RE: linux!
Hi TongKe,
Thanks for your help today. I'll be burning the SULinux disk
and trying to start the whole mess tomorrow. If you're around at any
point tomorrow, please drop by the consulting desk. I'll be cranking
away at installing Redhat... Once again, thanks for your help!
-Ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TongKe Xue [mailto:tkxue@stanford.edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:16 PM
> To: Benjamin Grol
> Cc: tkxue@stanford.edu
> Subject: Re: linux!
>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the help w/ changing my password (hopefully I'll remember
it
> longer this time).
>
> I have class at 3:15-4:45 on Tuesday. If I recall correctly, I
believe
> you
> said your class finishes at 2:05. How about 2:15-3:05? I don't know
how
> long
> you'll be at Sweet Hall, but if you're there after 5:00, I can drop by
> from
> 5:00-6:00 if the install doesn't finish by 3:05.
>
> We should be able to get the basic Debian system installed in 10
minutes.
> After that, you'll have a basic/minimum linux system, from which you
can
> choose what to install. "apt-get" and "apt-cache" are really easy to
use,
> and should take no more than 5 minutes to learn.
>
> If you want your Debian system to have any particular programs
> (webservers, sql servers, gcc/g++ [c/c++ compilers], perl/python,
> KDE/GNOME
> [gui user interfaces], xfree86 [X-windows GUI], ...) installed, please
> tell
> me before Tuesday, and we'll install/configure it; or just describe
the
> kind
> of stuff you want to do / learn with the system, and I'll try to come
up
> with the optimal set of packages to install.
>
> Two things I forgot to mention today:
> Knoppix: http://www.knoppix.net/
> This is a bootable CD with an entire linux system on it; no
installation
> required; just runs from the RAM of the machine, it's debian based,
has a
> bunch of the cool linux programs installed, and generally pretty cool
to
> use
> in general. If you want to get a feel of Linux before hand (or ever
need a
> "rescue" cd to rescue a linux system), this is great choice.
>
> Gentoo: http://www.gentoo.org/
> One great advantage about Linux is most of the stuff is OpenSource.
This
> offers you the opportunity of compiling packages optimized
specifically
> for
> your hardware (though the compiling process can take a bit). A lot of
> hardcore Linux and windows -> Linux users seems to think highly of
Gentoo
> (there "emerge" system is supposedly atleast as good as Debian's
"apt");
> it
> might be a cool distro to try after using Debian for a bit.
>
> If you have any questions concerning Linux, feel free to email me,
> --TongKe Xue
>
>
> Quoting Benjamin Grol <bengrol@stanford.edu>:
>
> > Let me know if you can make it on Tuesday, 11/11/03 at around 3pm at
> > Sweet Hall.
> >
> > -Ben
> >
> >
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