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Re: Which version of Debian should I use?



On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 01:11:47PM +0100, Bernhard Heger wrote:
> Hi everybody.
> 
> I've been reading this mailing list for a short time now, but from what
> I've read so far, Debian 2.2 is not yet elaborate enough for installing
> it on a laptop with a PCMCIA card.
> 
> I have a cheapo 10mb/Ethernet card that is ne2000-compatible in my old
> IBM Thinkpad 750P (486/33). At the moment I'm running Debian 2.1r4
> without any problems, but my desktop PC is a SuSE 6.3. I want both
> systems to run the same distribution, but unfortunately XFree 3.3.2 that
> comes with Debian 2.1r4 doesn't support my PC's graphic card.

Hi Bernhard.

Would XFree 3.3.3.1 support your 750P's graphic hardware?  If so,
put the following line in /etc/apt/sources/list

deb httlp://netgod.net x/

>From that site I wound up with 3.3.3.1 on this machine after a 2.1r4
install a couple of weeks ago.

- Nate >>

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