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Re: tri-boot debian, debian-without-dm, and windows with newer debian using partitions from older debian?



On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:17:31PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 12:23:11AM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-09-04 at 19:33 +0100, Brian wrote:
> > 
> > > Possibly. But why bother? Debian may be a Good Thing - but why do you
> > > need more than one installation? If you do, why not just do it?
> > 
> > One for using an OS as a normal user (the one I have currently with
> > debian installed) and the other for forcing me to use the shell for
> > daily tasks. 
> > 
> > I just don't want another entirely new version of wheezy again, just
> > asking if I can install another debian with all /home, /var, /usr
> > and /temp from current installation, so that I can access my files from
> > both the installations!
> 
> You can still use the command line AND have a GUI installed. How are you
> going to view a graphic without a GUI? 

# apt-get install caca-utils
$ cacaview lena.jpg

> How are you going to watch a movie without a GUI?

$ mplayer -vo caca The_Matrix.avi

> 
> It'd be a lot easier to just CTRL-ALT-F1 to a virtual terminal and work
> from there, don't you think?
> 
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> who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
> oppressing." --- Malcolm X
> 
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