Re: Please help
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 11:06:50PM -0500, Ryan Collins wrote: Someone for the love of GOD, help me. Sure! I've installedDebian 6.0(squeeze) on my dell inspiron 6000. All I have to show for it is a shell. I've looked all over and read countless entries on ways to load a gnome desktop, but nothing I try works for me like it has others. Im brand spanking new to Linux, but im beginning to at least understand how things need to be typed in order to make the magic happen, but it hasn't happened for me yet. I think I may have installed a server version, but there is a way around that right? What options did you select during the installation? The desktop system should be the default setting (honestly I shouldn't say that since I am still running Lenny here but did install Squeeze once when it was testing). If you could provide us with more information that would be more helpful to us all. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110304045559.GA2586@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop
Ps - as much as I dislike redhat, sles takes the cake for the worst corporate *nix imo. What don't you like about SLES? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110228232032.GA19643@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: Sync KOrganizer - Google Calendar
how to sync KOrganizer with Google Calendar? Both ways? What have you tried so far? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110226173404.GA7694@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: best labtop for debian
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:27:44PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 01:33:21PM -0500, Petrus Validus wrote: on them. The only trouble I have with mine is getting the SD card slot to work and the fingerprint reader working but since I am not Agent 007 I don't think I really need to worry about the latter. I wouldn't fancy losing a finger just because some thug thinks he can gain access that way. Touche. :) -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110223154209.GA3849@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)
I interpret the if used correctly bit to mean using the GMail web interface, not a 3rd party client such as Evolution or Mutt. Am I correct in this interpretation? No, I mean, AFAICT, IMAP was not designed for this paradigm (same message present in different folders/tags/views/whatever). I've also come to that conclusion. I think we're saying the same thing just different words (maybe?). It looks like to me this paradigm was designed for use on Gmail's own interface and that's it. Mutt with the correct macros and folder-hooks can be bent into adapting to Gmail's style, mostly... I'm still new to Mutt so I will have to look into this much further, not to mention doing some manual reading. Unless I'm missing something it does *not* do what I want, but I worked around it with mutt macros (see my other post). Heh...I noticed that too. I'll take a look at your post. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110222141812.GA5365@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)
Get away from the web interface. Install Icedove/Evolution/Mutt and use Google's IMAPs interface. I use Evolution and Mutt with Google's IMAP interface. It works nicely but I've noticed this quirky behavior when using a client via IMAP. My messages appear in multiple places at the same time. For instance I'll have new mail display in Inbox, All Mail (where *everything* is), and then in the individual labels (or folders). Pretty funky. At first I just thought it was an Evolution thing, but I've tested it with Outlook 2003, Thunderbird, and Mutt. I am assuming that each message isn't actually being delivered three times and just listed in different folders within the account. Is there a way for this to be disabled and subsequently have messages be displayed in their specific folders...or is this just how Gmail works? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110221175956.GA10784@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: best labtop for debian
Any takes on this? What about the Satellites? Support for Satellites can be hit or miss, I've had better luck with the Tecra series. I have 3 of them here at the house and Debian works great on them. The only trouble I have with mine is getting the SD card slot to work and the fingerprint reader working but since I am not Agent 007 I don't think I really need to worry about the latter. The SD slot would be *very* nice actually. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110221183321.GA18615@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)
Is there a way for this to be disabled and subsequently have messages be displayed in their specific folders...or is this just how Gmail works? This one of the better innovation brought by Gmail, if used correctly. I interpret the if used correctly bit to mean using the GMail web interface, not a 3rd party client such as Evolution or Mutt. Am I correct in this interpretation? Unfortunately it's not very usable via IMAP. I read somewhere in my travels across the Web today while researching this that Google only has partial implementation of IMAP. I don't know how accurate that is since I don't the underlying details of this protocol. Example: How do I tell mutt to tag the message as read in All Mail when I delete it (archive in Gmail speak) from Inbox? There's a Gmail Labs thing that has extensive IMAP controls which will do that. Another poster suggested that to me. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110222012645.GA4861@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)
Hmm, as far as I understand, a message is always present in [Gmail]/All Mail', unless moved to [Gmail]/Trash or [Gmail]/Spam. New mail (not filtered) goes to my Inbox. If I want to get rid of it for good I move it to [Gmail]/Trash, but if I want to archive it I just delete the Inbox tag for it, since the mail still has the All Mail tag. Yes. The way Gmail works is different to say the least. Maybe this is mutt specific, but if I just delete the mail from Inbox in All Mail the message is still marked as unread (a.k.a new). I experience this same issue when using other clients, notably Evolution, Outlook, and Mutt. I end up with a lot of duplicate messages even though there is only one original message delivered to my Gmail account. This makes things confusing. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110222013832.GB4861@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?
