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Re: Install Debian for desktop



on Mon, May 20, 2002, Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> on Sun, May 19, 2002, Jamin W. Collins (jcollins@asgardsrealm.net) wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:21 +0200
> > "Robert Ian Smit" <robian@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> > 
> > > I know Debian is more difficult to install, but I hope I will benefit by
> > > learning a lot. 
> > 
> > As you've no doubt already experienced, the Debian install is text based. 
> > No fancy GUI.  But other than that I can't say that the install was trully
> > any more difficult than any of the other distros that I've tried.
> 
> Having done several Debian and RH installs in the past four months, some
> curves:
> 
>     
> Other odd'n'ends.  A good set of TrueType fonts (the set that Legacy MS
> Windows ships with somehow finds its way onto many GNU/Linux systems) is
> pretty much a necessity.  Configuration can't get much easier than this:
> 
>     http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-XFree86-2.html

At least on my unstable system, I just did "apt-get install
msttcorefonts".

Regards

Peter.

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Peter Whysall
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 sid -- kernel 2.4.18

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