Re: Libranet to sooth the savage Debian beast???
On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 00:13, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 23:03, ZephyrQ wrote:
> > I just read a review of the latest Libranet--and after playing with
> > Debian for about 6 months, I'm half tempted to 'add-on' this
> > distribution.
> >
> > My question, can I upgrade to the latest Libranet over my existing
> > Woody (3.0 with a little bit of testing thrown in...) with out seriously
> > hosing my system?
> >
> > I originally switched to Deb from SuSE, and I hate to admit it, but I
> > just don't have the time to peruse online documentation trying to fix
> > small problems. Don't get me wrong--I like Debian a *lot* better than
> > SuSE (things work together better), but I'm tired of taking the better
> > part of a weekend trying to fix problems or configure my system to do
> > things that, darn it, I would like it to do (like burn CDs...play DVDs,
> > etc.).
> >
> > Will an upgrade with Libranet over my existing system be a Bad Idea, or
> > can I pull this off without a lot of hassle?
>
> As long as /home is on a separate partition, installing shouldn't be
> a problem. It also does very well at h/w detection, as long as you
> don't have a winmodem.
>
Thanx for the insight. I didn't figure I would stir up all the
political stuff--sorry folks.
I might go ahead and get Libranet (I might need to try discover, etc.
first? But why? Will it go ahead and detect my CD burner so I don't
have to tweak a kernel?) if for no other reason to get KDE 3 and Gnome
2. I realize that both of these are in testing, but I have a *slow*
line and am afraid of dependency hell if I let apt-get get them
(breaking my current Evolution, etc...).
</neo-political weigh-in>
I **like** the concept behind Debian--and wouldn't mind waiting a
little while for Sarge to make it to stable, but only a --little
while--...and that could be 2 months or 2 years. I am starting to run
into programs that require Gnome2 libs and am afraid of hosing my little
world...er...desktop for lib x y z.
</neo-political flaptrap off>
Anyone ever install Libranet over a running Woody system?
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