Grüzi Ueli.
Am 2005-11-09 22:24:05, schrieb Ueli Meier:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit confusing.
It says if you want a Linux Desktop rather
Am 2005-11-10 17:42:58, schrieb Roberto C. Sanchez:
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 10:48:26PM +0100, Thomas Jollans wrote:
Ueli Meier wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I
On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 09:23, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Ueli Meier wrote:
What where your reasons to switch to debian?
Could you explain more?
What does it mean Debian is not tuned for the desktop, more work to
install? Or is there more to it?
I used to use Suse on a couple of servers an
Joey Hess wrote:
[snip]
Have you even looked at the debian installer in the past year? Just
curious. This is an area where it's completly possible to satisfy both
groups.
I think the point is that just installing the stuff is only half the
story. It's like providing the raw ingredients
Mark Crean wrote:
I think the point is that just installing the stuff is only half the
story. It's like providing the raw ingredients for a meal. They still
have to be prepared and cooked. Some folks lack the time and perhaps the
skills for that, which is where the desktop-friendly distros
Joey Hess wrote:
[snip]
I know of several people[1] who have already done a lot of work in this
area on Debian. It's illistrative that this wiki page changed from a
huge list of things that needed to be done manually before the sarge
release to it just works (plus entirely too much info about
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:26:28 -0600
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Hasler:
[snip]
Seth Goodman:
[snip]
John Hasler:
Read carefully.
[Snipped: a litany of sales, re-namings, changes in course . . . ]
Hugo Vanwoerkom:
I read it carefully and being, how shall one say, not
On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 07:50:09PM -0800, John L Fjellstad wrote:
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Caldera did not merge with SCO. They purchased some assets from SCO
(including the SCO trademark) and then changed their name to The SCO Group.
SCO changed its name to Tarantella and
John Hasler wrote:
I wrote, in part:
SCO changed its name to Tarantella and was recently acquired by Sun.
Seth Goodman writes:
So does that mean an end to their BS legal actions?
Read carefully.
1) Caldera purchased certain assets (the Unix business) from Santa Cruz
Operation (also
Hugo Vanwoerkom writes:
I read it carefully and being, how shall one say, not business oriented
8-p, what does it mean?
It means that the company that now calls itself SCO is an entirely
different company from the 1980s Unix company by that name.
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John Hassler wrote:
Hugo Vanwoerkom writes:
I read it carefully and being, how shall one say, not business oriented
8-p, what does it mean?
It means that the company that now calls itself SCO is an entirely
different company from the 1980s Unix company by that name.
Smoke and mirrors.
James Vahn writes:
Smoke and mirrors. These are an interesting read:
Old news. All this has been covered extensively on Groklaw.
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I've used FC2, Mandrake (both of which I like very much) and Debian
Sarge. Currently I am using Xandros, which is Debian-based.
I'm not using Sarge right now because there are a lot of packages
included and it's hard for me to determine which I need or don't
need. If i install too many, I'll
On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 09:46:06PM -0800, Steve Mazurek wrote:
I've used FC2, Mandrake (both of which I like very much) and Debian Sarge.
Currently I am using Xandros, which is Debian-based. I'm not using Sarge
right now because there are a lot of packages included and it's hard for me
to
Hal Vaughan wrote:
Within the Debian framework, it would be quite possible to make it a great
desktop system. It would require more packages, but during the install, in
package selection, another option for an easy to use desktop system could be
added. Doing so could include a number of
Carl Fink wrote:
It's not an oversight, certainly. Philosophically Debian goes for
flexibility and giving the administrator maximum power and choice. This is
at the expense of ease-of-installation by someone who just wants to put the
CD in, make two or three selections, click OK, and half an
On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 08:17:26AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
Have you even looked at the debian installer in the past year? Just
curious. This is an area where it's completly possible to satisfy both
groups.
Once. I have only bought one computer in that time.
Remember, official advice was to
Carl Fink wrote:
On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 08:17:26AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
Have you even looked at the debian installer in the past year? Just
curious. This is an area where it's completly possible to satisfy both
groups.
Once. I have only bought one computer in that time.
Remember,
Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Corel is considered harmful. Please search Slashdot for SCO if you need
reason (latest development: SCO has requested all documents and code
relating to IBM's contribution to the Linux 2.7 kernel. And 2.7 wasn't a
typo.).
