Re: Takin' the plunge...
Well, I have installed and used Libranet for a while and I think it is a
great distro, it is focused on the deskto, easy to install and very easy
to configure... It has a lot of winwow managers, it has Gnome and KDE
preconfigured, lots of apps... I think it is great for a newcomer... I
would not use it for a server tho...
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Royce Bell wrote:
> Sheesh, you guys are scaring the pants off me! Or, maybe I'm just getting
> to old to go about things like I did 30 years ago...hmmm? Actually, I'm not
> so scared as I am overwhelmed at how much I have forgotten over the years of
> DOS/Windows immersion (I'd transliterate that as "baptism," but the
> scriptural import of that term implies newness, regeneration, and Heaven:
> All terms that seem quite inappropriate in the context of BSOD).
>
> A number of you have posted me directly with a recommendation of Libranet as
> a good starting point, while still maintaining the Debian relationship. A
> couple of you guys (any gurls here?) warned that I would not be happy with
> Libranet. Am I correct in understanding Libranet IS Debian with simplified
> installation/management? And, are there limitations to Libranet that I need
> to know going in? Are there benefits to the Debian distro directly, and
> what are they? At this point, I'm not so sure I'm interested in a plethora
> of configuration options, so much as a clean and stable install that will
> let me get the system up, running StarOffice or some other suite
> (suggestions?), connected to my Earthlink/DSL account, and printing.
>
> Also, I'm not sure I am understanding some terms you guys are using that
> seem to me to be synonymous, eg. windowsmanager and shell, etc.
>
> One other thought: I am leaning toward doing the GNU/Linux install on two
> machines, concurrently. One as the productivity machine, and the other to
> make parallel installs AND configuration changes or new installs before they
> go on the productivity machine, just to be sure I don't burn the bridge (do
> I have to buy TWO licenses for that, Bill? Just joking). Boy, parallel
> install brings back memories of "how we used to do it." Matter of fact,
> that's how I first "broke" my Microsoft license agreement, not taking
> chances on the woeful frustrations of "fix one problem, create ten more" of
> Microsoft releases with my system that was required to get the work out.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> rpb
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> R. P. Bell
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