Re: The Thrill of Debian Gnu/Linux
Rogerio Brito wrote:
>
> On Jun 10 2000, John McBride wrote:
> >
> > I tentatively agree. But my employer (for example) would take
> > RedHat, Storm or Corel over a raw debian, simply because their
> > installs are far more modern and professional.
>
> More professional? More canned, that is. :-) Easier to the
> newbie, perhaps?
>
My customers use software, they don't install it. If I had to install
Debian as a demo, I would seriously consider refusing. I would much
rather they saw me installing something with a graphical install along
the lines of RedHat, Caldera, Corel or Stormix than the various switches
between text and graphics that Debian does. I personally prefer Debian,
I just don't want the money people watching it get installed. They don't
need to watch someone hit the enter key 25 times or so, or the various
switches between GUI and console mode. I also don't call paying
customers names like "newbie", but that's my choice. Debian is far more
canned than, say, toggling a bunch of switches on a front panel, as many
did 25 years ago. I guess things are relative.
> > Actually, I strongly prefer startx, but don't see how to disable gdm
> > without breaking helix-gnome -- it seems to require gdm. You can't
> > simply edit /etc/inittab like you can on RedHat. apt-get remove gdm
> > pulls helix-gnome off the system. I'll review those files.
>
> # update-rc.d -f gdm remove
>
> is what I use.
>
> []s, Roger...
>
If you read through the original thread, all issues were solved two days
ago. BTW, a few people have posted your solution, but that step alone
will leave people without a running gnome-session.
---
John
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