Corel has nothing to do with
John L. Fjellstad writes:
I think you are thinking of Caldera. They merged with SCO and became
this evil entity.
Caldera did not merge with SCO. They purchased some assets from SCO
(including the SCO trademark) and then changed their name to The SCO Group.
SCO changed its name to Tarantella
From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 12:19 PM
...
SCO changed its name to Tarantella and was recently acquired by Sun.
So does that mean an end to their BS legal actions?
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with a
I wrote, in part:
SCO changed its name to Tarantella and was recently acquired by Sun.
Seth Goodman writes:
So does that mean an end to their BS legal actions?
Read carefully.
1) Caldera purchased certain assets (the Unix business) from Santa Cruz
Operation (also then known as SCO).
2)
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:13:34 -0600
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
1) Caldera purchased certain assets (the Unix business) from Santa Cruz
Operation (also then known as SCO).
2) Among the assets Caldera acquired from Santa Cruz Operation was the
trademark SCO.
3) Santa Cruz Operation
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Caldera did not merge with SCO. They purchased some assets from SCO
(including the SCO trademark) and then changed their name to The SCO Group.
SCO changed its name to Tarantella and was recently acquired by Sun.
Still doesn't change the fact that Corel
Thanks for the answers.
I use debian for all of the above, and I wouldn't switch to anything
else. I
used to use Mandrake also. Yes, you can read dos FAT,FAT32,NTFS,HPFS
and many
others.
What where your reasons to switch to debian?
debian is brilliant for everything, but, unlike ubuntu or
Ueli Meier wrote:
What where your reasons to switch to debian?
Could you explain more?
What does it mean Debian is not tuned for the desktop, more work to
install? Or is there more to it?
I used to use Suse on a couple of servers an workstations. I got fed up
by it, when I realized that my
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 10:29:44AM +, Ueli Meier wrote:
Thanks for the answers.
I use debian for all of the above, and I wouldn't switch to anything
else. I
used to use Mandrake also. Yes, you can read dos FAT,FAT32,NTFS,HPFS
and many
others.
What where your reasons to switch to
Alan Ianson wrote:
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 10:29:44AM +, Ueli Meier wrote:
What is more flexibility, can I install less pakages than with other
desktops and save harddisk space and memory?
Absolutely, I once did a clean install without gnome or KDE, installed
Krusader and that
Thomas Jollans wrote:
debian is brilliant for everything, but, unlike ubuntu or suse or
mandriva, it is not tuned to be a desktop. this of course gives youa great
deal of flexibility.
I would have stopped at not tuned. Debian doesn't make stupid assumptions
as to how you're going to use the
On Friday 11 November 2005 09:17 pm, Paul Johnson wrote:
Thomas Jollans wrote:
debian is brilliant for everything, but, unlike ubuntu or suse or
mandriva, it is not tuned to be a desktop. this of course gives youa
great deal of flexibility.
I would have stopped at not tuned. Debian
Ueli Meier wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit confusing.
It says if you want a Linux Desktop rather use coral Linux or Suse.
Corel is
On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 06:17:17PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
I would have stopped at not tuned. Debian doesn't make stupid assumptions
as to how you're going to use the machine. This is a feature, not an
oversight.
It's not an oversight, certainly. Philosophically Debian goes for
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit confusing.
It says if you want a Linux Desktop rather use coral Linux or Suse.
Check the links.
On Wed November 9 2005 02:24 pm, Ueli Meier wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit confusing.
It says if you want a Linux Desktop rather use
Ueli Meier wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit confusing.
It says if you want a Linux Desktop rather use coral Linux or Suse.
Check the links.
On Thursday 10 November 2005 3:39 pm, Alan Ianson wrote:
On Wed November 9 2005 02:24 pm, Ueli Meier wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 10:48:26PM +0100, Thomas Jollans wrote:
Ueli Meier wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit confusing.
It says if you
On 11/9/05, Ueli Meier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a bit confusing.
It says if you want a Linux Desktop rather use coral
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 08:26:42PM -0500, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
On 11/9/05, Ueli Meier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Im thinking of getting Debian Linux, currently I use Mandrake but I need
to upgrade.
On the web I could not get the Information I was looking for.
I read an article that was a
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