I'm afraid you missed a lot of news last weeks/month. MySQL, Solaris, OpenOffice (which now became to Oracle OpenOffice).. I heard a little bit about this briefly, but somehow missed the bit about MySQL. What will happen with that? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110216003429.GA7978@Neuron.8EEWS
Re: (no subject)
On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 16:43 +0500, ktauhidu wrote: Good day! I have a laptop Acer Aspire 5520g on it does not work the microphone. Tell me how to fix the problem. How about you tell us more information first. What have you done to fix the problem? Do you have any error messages to report? Also, not to be a jerk but demanding answers from people on this list (or other technical lists) isn't going to get you too far. We're not here to do your homework for you. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1295959132.926.6.camel@Axon.8EEWS
Re: Debian question
On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 19:03 -0600, Kimberly Harvey wrote: I have installed the django into the linux-Debian on my machine. I ran the linux program, and a black screen pops up asking for the root password. I did that, then the next thing it shows is the Debian:~# What does that mean? The pound sign means you're logged in as root. Be careful what you do. I am trying to go into the Django site where it has the internet, the terminals, etc. So how can I access that?? I don't know...did you read the manual? Sometimes that helps. :) -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1295746192.18056.3.camel@Axon.8EEWS
Re: GMail backup on debian
What are other people using when there gmail mailbox is becoming big ? I currently have three Gmail accounts configured in Evolution on this Lenny box. I will annually log into the webmail interface and archive _everything_ from the year before into the All Mail folder. Next time I log into Evolution only the mail from this year is visible. It's much faster I've noticed. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1295272854.3995.3.camel@Axon.8EEWS
Re: transition from Ubuntu - Debian to avoid Unity Desktop?
Can I escape Ubuntu to Debian? Sure! 1. Is Debian defaulting to the Unity Desktop too? (please say no) No. Well...as far as I can see into the future Debian won't be defaulting to it. It might be included in some repo somewhere down the road. If I recall correctly there was a decent discussion on Unity and Debian here on this list sometime at the end of last year. 2. How can I make a transition to Debian from Ubuntu? So I need to change my apt repositories and then do what else? If glibc or the kernel headers are new, I'll have to recompile everything I've built, but that's OK. When I transitioned from Ubuntu to Debian this was 4 years ago and I just backed up my data to DVD, did a clean install, and then restored my data. Not sure if this answer helps you much... 3. If I make this change Ubuntu - Debian, will I end up back in Nvidia Hell where the OS updates frequently break the commercial/proprietary video drivers? I understand that nouveau is providing reasonable 2D for Nvidia cards, but my job requires the 3D support that seems available only from the commercial driver. I did not experience problems using the Nvidia driver and updating Debian. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1295289250.4969.16.camel@Axon.8EEWS
Changing default size of gnome-terminal when launching terminal apps
Hi all, I have a launcher on my Gnome panel to check my email in Mutt. My problem is when launching Mutt the gnome-terminal window is 80x24. I always end up resizing my window to 80x60 for more space. I know if I were just launching a normal instance gnome-terminal I could adjust its default size in its respective launcher properties under the command section: gnome-terminal --geometry=80x60 But this does not fix my problem. How do I fix my Mutt's gnome-terminal to be set at 80x60 by default? TIA, -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110110034655.ga...@axon.8eews
Re: Changing default size of gnome-terminal when launching terminal apps
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:48:49AM +0800, BOYPT wrote: gnome-terminal --geometry=80x60 -x mutt ? That works! Thanks. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110110035551.gb...@axon.8eews
Re: Sound recording in Debian Lenny
