Re: Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software
On Thu, 4 May 2000, James Ravan wrote:
> Based on my experience with Debian Linux to date, I also take a simplistic
> view. Windows has worked with all the hardware changes I have made to my
> machine since I bought it this past January.
Linux can be simple too... try to move a harddisk between two
different hardware systems; you'd only need to have two floppies with
suitable support for the hd controllers to make the disk boots.
>I have also been trying to
> install Debian on this machine for days. I cannot get Debian installed. The
> installation process simply, stubbornly hangs. If I can't get it installed,
> I don't care how robust it might be after installation. I CAN'T GET THAT FAR.
Experience counts. Problem is, if you had gone that far, then on the
second (third, etc.) install, everything would be a bit easier. So, the
"aha!" stage needs to be experienced.
> I have installed Suse on my laptop, and that was a breeze. I have installed
> Corel Linux on this machine, and although it was not a breeze, at least it
> installed. And, quite honestly, it only took about two hours of fiddling
> over two days to get Corel Linux up.
It took me about a week to install Debian on a SparcClassic; but most of
the time was spent on downloading the floppy images (done via a 33.6 modem
shared with 7 other web users). The installation itself (excluding X, but
networking set) took about a day (I had to figure out the wonder of
dselect before I got accustomed to apt-get.)
Oki
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