Re: Periodic distro question
Tom Allison wrote:
Derek Broughton wrote:
Tom Allison wrote:
I guess this is really just a vent/rant but...
I am a current user of Debian.
I picked it from Slackware because I was in favor of a faster install
process than slackwares. Of course I had fewer questions in
Slackware because I was always RTMing. Debian makes it easier to not
do that.
Hmmm. I can't see that. Do you mean just because we're all so nice
and helpful? Because it's hard to use Debian without _some_ source of
documentation.
Actually it's the reverse!
I can install so much more and so much faster than I can possibly read!
OK, I can see that. I have to admit I tend to install first, read later :-)
I think it's about Documentation and getting a clear message of
architecture (or philosophical) changes to the Debian set-up.
Documention of a more Systems Administration approach. Things like:
Where do I put my pcmcia ethernet card setting? /etc/network/interfaces,
or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts.
AND
"We are changing to a new abstraction layer of /etc/defaults so that we
can better ..."
I think much of what you're asking here is answered in the debian-policy
package. This is, though, a good example of your point about being able
to install far faster than you can read dox. I've never read the policy
manual :-)
example: I had one PC that would swear the only editor it has was
something called 'ae' and not 'vi'. Make 'crontab -e' a little foreign
to me. Someone, somewhere, mentioned that there is some defaults
controlling application for setting things like the default editor and
that fixed me up.
/etc/alternatives?
I can't say I've ever seen an application for it. Would be nice to know.
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derek
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