on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 08:38:57PM +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
I have to disagree with this logic altogether, when I first installed Debian I was only a step above raw linux newbie. I had been disappointed with the way that all the other distributions were difficult to install software on and not easy to configure (read Redhat, Mandrake, Slackware & SuSE).
I guess people are just different, hehe. I found slack incredibly easy to install but redhat was a nightmare because of dependancies, etc. Several other people have found the same. Yet there are plenty of people who are quite happy with RedHat and, even, debian. :)
The search functionality on debian.org seems a little odd, and neither of us were able to find a simple how-to on moving from say, stable to testing or unstable. Although this could be my inability to search/grok manpages properly, but this tends to not fail with pretty much every other distribution/operating system I've come across.
Hmmm, the Debian FAQ does cover this Sections 5,6,7 & 8. I must say that if you are planning to install Debian (or any OS) it is very helpful to locate the FAQ first. The Debian FAQ is (IMHO) the best I have ever seen for any OS ever.
Thank you, I should read the FAQ more, but I still don't think it is clear/is too complex. There's no real type "this; this; this", which is useful if you're beginning with something like this. So yes, I probably was in a rush and missed this.
/me wanders off happily with the ultimate package management tools (encap/pkg_*, tar, gcc and make)
Anyhow if you want to have someone give a talk on Debian, its package manglement system and the Debian way of doing things then I am supposed to be doing one at the next Alug meeting (should even have handouts!), please let me know btw what you want me to talk about and what level to put it at. (quite a bit of my talk on Debian will be culled almost directly from the Debian FAQ btw!)
That would be great. Does debian provide any security related package features? With NetBSD, you have audit-packages, that downloads a list of vulnerable packages from a central repository then compares the list of currently installed packages against it.
/me cowers at thought of preaching Debian to the unconverted ;-) /me also cowers at the thought of public speaking
I think the first is far more scary, the second you can just use the old "paper bag on your head" trick if it gets too bad...