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From: "James Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: [scottish] Debian (almost first time user) recommendations for
a book and hints
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, William Anderson wrote:
> >
> > ... I upgraded my vaio from deb 2.2r3 to progeny 1.0 by editing
> > /etc/apt/sources.list, and doing an apt-get -f dist-upgrade ... a couple
of
> > hours later, I was running progeny!
> >
> > powerful stuff.
> >
> > --
>
> How does Progeny compare with Debian itself? Is it as reliable and as
> "serious"?
it still feels like debian (obviously) and builds on woody, so it's quite
stable. as for a seriousness factor, i dunno ;) haven't used it long
enough to play really.
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_ __ ___ _ _ _ __ ___ @well.com William Anderson www.well.com/~neuro
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