Re: Why should I use Debian?
Yo!
Thank's for your reply and your suggestions, there's a lot there for me
to take into consideration and I am now going to make a new installation
from scratch.
A few comments:
^chewie wrote:
>
[snip]
> On to the meat of the suggestion. First, we need better details about
> why you think Debian is a "mess"....[snip]
I never said *Debian is a mess*, my installations turned out to end up
being a total mess is what I meant.
[snip]
> There's an added advantage of being able to install a smaller set
> of packages at a time, allowing yourself more intimate knowledge
> of the packages themselves and the success or failure of their
> installation.
You are right, that's how I've made my best Linux installations.
[snip]
> 5. Realize up front that package installations WILL fail from time to
> time.
>
> Expecting this up front will save you a bit of a headache.
I've been a Linux user long enough to know that a failed package
installation is *almost* as common as those that are 100%
successful...:-/
>
> 6. Report to this email list your SPECIFIC concerns.
>
> We really can't help out with requests like the one you put forth.
> Sorry, but we're not mind-readers
Perhaps you didn't notice that I had only one question:
>> Are there bugs in dselect?
I got a reply from Henrique: Yes, see <http://bugs.debian.org/dselect>
Thank's again.
Regards,
Helgi Örn
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