On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 15:44 +, Lisi wrote: I am after something from never-never land, but I live in hopes. I need a sound recorder, and would prefer that it be in Debian Lenny, but a dual-boot would be possible. It must fulfil the following criteria: snip Interesting requirements to say the least. I have searched online both in the list of Debian packages and via Google, and have used aptitude search and, for luck, aptitude show. Krec, Audacity etc. are non-starters because they assume that you would know how to use at least a simple mixer. I don't. I simply couldn't work out how to work them, partly because I did not even know the vocabulary. If you can install Debian you can use a mixer. Have you visited this page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_audio_software#Recording.2C_editing_and_mastering Unfortunately I don't know too many recording apps off the top of my head that meet your criteria. I was going to suggest Audacity. For basic audio recording that does the job. It certainly isn't a full-featured DAW like Ardour, Cubase, or Pro-Toolsnot that your husband needs those anyway. Debian Lenny is what my husband has currently on his computer. He doesn't like change. He is using KDE 3. I am about to set up Squeeze with Trinity to see whether I think that it has come of age. But meanwhile, Lenny it has to be. This shouldn't be a problem. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1294244806.9344.13.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: Sound recording in Debian Lenny
The Lexicon Alpha and Omega use USB 1.0 and thus work with Linux Etch, Lenny, and Squeeze; a two- or three-line configuration file may be needed to make the Lexicon the default sound device. With Ubuntu 10.10, both are fully plug-and-play. This is exciting to hear that such interfaces have out of the box compatibility. What about other units like the MBox2 and various M-Audio interfaces - do they have the same level of Linux compatibility as the Lexicon units? Last I heard, which was about 1-1.5 years ago, the DigiDesign MBox2 was a no-go and M-Audio external interfaces were hit or miss. Thanks. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1294267912.10689.47.ca...@axon.8eews
Question about Evolution weather calendar
Hi All, I am running Lenny and I use Evolution. In the calendar part of the app, there is on the left-hand side pane, Weather but with nothing under it and it can't be clicked on to show anything. From what I've read about it should show the weather. I have the plugin installed and enabled...but there is nothing. What's going on? Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. TIA -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293728666.17779.8.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: Question about Evolution weather calendar
If properly configured (add a new calendar, type weather and select your city... in lenny there not many places available :-?) it should display the current temperature of the selected location in the top of the day (center/main panel). I followed your instructions just now and it worked! Very cool! :) What's going on? Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Have you setup the calendar and see nothing? :-? Apparently I just had the plugin installed and enabled, but *not* configured. Your instructions fixed that. Thanks, Camaleón! -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293736387.17779.12.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: Installed Debian today.
* bugs in ubuntu 10.x release Bugs are unavoidable. * unbootable iso images of ubuntu Maybe there's a problem with your CDs or burning application? * Crap theme in 10.x You can change that. * Madness of ubuntu which is trying to create MAC - OS type look and feel Two responses: 1-See previous response. 2-I don't think it's that bad, quite frankly. Apple's interfaces are more attractive than a lot of others out there. I've always liked the design of their interface. Very clean and simple. Honestly I would enjoy using/recreating the Mac System 7 interface. * 6 month release cycle and most buggy upgrade management which always fails Who said you have to upgrade to the latest version available? Why not use one of Ubuntu's LTS editions? Upgrading an OS/distro every six months is kind of silly to me. * I want to rebase http://schoolos.org to most stable. Interesting project. Good luck with it. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293654757.14549.26.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: Installed Debian today.
