[ilugd]: Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Pankaj Kaushal
An alpha release of the next generation Debian installer (Debian-Installer) has been announced. Debian-Installer is an actively developed replacement for the older and now rather delapidated boot-floppies installer. http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/02/12/08/023207.shtml?tid=90 -- $you

Re: [ilugd]: Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Raju Mathur
Pankaj == Pankaj Kaushal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pankaj An alpha release of the next generation Debian installer Pankaj (Debian-Installer) has been announced. Debian-Installer is Pankaj an actively developed replacement for the older and now Pankaj rather delapidated

Re: [ilugd]: Re: : Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Jaswinder Singh Kohli
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: Here goes distro wars again. ;) On 08/12/02 23:56 +0530, Gollum thus spake: this is good new man. I love debian. I had it once on my system. but then I could'nt get my printer to work, neiter did i get half the things to work. But Debian is beautyful in many

[ilugd]: RH x Debian: Flame wars again (was) Re: : Re: : Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On 09/12/02 02:25 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Kohli thus spake: Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: Here goes distro wars again. ;) On 08/12/02 23:56 +0530, Gollum thus spake: this is good new man. I love debian. I had it once on my system. but then I could'nt get my printer to work, neiter did i

Re: [ilugd]: RH x Debian: Flame wars again (was) Re: : Re: : Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Jaswinder Singh Kohli
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: On 09/12/02 02:25 +0530, Jaswinder Singh Kohli thus spake: Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: Here goes distro wars again. ;) On 08/12/02 23:56 +0530, Gollum thus spake: this is good new man. I love debian. I had it once on my system. but then I could'nt

Re: [ilugd]: Re: : Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Raju Mathur
Sandip == Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sandip [snip] Sandip Is it just because of that GNU concept of freedom is more Sandip important than quality? Yes. Screw GNU and ditch the FSF and to Hell with Debian. Freedom is more important than anything or anyone else.

Re: [ilugd]: RH x Debian: Flame wars again (was) Re: : Re: : Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Gollum
Hay I did not intend to start a fight. but here is what I experiances. The installer was really confusing for me. it's not like the rh installer where you can go click click or enter enter and move on. At that point when i did install debian. I could not find any configuration tools. xf86config i

Re: [ilugd]: RH x Debian: Flame wars again (was) Re: : Re: : Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Gollum
Hay I did not intend to start a fight. but here is what I experiances. The installer was really confusing for me. it's not like the rh installer where you can go click click or enter enter and move on. At that point when i did install debian. I could not find any configuration tools. xf86config i

Re: [ilugd]: Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Narsingh Sahu
Why bother about the Debian installer. Even when its final version is released it may still be ncurses based install. Better alternative is to use Knoppix as install disk for Debian and thereafter to tweak the system as desired. -- narsingh --- Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pankaj ==

Re: [ilugd]: Re: : Alpha of next gen debian installer

2002-12-08 Thread Pankaj Kaushal
andip Bhattacharya One reason that many give is apt. That cant be all. Can someone Sandip Bhattacharya enlighten me? Last time i booted with a debian cd and installed it was in 1999 and yes I am on kernel 2,4 ,ext3, mozilla 1, X 4.0 gcc blah blah I have seem my equaly experienced counterpart

[ilugd]: mouse scare

2002-12-08 Thread LinuxLingam
can a mouse scare a linux newbie? here's how: a mouse is a device you use to point to the xterm you want to type in. :-) LL To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at

[ilugd]: How to burn CD on Sco - Unix

2002-12-08 Thread ashutosh pandey
hi can anyone of u know how to burn CD on sco - unix does it support copying of files to the CD. thanks in advance ashutosh - Original Message - From: Trinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ananthm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:32 AM Subject: Re: