Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:42:39PM -0800, H. S. wrote: This must be great then. I will try as soon it is released in Sarge. Please try it *before* it's released, if you can, so that you can help the debian-installer developers make sure that it's good enough for your needs. -- Colin Watson

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 09:23:26AM -0800, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:05:25AM +0600, Satyajit Das ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@spnetctg.com) wrote: 2) I'm using mutt and postfix. My From field said : [EMAIL PROTECTED]@spnetctg.com (Satyajit Das) but

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Tom Allison
Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 23:35 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: You are dead right, of course. I keep forgetting that there are folks new to Unix, even, installing debian. Which is really great. It's great, but ... My first linux install was done by a friend. Even redhat was

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Tom Allison
H. S. wrote: Tom Allison wrote: I think before you start parroting the same thing 1,000's before you have griped about I would like to at least present some of my personal findings in the last 4 months. Not 1000's times, but many times, yes. hee hee Facts: 1) I am griping about Woody

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: Bijan Soleymani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 16:29 Subject: Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion Monique Y. Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't have a problem with the installer. I'd rather have

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
H. S. wrote: Satyajit Das wrote: Dear list, Just today I entire this world and also in Linux world. By this world I would assume the newsgroup world and *this* world in general :)) welcome to Linux world! I'm single user. I collect Debian 3.0 beta , total 8 CD's . After struggle 4

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:05:25AM +0600, Satyajit Das ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@spnetctg.com) wrote: Dear list, Just today I entire this world and also in Linux world. I'm single user. I collect Debian 3.0 beta , total 8 CD's . After struggle 4 days(dselect very difficult for newbies) I

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread H. S.
Tom Allison wrote: What is going to matter in the long run is not what happens in the first day of use, but in the next day or next year. I've been sorely disappointed by these commercial distributions (Windows and Linux) that came in a pretty box. I am curious. I am not an expert, but I have

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:38:45AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Depends which *people* Debian targets. Myself I think the Debian install method is just about where I want it, I must be one of the *people*. First as a newbie you do RH and KDE. Then you see that is way too much and

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Tom
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:33:46AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: Is Debian an 'organization' of a 'community', or what? Now, distributions that have a business model that sees users as customers are having financial problems, will Debian change, and become more 'user friendly'? It seems like

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Paul E Condon wrote: On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:38:45AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Depends which *people* Debian targets. Myself I think the Debian install method is just about where I want it, I must be one of the *people*. First as a newbie you do RH and KDE. Then you see that is way too

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-05 Thread Paul Morgan
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:44:35 -0500, H. S. wrote: Paul Morgan wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:42:21 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: Of course, setting up some stuff (like X) was harder than it is now, but That was exactly where I had the problem, because the good enough installer

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Andy Wettstein
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:05:25AM +0600, Satyajit Das wrote: 1) I want to upgrade complete Debain system, such as : I have mutt-1.3 /need 1.4 or1.5 , kde-2.2/ need 3.x / and kernel-2.2.20-idepci/ need 2.4.x Please give me the details webaddress or ftp site. I'm using broadband.

I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear list, Just today I entire this world and also in Linux world. I'm single user. I collect Debian 3.0 beta , total 8 CD's . After struggle 4 days(dselect very difficult for newbies) I installed Debian. Now wants to know or need suggestion from all users. Please -- please help. ( NB: I also

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread H. S.
Satyajit Das wrote: Dear list, Just today I entire this world and also in Linux world. By this world I would assume the newsgroup world and *this* world in general :)) welcome to Linux world! I'm single user. I collect Debian 3.0 beta , total 8 CD's . After struggle 4 days(dselect very

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hallo Satyajit Das ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@spnetctg.com) wrote: Just today I entire this world and also in Linux world. I'm single user. I collect Debian 3.0 beta , total 8 CD's . After struggle 4 days(dselect very difficult for newbies) I installed Debian. Now wants to know or need

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Kent West
Satyajit Das wrote: I'm single user. I collect Debian 3.0 beta , total 8 CD's . After struggle 4 days(dselect very difficult for newbies) I installed Debian. 1) I want to upgrade complete Debain system, such as : I have mutt-1.3 /need 1.4 or1.5 , kde-2.2/ need 3.x / and

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 17:14 GMT, H. S. penned: Oh boy. I can understand that. I went through the same thing myself a few weeks ago. But then I was not new to the world of Linux so it didn't take me 4 days :) But I agree, the installation routine of Debian is hideous. Delusions of grandeur

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Monique Y. Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't have a problem with the installer. I'd rather have devs working on other stuff than on something that works (for me). The installer also works for me, at least most of the time. But it would be nice if relative newbies could install Debian

