most distros).
Good idea of seeing if we can get some "freebies" from them for
prizes.
--
jeff smith
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