Re: Questions (and hello) from a new (Progeny) Debian user.
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From: "Krisno Pryosusilo" <krisnop@ozemail.com.au>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 2:03 AM
Subject: Questions (and hello) from a new (Progeny) Debian user.
> Hi,
> I'm a relatively new user of Linux and have since yesterday, migrated
> from SuSE 7.1 to a boxed version 1.0 of Progeny Debian.
> I chose Progeny because of my perception that Progeny would be easier to
> install and get running than the non-commercial Debian.
>
> However, the progeny users site is extremely slow moving, and since I'm
> unable to register on that site for some unknown reason, I'm hoping that
> I might find some answers here.
>
> Question 1 : -> Is there a simple blow by blow description on how to
> install a deb package which is currently in a directory on my
> hard-drive? .. or is anyone able to help me as I appear to be lacking a
> basic understanding here.
> The reason : ->
> I'm trying to install Opera and understand that I need to edit
> /etc/apt/sources.list .
> I've inserted an entry "deb file:/home/downloads opera non-free" but
> know that this is wrong, because when I run "apt-get update" it tells me
> that it can't locate the file.
> If I run apt-get install /home/download I get "W:couldn't stat source
> package list 'file:/stable/opera/packages ... and " You may want to run
> apt-get update to correct missing files"
To install local deb packages use dpkg -i "filename".
/etc/apt/sources.list is for installing pakages using apt-get, this requires
a certain format of directories, and naming scheme, (I could be wrong about
this.)
> Question 2 : -> What do you think of Progeny? Is it really "not a
> separate distribution as Mandrake is to Red Hat"?
> The reason : -> Debian's social contract. It states (if I understand it
> correctly) that Debian will *always be 100% free ... as in free beer!
> This means that there can never be a Debian that is driven by a desire
> for commercial profit. As soon as this happens (the commercial pursuit
> of profit) the distribution has changed from Debian.
>
> Question 3 : -> Why not make Debian easier to install and to operate
> with basic functionality (ie setup Internet access etc) to encourage
> non-techie users to get their feet wet?
> The reason: -> It appears that this is what Progeny is trying to do ...
> but they are also pricing themselves beyond SuSE distro's and from a
> commercial point of view and on face value, I believe SuSE still has the
> edge with regard to simplicity of setup and availability of tools, at
> half the price.
>
>
> I like Debian, the more so that I have access to a local ftp site with
> sub 200 ms ping rates ... which means I will be able to reasonably
> perform online updates. This is for me, one of many compelling reasons
> to eventually go *pure Debian. The other compelling reason is a gut
> feeling that I'm on to something worthwhile :).
>
> Cheers
> Krisno
>
>
>
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