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Paul Morgan
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:42:21 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 17:14 GMT, H. S. penned: Oh boy. I can understand that. I went through the same thing myself a few weeks ago. But then I was not new to the world of Linux so it didn't take me 4 days :) But I agree, the

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Thanasis Kinias
scripsit Bijan Soleymani: I'm kind of in the pro-knoppix camp. I think that debian could incorporate certain features from knoppix. The experts could always disable the hardware detection, etc. But it would be very useful for beginners. I was under the impression that Knoppix, as ia32-only,

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Paul Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:42:21 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: You know, people are always saying this (about the installer being difficut), but when I set up my first debian installation (potato), I didn't have any difficulty at all. Of course, setting

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Thanasis Kinias
scripsit Paul Morgan: You know, people are always saying this (about the installer being difficut), but when I set up my first debian installation (potato), I didn't have any difficulty at all. Other than Linux from Scratch, the only other distro I've installed is Mandrake. Here's the

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Bijan Soleymani
Thanasis Kinias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: scripsit Bijan Soleymani: I'm kind of in the pro-knoppix camp. I think that debian could incorporate certain features from knoppix. The experts could always disable the hardware detection, etc. But it would be very useful for beginners. I was

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:29:02PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Monique Y. Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Many people, including me, would not recommend debian for a linux novice, though there are debian-based distros that some might recommend. It would be nice if we could recommend

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:00:18PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Thanasis Kinias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: scripsit Bijan Soleymani: I was under the impression that Knoppix, as ia32-only, was just in a different category than Debian, with (including stuff under development) four

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Bijan Soleymani
ScruLoose [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:00:18PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: SNIP ... Having autodetection on ia32 doesn't hurt sparc users (it doesn't help them either, but that's not a problem). I think you're preaching to the choir on this issue. Unless I'm

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread H. S.
Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 17:14 GMT, H. S. penned: Oh boy. I can understand that. I went through the same thing myself a few weeks ago. But then I was not new to the world of Linux so it didn't take me 4 days :) But I agree, the installation routine of Debian is hideous.

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread H. S.
Paul Morgan wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:42:21 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: Of course, setting up some stuff (like X) was harder than it is now, but That was exactly where I had the problem, because the good enough installer wouldn't tell me anywhere what to do with a wheel mouse, though it

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Paul Morgan
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:52:00 -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: Paul Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:42:21 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: You know, people are always saying this (about the installer being difficut), but when I set up my first debian installation

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Thanasis Kinias
scripsit H. S.: Moreover, if one were to do a poll today out of the number of people interested in using Debian asking them if Debian's installer needs to improved upon, I am certain you would be in a minority. [snip] Not an excuse NOT to improve the installer. [snip] Thinking Debian

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 23:04 GMT, ScruLoose penned: They don't have to. They can use Libranet or Xandros or Knoppix if they want an easy way (on x86 systems). If you choose Debian, you should know that an idiot-proof installer is _not_ one of its features. To play devil's advocate, it

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 22:29 GMT, Bijan Soleymani penned: Monique Y. Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't have a problem with the installer. I'd rather have devs working on other stuff than on something that works (for me). The installer also works for me, at least most of the time.

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 22:52 GMT, Bijan Soleymani penned: I agree that the installer isn't that difficult to get through but once you're done you're faced with a text mode login. When you're new and don't know any command this isn't very useful. I mean there's a huge step between that and

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Tom Allison
H. S. wrote: Satyajit Das wrote: Dear list, Just today I entire this world and also in Linux world. By this world I would assume the newsgroup world and *this* world in general :)) welcome to Linux world! I'm single user. I collect Debian 3.0 beta , total 8 CD's . After struggle 4

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 23:35 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: You are dead right, of course. I keep forgetting that there are folks new to Unix, even, installing debian. Which is really great. It's great, but ... My first linux install was done by a friend. Even redhat was hard for me to figure

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread ScruLoose
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:57:43PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 23:04 GMT, ScruLoose penned: They don't have to. They can use Libranet or Xandros or Knoppix if they want an easy way (on x86 systems). If you choose Debian, you should know that an idiot-proof

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread H. S.
Thanasis Kinias wrote: scripsit H. S.: I'm a bit perplexed here -- are you arguing that the Sarge installer is Haven't seen it. I just started using Debian by downloading Woody. And then dist-upgraded to Sarge. Never seen Sarge installer. If it is out, then I have missed it. so much in

Re: I'm face Few problem , need suggestion

2003-12-04 Thread H. S.
Tom Allison wrote: I think before you start parroting the same thing 1,000's before you have griped about I would like to at least present some of my personal findings in the last 4 months. Not 1000's times, but many times, yes. hee hee Facts: 1) I am griping about Woody installer. 2)