Re: First impressions on installing Debian 1.3
Peter S Galbraith <galbraith@mixing.qc.dfo.ca> writes:
> >From a guy who has used Linux since 1993 or so, I found the installation
> to be non-trivial:
...
> - 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.
There is a project which is working on replacing dselect.
I'd like to suggest you to install/use packages like menu and dwww. You will see how
powerful is the distribution.
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Alair Pereira do Lago <alair@ime.usp.br> <http://www.ime.usp.br/~alair>
Computer Science Department -- Universidade de S~ao Paulo -- Brazil
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