On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 22:15:12 marty wrote:
> :)
>
> couldn't wait to get my hands on Progeny, so i grabbed some 2.2 discs
> i
> have had for a while and put them on a machine that previously i was
> playing with openBSD on.
>
> install was a bit of a shocker. first time it stuffed up on the
> reboot. i
> think the init image was missing resulting a kernel panic. a quick
> restart
> of the installation process got things running smoothly.
This is interesting. I was under the impression that one of the things
Progeny were about was dumbing down/prettying the installation process.
Of the many Debian builds I've done since coming across Debian 6 months
ago I've never had an install go wrong (on i386,PPC or SPARC). Then
again, it is still beta ;)
> i was a bit surprised by some of the junk that got installed... maybe
> i
> picked a few wrong options (using simple selection), but it just
> seemed to
> put some random packages on there as well...
This is one of the things I liked about Debian, only installing what you
want to use, not mountains of apps you don't even know are there. Sounds
like Progeny are diverging from that. The Debian "tasks" were good for
covering the areas where you may not know all the apps (such as
"task-gnome").
> of course (and this comment one is for someone in particular, we all
> who)
> i was sold instantly on the package management when "apt-get install
> mutt"
> prompted for the right one of the three disc set and installed the
> package within seconds...
Using Debian for work and play, APt is a re real time saver ie: When
that DNS/Bind hac came out, I just logged onto the dozen or so servers
and ran "apt-get update" then apt-get install bind" - Done. There's also
probably an easier way again. Anyone?
> i think i am going to enjoy playing with debian a lot more...
>
> pring on that debian SIG :)
Working on it. May be a week or two before you hear any more on it.
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Craige.
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