Re: Debian. Gonna give it a whirl :)
Pfff, I really don't know how many Kbs of packages you need to
upgrade. The Xfree86 packages changed since 2.2r0, IIRC, so it could
be quite a few Kbs..
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 14:44, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> Hello,
> I have to work ou what would be cheaper to do !
> Approximately how much data are we talking about -- I have
> just a 56k dialup ... I can get the CD's in Holland for about
> 8 guldens each...
>
> Cliff
>
> > No, you don't need a new CD set. Just install Debian using the disks
> > you have and use apt-get to upgrade to 2.2r2 via the Internet.
> >
> > The apt-get method of installing packages is the other reason switch
> > to debian! ;)
> >
> > HTH,
> > Remco
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 13:36, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> >
> > > hello,
> > > I am looking to make a stable Linux desktop environment.
> > > I already have one from another Linux distribution, but I
> > > am very unhappy with the direction Suse is taking.
> > > That's the politics.
> > > Now the practise.
> > > I have the complete CD set from 2.2 first release.
> > > I understand there is a new release available.
> > >
> > > Do I need to get the whole CD set again ?
> > > Or will CD1 do the whole trick ?
> > >
> > > Advice ? Comments.
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Cliff
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