On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:56:23 +0000 Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 17:11 Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> wrote: > > > Op Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:46:09 +0200 schreef Alan McConnell > > <alan@his.com>: > > > > > Well, I finally got my Jessie installed! I had to pick a > > > different kernel than then one > > > suggested, but things finally went through. I was even able to > > > use the partitions I had > > > prepared and carefully sized. > > > > > > My question: how do I install "new" SW? E.g. emacs, and mutt, > > > and ImageMagick? These > > > are not found on the one CD I have. I have in addition a thumb > > > drive, which came with > > > my purchase from LinuxCollections. I have mounted it and find > > > that it is chock full > > > of .deb files. I suppose there is some way of 'manually' copying > > > a particular .deb > > > to my disk and then installing it. But I am afraid of getting > > > stuck in "dependency > > > hell". Does someone here also have the same CD + thumb drive > > > situation. > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just don't understand why anyone would pay money for Jessie in the > first place. It's supposed to be free software... Your are free to distribute free software for money, if you so desire. The point of free software is that you are *free* to distribute it as you wish (either gratis or not).
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