On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:11:40 +0200 Alfredo Valles <alfredo@bioinfo.cu> wrote: > On Tuesday 26 August 2003 2:49 am, Johann Koenig wrote: > > Hmm .. that sounds just like Knoppix! Why, that already exists! > > I'm just saying that the system is good and that it works, not that > it's original or that I invented it. I didn't say it was original/you invented it. I said it already exists. Why reinvent the wheel? > And, of course, knoppix do that too. But that's not what knoppix is > for. There would be many things that can be better adjusted if the > purpose of CD were only to deliver to you a debian suitable for > desktop uses. The most important that I can think now is to guarantee > the upgradeability of the system. > > > Have you used tasksel? It should do at least the fonts. > > Believe me there are many details to take care if you are like me that > like to have everything others have on red hat or suse. I use the meta package x-window-system-core to get base functionality, and get what I want as I need it. There are probably meta packages for Gnome/KDE also. I don't use those, they would bog the crap out of my 900mhz 768mb box. Mailing list etiquette - *Do Not* CC sender (unless sender uses 'Reply-to, Mail-Followup-To, Followup-To, etc' header) - *Do Not* send response only to sender -- Yeah, I've done it by accident, but only when the Reply-to, etc. is set. It breaks the per-folder 'Default To:' in sylpheed-claws. -- -johann koenig Now Playing: MC 900 FT Jesus - Killer Inside Me : Welcome To My Dream Today is Boomtime, the 18th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3169 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/johannkoenig.pgp
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