Re: The Debian IRC channel

After talking to lilo of freenode staff about this matter, I was advised that ##debian (yes, two '#') and not #debian-friendly is the right place for the unofficial debian support channel. So I have joined it and would like to ask others to do so as well, so we can try to help those who (for whatev

Re: The Debian IRC channel

I don't think that #debian is a place for newbies to turn to when they need help. When newbis ask for help they face a very urgent problem and are usually overwhelmed by it. For their questions to be answered in #debian they must follow a certain protocol which is strictly enforced with all means p

Re: distro for novices

Moin! I have found ubuntu to be very nice. It's based on debian. You might want to look at http://ubuntulinux.org to learn more. Good luck in your quest! ;) -- Lasse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: disappointment with linux icq clients

Moin! > Hi... Does anybody else have the feeling that simply no linux icq > client that is available nowadays fits your needs? I have found that bitlbee fits my needs. It might be worth a look at, it might be a waste of time. Just wanted to show one more "client" :) -- Lasse -- To UNSUB

Re: Switching from X to ttys

once you are on one of the ttys, try alt+fn to switch between them. ctrl+alt+fn is only needed to switch from x to another tty -- Lasse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java

> I also am not sure what I'm supposed to do with Sun's packages. > Too bad they don't have enough sense to put deb's out there. > > How do I get java working? in sid is a package called "java-package" that will make a .deb out of sun's .bin. I have used it and got java 1.5 working (in firefox as