On Tue, Jun 24, 1997 at 03:23:53PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The only Kernel that would *have* to have Java support compiled in would
be the one on the rescue disks. The system could install a different kernel
that would not have JAVA support.
Java support in the Linux kernel doesn't
On Jun 24, Peter S Galbraith wrote
Another question: There are many upgrades to make to use a 2.1.X kernels.
Are there Debian packages to do these upgrades? (I have an IDE/ATAPI
PD-CD; I need 2.1.X if I ever want to see the PD side working.) --
The 2.1.X kernels come with a list
These are my first impressions, feel free to just delete this post.
From a guy who has used Linux since 1993 or so, I found the installation
to be non-trivial:
- The use of a single boot disk didn't help me with my Adaptec SCSI card.
I *think* there are alternative kernels in some
Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A question...
- I assume that the list of installed packages is in some file. Is it
possible to transfer this file to another PC to instruct Debian to
install the same pacakges? I often install on several PCs and this
would be a nice
- I didn't really like the interface of dselect. It's easy to get lost in
there. Perhaps changing the background colour according to the context?
(different background colour during conflict resolution; this package
suggests this other (in blue foreground); this package conflicts
Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From a guy who has used Linux since 1993 or so, I found the installation
to be non-trivial:
...
- I didn't really like the interface of dselect. It's easy to get lost in
there. Perhaps changing the background colour according to the
First, let me thank all those that responded to my `impressions' post.
I'll reply to this one, and leave it at that.
(I thought Debian's installation asked whether you were really sure about
running mke2fs,
It does, it does. Just a case of initial culture shock.
- I assume that the list
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
An idea about `menu':
I think the a frustrating thing with Linux is finding out what's
available. I think what would attract people to Linux is *showing* them
all that's available.
You mean package-wise? Generally I check out
I think the a frustrating thing with Linux is finding out what's
available. I think what would attract people to Linux is *showing* them
all that's available.
You mean package-wise?
Yeah.
What's missing is an X tool to display the
package description
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
I'm not sure if fvwm95 menu entries calling a simple tk/tcl program to
display info on one package is better than a styandalone tk/tcl package
to provide info on all available packages. The standalone package
could be used with any window
I was thinking that perhaps this might be a
decent Java application: you could write essentially the same code to
run locally in your Java-enabled kernel, and those with web sites that
mirror debian packages could use the same code (with a few modifications)
to run in Netscape across
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
decent Java application: you could write essentially the same code to
run locally in your Java-enabled kernel, and those with web sites that
I think this is a very good idea - imagine when Debian is ported to other
hardware platforms and
I was thinking that perhaps this might be a
decent Java application: you could write essentially the same code to
run locally in your Java-enabled kernel, and those with web sites that
mirror debian packages could use the same code (with a few modifications)
to run in Netscape
Will Lowe wrote:
The point of the whole idea was to provide a way for people to get
information on and install packages. We discussed the idea that finding
linux software can sometimes be difficult because we didn't know where to
look and the fact that, while dpkg is a _GREAT_
I think this is a very good idea - imagine when Debian is ported to other
hardware platforms and (dreaming maybe) other OS's - one JAVA application
could handle the installation regardless of Hardware and OS.
Wait: you've apparently missed the thread that I've been carrying on all
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