On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:37:21 -0600 Myles Green
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer... looks like it might be interesting. Do you
> happen to know if there is an FTP install?
You can ftp all the packages to a directory and install from that
directory, but there is no fetch the packages on the fly like there is
with gentoo.
The only other flaw I forgot to mention: jbl doesn't provide the
sr_mod.o module, so you will need to customize the kernel to get
support for CD-RW.
The installer found my sound card (esssolo1) and NIC (tulip) without a
hitch, and DHCP is selectable.
I have cups working for my printer as well. USB support is there, but
I can't check it out with my equipment; nor do I know how the system
will fare with SCSI disk and/or PMCIA for laptops.
The only user group is the forum on the jbl site, and the traffic is
pretty light there, but I'm sure the heavy weights on this list can
answer most questions.
Collins
>
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:23:27 +0700
> Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > FYI
> >
> > I think this is the greatest distro ever!!!
> >
> > Except for a very few things omitted from the Desktop+Development
> > install option, the system has everything I could possibly want
> and
> > more (both GNOME and KDE are onboard).
> >
> > Here are some of the good and bad (nothing disastrous).
> >
> > 1) For those of us used to the Sysvinit form of init, the jbl
> approach
> > takes some getting used to. Instead of the directories with Sxxx
> and
> > Kxxx links for each run level, there is a single unified script
> for
> > each run level. You turn on or off scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d by
> > adding/removing execute permission.
> >
> > 2) I like the jbl package stuff, but there is no way to do a
> pretend
> > install. The provided rpm2jbl program works. There is also a
> patched
> > version of check install that works quite well and converts the
> > tarballs to a jbl package on the fly.
> >
> > 3) I had to install a few packages to get the prereqs for xfce,
> > sylpheed, and opera. Some were on the cdrom, some were tarballs,
> all
> > installed without a hitch, as did the afformentioned products.
> >
> > 4) I can't think of much else right now; jbl is darn near perfect
> for
> > my needs.
> >
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