On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 09:14, David Krider wrote: > I'm new to Debian, but have been using Linux full-time for 4 or 5 years. > What's the best reference(s) to understand the differences between > Debian and other distros? What I'm saying is that I don't need a primer > on things like file permissions and such. I need to know the "Debian" > way of configuring things like network interfaces. (This is just the > example that has set me to looking.) Sure, I can issue `ifconfig' and > `route' commands, but how do I make that stuff permanent so that it > happens at boot time? X might be a good example as well. > > TIA, > dk I'd say that if it isn't the best Debian Reference, an extremely close to best one would be Colin Watson - buy him many meals, drinks, luxury homes in exotic vacation locations and right-hand drive sports cars and he can answer most questions you have, or at least get you very close to the appropriate documentation. Beyond that, this mailing list (including archives at lists.debian.org), Google, the Linux Documentation Project HOWTOs (doc-linux-txt or doc-linux-html, depending on how you wish to access them,) packages such as "debian-guide", "debian-reference-en", and "dwarfs-debian-guide". -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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