[Gloucs] Install day ideas

[paul cooke]

On Tuesday 04 May 2004 11:56, Tom Walker wrote:
> Hi All,
> Here is a link to a short account of an install that has some
> similarities to the questions posed by the Install day.
>
> http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3213&page=2
> Quote "I debated with myself which version of Linux to install for them".
> Charles Williams
>
> To get the casual reader going I have skipped to page two as it seems
> most relevant.
>

doing Debian that way requires a good internet connection... modem won't cut 
it... and each machine, unless you've got a local mirror available at the day 
will involve at least 2 hours worth of download just for getting up with a 
single "major" desktop manager and a minimum set of programs...

"Next, I explained to Diane that the entire system is configured by the files 
found in the /etc directory, as I opened up the apt-sources list. I edited 
the sources list to unstable and saved the file. I then had Diane sit at the 
computer and type 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade' into a 
terminal, and explained that as long as she could type that, she could update 
her system. She watched in amazement as almost the entire system on her 
computer was updated and replaced. "

it's just as easy now with Mandrake 10 and URPMI... especially if you know 
about using easyurpmi for setting your install sources...

ps has anyone got experience of making a Knoppix H/D install into a proper 
working Debian install???