But releasing ubuntu on time without fixing known critical bug ? Other distros have done that in the past. They are on a time-based schedule. 64 bit ubuntu 10.10 is not bootable. checked MD5sum 100 times and similar error arond all user I use USB. in some hardware both iso were unbootable. Always fail at initramfs - init not found. or any rootfs not found. OK...I don't currently use Ubuntu, nor have I used it since 6.06, so I cannot help you there. As someone else replied earlier, Welcome to the Club. I am using gnome from last 2 year, I always see window bar button in right. Why they changed to left in lucid? I've read that can be changed. Maybe somewhere in GConf? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293656744.14549.39.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: etch mirror
On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 22:00 +0100, Vuki wrote: hi! does anyone know a working etch(4.0) apt mirror? http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293656872.14549.40.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: lenny squeeze etc etc
My experience is with Suse (all numbers) and FreeBSD (all numbers). Wind$ws doesn't count! And, for that matter, Mac doesn't count. Out of curiosity why don't Windows and Mac count? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293027273.4156.8.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: lenny squeeze etc etc
They are characters from the movie Toy Story. I've never seen it, but I got the impression back when the decision to use them was made that the progression is obvious if you have. The Toy Story movies are good, I would recommend them. BTW what is Ubuntu going to do after Zoftig Zebra? Good question...I have wondered this too. Maybe they have another naming convention lined up? Starting back from the As again would only make things confusing. Regarding Ubuntu, however, I find that it's just easier to use the version number than the code name only because there are far more releases than Debian. But regarding Debian I prefer using the release names as opposed numbers. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293030307.4156.18.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: lenny squeeze etc etc
How about double wrapping as in AAron AArdvark I like it! :D -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293048359.4156.25.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: lenny squeeze etc etc
On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 18:18 -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: what possessed the debian people to tack names on to the OS? having actual version/release numbers seems so much clearer. And there does appear to BE release numbers. So why promote the goofy naming system which throws the novice? Don't forget Apple's OS X: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, etc... -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1292906737.1621.81.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: gdmflexiserver goes crazy
Logging out to get to a login screen didn't work either. Now all ctl-alt- f* keys give me a screen with no sognal. Had to hard-reset to reboot. Now using a Debian stable instead of testing, just to get this message out. I had something similar to me happen when I tried out Testing two months ago. Switching from GNOME (on tty7) to tty2 and then back to tt7 again gave me the same blank screen with no signal problem. I found by switching around to different ttys that my usual F7 session had mysteriously moved to tty8. I went back to using Stable on this machine. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1292194928.11870.166.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: Frustration made me do it.
Mozilla products are memory/CPU hogs, yes. I hope newer versions can correct that. I often wonder about this; IIRC, FF used to advertise itself as lightweight. Does it still do that? Was it ever accurate? Maybe at version 1.0...but it just seems to become more and more bloated with each release. Quite disappointing, really. How does Seamonkey fare at performance/resource handling? Is it any better than FF? I haven't used it in quite some time. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1290201824.27359.61.ca...@axon.8eews
Re: Wayland Unity -- any repercussions on Debian?
What are your opinions on the matter, will this have repercussions for Debian? *Should* it? Admittedly I don't know much about either, I had to do some reading first. I don't see it having any *immediate* effects on Debian as they are two separate entities. I tend to agree with the phrase, newer isn't always better. It's one of the reasons why I use Debian. From the limited reading and screenshots I've seen I can say GNOME works just fine for me. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1289334004.23628.28.ca...@axon.8eews
Question about Installing Lenny on a laptop
Hi All, I am installing Lenny on a Toshiba Tecra A8. During the software selection screen by default the options Desktop Environment Laptop and Standard System are checked. Usually I just install the base and build from there (on desktops) but since I'm on a laptop I'm wondering what tools and packages are part of the Laptop selection? Are they necessary they be installed with the rest of the system or does it not matter? Thanks in advance, -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com AIM: Petrus Validus www.unix-interest.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debian and ubuntu
i would like to see some opinions and personal experiences regarding these 2 excellent systems! I used to use Ubuntu back in the 5.10 and 6.06 days for about a year or so as a desktop. I liked it and it was alright but Debian's stability and performance won me over! I never really paid attention to Ubuntu's package selection, however, since I used a stock configuration most of the time. Does anyone know if Ubuntu has the same vast package selection as Debian? Just wondering... -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com AIM: Petrus Validus www.unix-interest.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood
Because MS-bashing on a Debian-centric list does wonder for promoting the usage of FOSS software, right? I'm not promoting anything. A bit of anti-M$ trolling is always fun and could get the party going. :-) I was a Windows admin for a number of years, that company drove me to Linux, the trolling is appreciated! -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
