Re: Greetings and a minor rave!!
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On Tuesday 12 December 2006 06:45, Re: andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>
was heard to say:
> Thanks for your welcomes and recommendations. I look forward to
> getting to know the new system. As I said I am very impressed,
> although a bit confused too as I learn my way around.
I'll throw in my .02FRNs about package management. I like dselect.
It's the command-line Neanderthal of front-ends to apt, but I think
the granularity of package selection and dependency suggestions is
far better than aptitude. I tried tasksel once, not again thank you.
> I haven't
> used Gnome since RH 7.2 preferring XFce throughout my Slackware
> days, so I am becoming familiar with both Gnome and Debian.
Why? Debian has XFce, there's no need for you to have to learn both a
new package management system and a new desktop environment at the
same time. I think I've got 5 or 6 different window manager systems
on my laptop right now. Twm, WindowLab (which is great for kiosk or
other restricted user use), GNOME, KDE, OLWM for nostalgia from when
I first learned UNIX, etc.
Yep, there it is: pool/main/x/xfce4/xfce4_4.3.99.1_all.deb
> In the weeks to come no doubt I will have found a number of
> questions to pursue, but so far the docs seem pretty comprehensive
> which will be a big help.
I remember when I was first told about the /usr/share/doc/ directory.
What a revelation!
> Once again - thanks all.
Come back anytime.
Curt-
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The proudest day for gun control and central
planning advocates in American history
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