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Re:Everyone remember what a hit the Barbie PC was?
Everyone remember what a hit the Barbie PC was?
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Here is better round-up
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Perhaps Debian isn't meant to be "finished"
I'm wondering if Debian was ever really meant to be a finished, polished, complete distribution- instead, maybe we should consider it raw material from which more polished distributions can be built- like Linux itself. Debian just takes Linux a little further- then leaves it for others to finish.
I say this because there have been some really nice, slick distributions based on Debian. Corel was the first I can remember. It wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but it had a slick installer that did everything automagically, and some desktop enhancements to make it easier for the average Windows user to handle. Storm Linux was another that was pretty nice- again, a slick installer almost anyone could use, plus some nice system management and configuration tools, similar to Mandrake's. Now, Libranet seems to be doing good things with Debian also. You can read about Libranet here. Finally, I tried Knoppix the other day. It's a neat distribution that runs live from a CD, so one can try Linux without actually installing it. It has all the basics, and a nice KDE desktop. It's incredibly slick- installing, configuring, and loading itself from a CD faster than any of my Linux machines have ever booted. It detected all the hardware and ran perfectly on my laptop, with the nicest KDE desktop I've seen. I've been a Win2k hostage lately, so I've been loading Knoppix to netsurf and use some of my favorite programs, like Lyx. I urge everyone to try it, just for kicks.
All of these distributions are Debian, with the finish work being done by someone else.
So maybe we shouldn't think of Debian as a finished distribution, but as a toolkit- raw material for other distibutors to work with. Some have, and have done a good job. -
Re:First sober post
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A few other sites:
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some (setting up FreeBSD oriented) IPV6 tutorials
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related links
More info available from
Mozillaquest
Newsforge
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Re:i'm newTry reading this. Especially that part about running testparm to test your configuration.
Another very common newbie problem - samba uses unencrypted passwords by default. This only works with Windows 95 and possibly 98. Later versions of Windows encrypt their passwords so you won't be able to connect to your Samba shares. Run smbpasswd -a on your Linux boxes to fix this.
Also while you can access Windows machines from Linux using Samba, its default setup is to access Linux servers from Windows. You will need to learn about mounting Windows shares (try man mount) ala mount -t smbfs to access Windows shares in Linux.
Above all be patient. Unix is not for those who give up easily. -
Summing it up....So the current list of linux PDAs here or on the horizon now stands:
Lernout & Hauspie's version with Speech Recognition
maybe more?
At this rate, I might as well develop one. -
GnomeHackYes, the interface is ASCII, but it's still around
Good news for you: there is now a very pretty GUI version of Nethack called GnomeHack. If you love Nethack, you will want this!
This has been folded into the official Nethack distribution, so it no longer exists as a separate project.
If you use RPMs, do a Google search for "GnomeHack" and you will find lots of sites that have them. If you are a Debian user, you can get this with apt-get.
Here's a review of GnomeHack.
steveha
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Interesting MS.Com SnapShot
Gonzojohn ofLinuxOrbit posted this snapshot of whaaaaaasssssssUp at Microsoft.com Interesting!
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Interesting MS.Com SnapShot
Gonzojohn ofLinuxOrbit posted this snapshot of whaaaaaasssssssUp at Microsoft.com Interesting!
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Correct Link
Here (for the lazy).
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It's a typo.
the "h" is missing from the start of http.
try this instead.
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Re:Can't get to page
the site is at: http://www.linuxorbit.com/features/interview3.php
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For those wondering why....A few people have already asked why another wm/desktop, I tend to agree, but then looking at the ability to turn off modules such as gnome and other features that help reduce overhead...well one of the comments on the Interview page gives the answer:
it's refreshing to find a desktop that conserves memory and lets my applications run faster. Netscape is distinctly faster than it was with Gnome. XFCE is stylish without being distracting, and it does what I need without a lot of tweaking.I'll stick to my desktop, but for those who need it's strengths XFce provides a needed alternative for them.
