[Gllug] Knoppix and similar

[Chris Bell]

On Sat 18 Sep, Jason wrote:
> 
> I used Knoppix as an easy way of installing a debian system then used
> apt-upgrade/apt-update tio get everything else.  I found knoppix-install easier
> to use than the debian installer.
> 
> OK, I'm no Linux GURU, got into Linux through SUSE 7.2 and stuck to SUSE (of
> course I did try others, but always came back to SUSE   -----  gonna have to
> try installing YAST on the knoppix/Debian install   ----  gulp, maybees later)
> 
> 

   I am by no means a Linux GURU, but am managing to get on with Debian
after abandoning RedHat and SuSE. I started with RedHat, then SuSE, but
found that it was much easier to install a new system than successfully
upgrade an existing system every time a new version appeared.
   I found that YAST would easily install a system that matched what SuSE
intended, but did not help if you wanted to do anything else.
   Debian offers a much greater choice of software, which is now easy to
install using the new installer, and easy to maintain and upgrade using
tools such as Apt and Aptitude (a replacement for dselect). Once you find
out where, almost all documentation is in the same place, in /usr/share/doc,
with helpful comments in many of the configuration files. Do take note of
information shown on screen by the installation system, including that on
the first screen prior to the start and options displayed for future
reconfiguration using the initial installer facilities. 
   Read the documentation, and you will often discover that the software is
already semi-configured ready for Debian. I spent some time looking at often
conflicting information about transparent bridges, then discovered that the
Debian bridge control system just needed loading and switching on, with
minimal configuration.
   Local configuration is preserved wherever possible during updates, and
the administrator is informed of any particular difficulties.
   Debian installs with many permissions OFF for security reasons, so the
administrator must give permission for individual users to access devices
such as floppy, CD, dial-up modem, etc. It is considered safer and better
practice for the administrator to learn how to give permissions rather than
discover the hard way that the available security is not active. It is easy
to find and edit /etc/group, and your changes are not over-written by any
other configuration facility.





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Chris Bell

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