Re: What if I choose install text-based mode than X?
在 2013年8月22日星期四UTC+8上午2时30分02秒，Joe写道：
> On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:30:22 -0700 (PDT)
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> 郭靖 <rush.guo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I was going to install Debian on my MBP(i.e. Macbook Pro), but I
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> > didn't know what to choose - Due to the existance of Mac OSX, I
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> > didn't want to install X on my machine, I just want to learn Linux
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> > and/or Debian. However, setting my Mac as a server is not necessary,
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> > so I just get confused.
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> Preferably begin from the netinstall image,
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> http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
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> then when you are offered the various computer roles, mail server, web
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> server etc., do not mark anything. You will then be given a very minimal
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> system, and will need to use apt-get or aptitude to add the software
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> you want.
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> If you are new to Linux, you might want to run a Live CD of Debian or
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> one of its derivatives. Synaptic is a GUI package tool which I find
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> easier to use than aptitude when searching for software. It does the
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> same thing functionally, but I find the aptitude display less clear
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> and intuitive than I would like. You should be able to get a good idea
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> of what packages you will need, if necessary using the Net for further
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> information, then return to your minimal system to install them.
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> My recommendation for the first additional package to a text system
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> would be mc, which is a text-based 'graphical' file manager and simple
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> text editor. My server runs text-only Debian, I use mc for nearly all
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> admin tasks, and I use it quite a lot on my very graphical workstation.
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> Another possibility that may work for you is to install to an external
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> USB hard drive, if your Mac allows that. You can then use what you like
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> with no effect on a computer's host operating system, and if you choose
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> a 32-bit install with a kernel *not* optimised for the hardware, then it
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> will boot on many machines. I have a pocket-sized 160GB drive which is
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> kept pretty much the same as my main workstation, with synchronised
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> data, which will boot on my large laptop and my netbook, and on nearly
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> all other modern x86-derived computers I have found.
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> > BTW, what's the level of C knowledge would help me develop Linux
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> > Kernel?
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> Sorry, cannot help there. The source code for the kernel is easily
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> available, have a look and see if you are intimidated....
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> Joe
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I've burned a Live CD, and I tried it on VirtualBox, it looked fine but I chose the wrong place for GRUB, at last it didn't run well.
is Synaptic different from apt-get? Which of them has more softwares?
mc looks fine and I may tried out. If I dual-boot Debian on my MBP, then install rEFIt, would it be fine?
And can I send and/or receive mailing list or emails, and talk on IRC channels?
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