Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3
> - I didn't really like the interface of dselect. It's easy to get lost in
> there. Perhaps changing the background colour according to the context?
> (different background colour during conflict resolution; this package
> suggests this other (in blue foreground); this package conflicts
> altogether (in red)). I know dselect has a terrible complicated job to
> do. That's why i think it deserved a bit more polish. After all, it's
> the first reall interaction a user gets with Debian.
Yes, this has been mentioned. A lot of users, such as I, don't use
deselect besides the base install of a few packages. I then use ftp to
download the rest and dpkg to install. dpkg is very powerful and nice :)
> On the other hand:
>
> - I can install Slackware much more quickly than Debian, but then I have
> to install extra stuff like Dosemu on my own, whereas a lot of stuff
> is included with Debian. It'll take me weeks to explore the possible
> packages I could install.
I'm sure after running Slackware for so long it is easy to install... I
can install Debian on a machine, with X, network, all configured in about
an hour and a half with an ftp install. This is installing most of the
packages I currently have on my system. You will find updating versions
on packages a very miniscule (sp?) task, which is nice when I don't have
time for a lot of maintenance. ( I work maintaining 100 SUN machines and
4,000 users so I don't have much time for play ).
> - The docs appear to be quite extensive. It'll take a lot of time to sort
> it all out!
Yes, they do! ...plus you will find a wealth of knowledge in this group,
because many of the developers read/reply directly.
> A question...
>
> - I assume that the list of installed packages is in some file. Is it
> possible to transfer this file to another PC to instruct Debian to
> install the same pacakges? I often install on several PCs and this
> would be a nice feature.
You can find the current 'status' of packages in the /var/lib/dpkg/status
file. It is a text file and is easy to understand.
I don't know if I'm one to welcome you, but I'm proud of Debian, and will
boast. You made the right choice!
Dennis Kelly
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