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Debian Installer RC1 Is Out

Posted by timothy on from the smoosh-it-onto-a-machine dept.

rekt writes "The Debian crew has just announced the release of debian-installer RC1. You can find versions of it for 11 different architectures at the d-i page. This is one of the most flexible, modular installer architectures out there. As we near the release of sarge (debian 3.1) next month, it's important that we find and work out any bugs in the installer. Grab a copy and give it a shot!"

6 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Full RC1 torrents. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    CD 1.... of 12?!?!?!

  2. I've given it a shot by Avian+visitor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Grab a copy and give it a shot!

    I've downloaded a copy, burned it on a CD and gave it a few shots.

    This is the result.

    1. Re:I've given it a shot by pyrrhonist · · Score: 2, Funny
      I've downloaded a copy, burned it on a CD and gave it a few shots. This is the result.

      Me too. I got all my shots through the same hole, though.

      This is the result.

      --
      Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
  3. Debian woes by vuvewux · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sort of new to this linux thing, but there's this directory on my new install of Debian 3.1 called "/usr/bin". It was all messed up when I first went in there. None of the files had descriptive names, and it took me like an hour to figure out they were executables, since none of them had .exe on the end of them. Furthermore, whenever I double click them, they just pop up a command prompt for a few seconds then go away.

    I was gonna delete them, but I got kinda afraid that they might be my kernel, so I fiugred I'd ask. It's ok to delete this stuff, right?

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    Let's not forget that one can hate his government, but love his country.
    1. Re:Debian woes by WWWWolf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Most of the files under /usr are important system files, and should not be deleted.

      As a general rule, do not delete anything you're absolutely sure you won't need, much less if you have absolutely no idea what they're for. There are countless tales of people like you who invariably, no matter what operating system they are using, end up suffering after deleting stuff they think they don't need. Those who don't end up regretting it usually only do so by sheer luck - until something finally goes wrong.

      As for deleting things from /usr, it is advised not to do that anyway - these are best done through the package manager (use Synaptic if you use GUI, or dpkg or apt if you are familiar with the command line).

      As for lack of .exe or any other descriptive file extensions, it is merely only one of the common idioms of the UNIX environment. Please get used to it, it usually doesn't take much getting used to.

      Hope this helps.

      (And to anyone who found parent post +5, Funny: Get yourself a pet newbie, or try to answer newbie questions on a public forum for a whole. After a while, questions like that miraculously lose all funniness.)

  4. Re:Why 3.1 instead of 4.0? by ari_j · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or skip 5 or 6 whole numbers, Slackware? Or add digits of pie, TeX? (Debian could start that now.) Or pick a random number, Futurama?