Re: Corel to Slink upgrade
Randy Edwards writes: I'm working up a default reply now that points people to Corel's support newsgroups...or should we instead work to bring those folks away from the dark side? :-) I consider them all new Debian users. What are Corel plans for the future of their Debian venture? Will they release updates, Corel-potato, make their release larger etc?
Re: Corel to Slink upgrade
Shaul Karl writes: What are Corel plans for the future of their Debian venture? Will they release updates, Corel-potato, make their release larger etc? I haven't the foggiest idea what their plans are. They are very secretive. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
Re: Corel to Slink upgrade
actually sounds kinda scary. Flashback to when AOL entered the Internet?! :-) I dunno, I'm working up a default reply now that points people to Corel's support newsgroups...or should we instead work to bring those folks away from the dark side? :-) -- Regards,| Debian GNU/ __ o http://www.debian.org . |/ / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Randy | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | // /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ http://www.golgotha.net | because lockups should only be for convicts.
Re: Corel to Slink upgrade
Joe Block wrote: When I did the install on my friend's laptop, the first thing I did after corel's install was done was add my local mirror of slink, security.debian.org, the y2k updates the XFree86 3.3.5 to its sources.list and update upgrade. I went ahead and did a Corel to slink upgrade. I added in the Debian slink lines to /etc/apt/sources.list and also a line to slink-proposed-updates. Then I used dselect to do an update, selected a few additional games for good measure, and installed everything. The system came up and seemed to work just fine. I didn't do anything extensive to it, but the only oddity I noticed was that the Debian menu wasn't buried into KDE like it normally is. This ought to be interesting, because as Corel establishes itself I'm sure we'll be dealing with more and more Corel users here in Debian-User... Regards, . Randy -- If the current stylistic distinctions between open-source and commercial software persist, an open-software revolution could lead to yet another divide between haves and have-nots: those with the skills and connections to make use of free software, and those who must pay high prices for increasingly dated commercial offerings. -- Scientific American
XFree86 3.3.5 for slink? (was: Corel to Slink upgrade)
Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joe Block wrote: When I did the install on my friend's laptop, the first thing I did after corel's install was done was add my local mirror of slink, security.debian.org, the y2k updates the XFree86 3.3.5 to its sources.list and update upgrade. Is there a source for X 3.3.5 for slink? If yes, could anyone give the URI? Thanks, -- Arcady Genkinhttp://wgaf.dyndns.org 'What good is my pity? Is not the pity the cross upon which he who loves man is nailed?..' (Zarathustra - F. Nietzsche)
Re: XFree86 3.3.5 for slink? (was: Corel to Slink upgrade)
*- On 5 Dec, Arcady Genkin wrote about XFree86 3.3.5 for slink? (was: Corel to Slink upgrade) Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joe Block wrote: When I did the install on my friend's laptop, the first thing I did after corel's install was done was add my local mirror of slink, security.debian.org, the y2k updates the XFree86 3.3.5 to its sources.list and update upgrade. Is there a source for X 3.3.5 for slink? If yes, could anyone give the URI? Check the debian-user archives first. This is 3rd or 4th time this week this question has come up. None the less her is the URI: deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main Brian Servis -- Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
Re: Corel to Slink upgrade
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Randy Edwards wrote: redwarThis ought to be interesting, because as Corel establishes itself I'm redwar sure we'll be dealing with more and more Corel users here in Debian-User... maybe a good time to unsubscribe ? ;) actually sounds kinda scary. nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 3:49pm up 108 days, 3:32, 3 users, load average: 1.48, 1.52, 1.50
Re: Corel to Slink upgrade
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Randy Edwards wrote: redwar I saw that Corel left the slink entries commented out in redwar /etc/apt/sources.list and was curious as to what would go on if someone did redwar an update and an apt-get dist-upgrade. I've been playing with the idea of redwar testing it here, but didn't want to waste the download time; anyone else redwar given it a whirl? redwar I think the machine would be barely(if at all) useable, most of the kde-corel stuff would break most likely ..console stuff would probably remain intact/working though..seems most of what corel changed had to do with X and KDE. nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 9:54pm up 102 days, 9:34, 1 user, load average: 1.91, 1.59, 1.54
Re: Corel to Slink upgrade
Randy Edwards wrote: Has anyone tried taking the freebie Corel Linux install and upgrading it to slink? I saw that Corel left the slink entries commented out in /etc/apt/sources.list and was curious as to what would go on if someone did an update and an apt-get dist-upgrade. I've been playing with the idea of testing it here, but didn't want to waste the download time; anyone else given it a whirl? When I did the install on my friend's laptop, the first thing I did after corel's install was done was add my local mirror of slink, security.debian.org, the y2k updates the XFree86 3.3.5 to its sources.list and update upgrade. Thinking back, I don't recall whether I just used 'apt-get upgrade' or if I remembered to do a dist-upgrade. Didn't have any problems other than not getting sound working on the machine (yet). jpb -- Joe Block [EMAIL PROTECTED] CREOL System Administrator Social graces are the packet headers of everyday life.
