[Glastonbury] post from clare@blackdownhills.fsnet.co.uk requires approval (fwd)

[tim hall]

Last Sunday 02 January 2005 14:07, Andrew M.A. Cater was like:
> On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:57:12AM +0000, tim hall wrote:
> > Surely it's much easier to install Debian Sarge?
>
> Correct - but you have to put up with busybox and ncurses rather than
> a sexy X Windows interface. It's also easier to install Sarge on anything
> other than a vanilla Intel/AMD box - if you have a Sparc/Alpha/PowerPC, you
> don't have much choice :)
>
> > Could any of you who have actual experience of using Knoppix set me
> > straight on this one?
>
> I tend to use KNOPPIX/KANOTIX primarily to troubleshoot unknown hardware
> and find out what's in a box I'm about to install Debian on. The hardware
> detection is good - but ONLY for Intel/AMD.

Ah, this explains much. Thanks for the information.

> > cheers & happy new years dears :-)
>
> Seasonal greetings - everyone knows that the real New Year doesn't
> happen until the end of the month :)

Well, this being Glastonbury one has to cope with several New Years ranging 
from Samhain to Losar depending on religious & calendrical beliefs. Roll on 
2012 and we can dispense with this whole linear time nonsense. ;-)

cheers

tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk