[tslug] Re: Debian

2004-02-03 Thread Ian Monroe
When I used Debian on my computer I always found dselect to be a bother and started using apt-get exclusively. This was back in the day when woody had just been released. So long long ago. My opinion is that you shouldn't mix default testing and unstable. At the KDE website they have packages

[tslug] Re: Debian

2004-02-03 Thread Ross Day
Woo TSLUG. Yes yes...go go nocturnal computer people! Mixing them seemed like the right thing to do, to maintain the ability to get security updates - Debian only maintains security patches for the stable version. The right thing to do...is not to use Debian... It seems that you want the

[tslug] Re: debian

2004-01-31 Thread Donald J Bindner
On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 05:44:31PM -0600, Ashley Murdock wrote: Ok..so I installed debian on a laptop (or at least I think i did!!) and now I don't know how to use it. I can login but I don't know anything...like what i need to change first offhow to start the visual interface..etc. I've

[tslug] Re: Debian Woody CD

2002-07-22 Thread Benjamin Story
I know that Debian people like things arcahic, but really a wood CD? CD-R blanks are cheap, leave the poor trees alone. On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 11:55:38AM -0500, Donald J Bindner wrote: I have the Debian Woody CD. -- Don Bindner [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Benjamin Story () Join the

[tslug] Re: Debian Woody CD

2002-07-22 Thread Donald J Bindner
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 12:34:52PM -0500, Benjamin Story wrote: I know that Debian people like things archaic, but really a wood CD? CD-R blanks are cheap, leave the poor trees alone. Archaic? Us? Why we even have Mozilla 1.0 in (I don't know how that got upgraded--it was supposed to be