[Preston] A new hope for Debian wannabees?

[Matthew T. Atkinson]

'ello,

Thanks for the info on how Debian works.  I find it amazing that you can
upgrade the whole system so cleanly without even a restart.  But then again,
the computer should be able to do such things.  I think years of getting
used to M$' excuses has gotten to me, LOL.

Anyway, enough of that.  I really do like the idea of Debian now.  As I get
more "into" Linux I become less afraid of that installer.  I have read (on
Debian's site) that Sarge will be a better installer so I may wait for that.
The only problem is that because I need Gnopernicus (screen
reader/magnifier) I *need* the latest libraries.  Maybe I will have to
simply settle with something like Slackware that is up-to-date and reputed
to be stable too.

I won't be trying Sid now; of course it really wouldn't be a fair test of
Debian.

bye just now,


matthew

----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy" <guy@remember-tomorrow.co.uk>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Preston] A new hope for Debian wannabees?


> On Tuesday 19 November 2002 3:15 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Thanks for your message.  I may well try that when I have time as I
really
> > would like to use Debian.  I just found this graphical installer
> > http://hackers.progeny.com/pgi/ and was wondering about using that as it
is
> > more official than the Knoppix one.
> >
>
> I have used the progeny installer (I used to run progeny). Its OK but I
would
> give the default text installer a try first - its not that scary.
>
> > Also, I was wondering is there any way to install sid from scratch (i.e.
> > without going through woody/knoppix first)?  I really need GNOME2 (as
when
> > Gnopernicus comes out I'll have to use it) and the latest version of
> > Evolution, and various libraries would be nice too.
>
> Whoa! Bad idea! I think you are jumping the gun a bit here! The Debian Sid
> distribution is the least stable (ie unstable ) version  - it is designed
for
> developers. Woody is the current stable version and the testing version is
> called Sarge. If you are not used to Debian and the idea of text based
> installer puts the zap on your head DO NOT attempt to install Sid!!!!
>
> The point about Debian is that the stable distribution is very stable -
cast
> iron: tried and tested, bug fixed, tried again then released. I have used
> Debian for more than a year and a half and it has never hung-up or
crashed.
> BUT the price you pay for this stability is lack of cutting edge software.
If
> you want more cutting edge software try the testing version (sarge) but
there
> is no way to install it from scratch: you will have to install woody and
> upgrade to it. You see it is not a distribution as such - it is fluid and
> changes all the time. Eventually the developers 'freeze' the testing
version,
> more testing is done and finally it becomes a stable release and replaces
the
> existing stable version.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Guy
>
>
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