> > couldn't wait to get my hands on Progeny, so i grabbed some 2.2 discs
<SNIP>
> 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 ;)
in case what i wrote isn't clear, this was **not** a progeny install (the
iso i downloaded made coasters and i am still trying to get a cd).
your not wrong in your impressions about progeny. that is what they are
trying to do...
> 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").
the simple option for package choice is the task oriented one, right?, but
i must have picked some that had some wide ranging dependencies or i left
something selected that i didn't really want...
> 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?
as pointed out to me last night, "apt" like functions are not unique to
debian and i got a little overexcited about the package database helping
find the right cd (maybe people who have had to mount/umount and inspect 3
redhat cds looking for an app will share my joy)
anyway, if and when i get my hands on progeny i will give it a spin and
post a review of that as well...
later
marty
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