Version in use

2010-06-21 Thread Cliff Ayling
Hallo, I have a CnMbook netbook and from what I can find it has a Debian Linux system (distribution, I think it is called). How do I find out which version of operating system I have? Please. Thanks, Cliff Ayling === Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email

Re: Version in use

2010-06-21 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:18:31 +0100, Cliff Ayling wrote: I have a CnMbook netbook and from what I can find it has a Debian Linux system (distribution, I think it is called). How do I find out which version of operating system I have? Please. As it seems to run a modified version of Debian,

Re: Version in use

2010-06-21 Thread Huang, Tao
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Cliff Ayling cliffayl...@btinternet.com wrote: How do I find out which version of operating system I have? Please. cat /etc/issue /proc/version Tao -- http://huangtao.me/ http://www.google.com/profiles/UniIsland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Version in use

2010-06-21 Thread Alexander Batischev
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:18:31PM +0100, Cliff Ayling wrote: Hallo, I have a CnMbook netbook and from what I can find it has a Debian Linux system (distribution, I think it is called). How do I find out which version of operating system I have? Please. $ lsb_release -a -- Regards,

Re: Version in use

2010-06-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/21/2010 06:50 AM, Huang, Tao wrote: On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Cliff Ayling cliffayl...@btinternet.com wrote: How do I find out which version of operating system I have? Please. cat /etc/issue /proc/version And /etc/debian_version. -- Seek truth from facts. -- To

Re: Version in use

2010-06-21 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 6/21/2010 5:18 AM, Cliff Ayling wrote: I have a CnMbook netbook and from what I can find it has a Debian Linux system (distribution, I think it is called). How do I find out which version of operating system I have? Please. dpkg -l base-files -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . .

Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Bret Busby
On a laptop that has 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor(which I assume to be a 64 bit CPU), I understand that a 64-bit OS is best for accessing the full GB of RAM. For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version. On the Debian web page at

Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Victor Padro
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: On a laptop that has 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor(which I assume to be a 64 bit CPU), I understand that a 64-bit OS is best for accessing the full GB of RAM. For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64

Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 01:19:15AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: So, is the AMD64 ISO image, the appropriate one for a laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, or is the Intel IA-64 the appropriate image (and, if so, does it work?) ? Yes, and yes. amd64 is used because AMD processors were the

Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread David Fox
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version. Which is all you need. On the Debian web page at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ , the architectures supported, include AMD64 and Intel IA-64. Debian supports

Re: Which 64-bit version to use

2009-05-21 Thread Mark Allums
Bret Busby wrote: On a laptop that has 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor(which I assume to be a 64 bit CPU), I understand that a 64-bit OS is best for accessing the full GB of RAM. For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version. On the Debian web page at

Re: what version to use

2008-06-30 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:54:21 + (UTC) Gregg Jansen van Vuren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: basically what version of debian will suit my setup, foxconn motherboard, and intel pentium 4 processor, i386 would be suitable. [i386 http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/i386/iso-cd/] Mark --

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-20 Thread Joshua Lee
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:28:26AM -0800, John Floren wrote: So, I should just use the new release? Remember, my computer is really slow, I could only download with a 56K modem, and I can't download directly to the intended computer. Also, exactly how large is the I downloaded a net install

Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread John Floren
Hello I am looking at installing Debian on my old 33Mhz 486 w/ 16MB of RAM, and I am wondering which release to use. I want one that is featureful but won't be too slow on my machine. I plan on downloading CD images on another computer then installing them on the old computer. Any tips would

Re: Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread sean finney
hiya, i'd recommend just starting with stable. one release will probably not be horribly faster or slower than any other release, but in either case you won't want to be running X. the really nice thing about debian is that you can configure it to have only what you want right from the install

Re: Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread Christophe Courtois
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i'd recommend just starting with stable. one release will probably not be horribly faster or slower than any other release, but in (...) about debian is that you can configure it to have only what you want I've got a small problem with that : my

Re: Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread sean finney
hiya, On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:53:38PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote: I've got a small problem with that : my P75 takes time when using dselect or apt-get ; it seems to have too many package dependencies to deal with. It's painful but usable on my P75, I wonder what it would be like

Re: Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:53:38PM +0100, Christophe Courtois wrote: I've got a small problem with that : my P75 takes time when using dselect or apt-get ; it seems to have too many package dependencies to deal with. It's painful but usable on my P75, I wonder what it would be like on a

Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread John Floren
So, I should just use the new release? Remember, my computer is really slow, I could only download with a 56K modem, and I can't download directly to the intended computer. Also, exactly how large is the current release? I don't want to spend _too_ long downloading it :-) Thanks, From a

Re: Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread Christophe Courtois
Le Dimanche 17 Novembre 2002 19:00, sean finney a déclamé : I've got a small problem with that : my P75 takes time when using dselect or apt-get ; it seems to have too many package dependencies oh yeah, i'm not arguing that it's not dog-slow, but how much longer would it take to download

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread sean finney
hiya, On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:28:26AM -0800, John Floren wrote: So, I should just use the new release? Remember, my computer is really slow, I could only download with a 56K modem, and I can't download directly to the intended computer. Also, exactly how large is the current release? I

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread John Floren
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 10:46, sean finney wrote: hiya, On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:28:26AM -0800, John Floren wrote: So, I should just use the new release? Remember, my computer is really slow, I could only download with a 56K modem, and I can't download directly to the intended computer.

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread Christophe Courtois
You seem to miss the point, or so I understand it. I want to download the distribution on a DIFFERENT computer, burn a If you have only a 56k modem, you should better buy the CDs. I don't know where you live, but for example Ikarios.com sells them for almost nothing (10¤) from France. --

Re: Version to use?

2002-11-17 Thread Edward Guldemond
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 09:34:32AM -0800, John Floren wrote: I am looking at installing Debian on my old 33Mhz 486 w/ 16MB of RAM, and I am wondering which release to use. I want one that is featureful but won't be too slow on my machine. I plan on downloading CD images on another computer

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread Derek Gladding
Hi John On Sunday 17 November 2002 10:57 am, John Floren wrote: [snip] You seem to miss the point, or so I understand it. I want to download the distribution on a DIFFERENT computer, burn a installation CD, http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ Explains how to build ISO images for the

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:28:26AM -0800, John Floren wrote: So, I should just use the new release? Remember, my computer is really slow, I could only download with a 56K modem, and I can't download directly to the intended computer. Also, exactly how large is the current release? I

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread ninewands
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 12:59, Christophe Courtois wrote: You seem to miss the point, or so I understand it. I want to download the distribution on a DIFFERENT computer, burn a If you have only a 56k modem, you should better buy the CDs. I don't know where you live, but for example