Why are you downloading the desktop image? Why not install the server image?
adrian On Tue, Feb 12, 2008, Richard Hayes wrote: > Dear list, > > I want to setup a server so remote users (ie brother in-law) can access > a box with Aussie IP address. > Currently foreign IPs can not assess eBay Australia he sells lots of > stuff through eBay. > > So, I downloaded the 7.04 Ubuntu desktop image and burnt it to a CD. > Then I tried to install it on an old Compaq box but I don't have spare > mouse to use the desktop stuff. > Tried three old ones but no success. > > After 30 mins of stuffing around I could not do anything without a mouse > so I decided > to download the 32M cd image of Debian and configured the box in 2 mins. > The download > of all the software will still take another 2 hours. > > But I found in much easier to manually configure the box than use the > automatic stuff. > > How many other people prefer the text setup rather than graphical system?? > > Am I dumb or what?? > > regards, > > Richard Hayes > 0414 618 425 > > > > begin:vcard > fn:Richard Hayes > n:Hayes;Richard > org:Nada Marketing > adr:;;PO Box 12 ;Gordon;NSW;2072;Australia > email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel;work:+(61) 2 8669 9835 > tel;fax:+(61) 2 9327 4908 > tel;home:+(61) 2 9436 0121 > tel;cell:0414 618 425 > x-mozilla-html:FALSE > url:http://www.nada.com.au > version:2.1 > end:vcard > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
