Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez's answer to
Juan Alberto González's letter
is the most brilliant text about free and proprietary software
written by politician I've ever seen.
(Juan Alberto González is a General Manager of Microsoft Perú.
Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez is a Congressman of the Republic of Perú.)
I really wish we had such people among Polish politicians.
I wish you, Ramsés, together with other people in Panamá
to convince your politicians what's
best for your citizens,
even if it's not best for
fraudulent megacorporations like Microsoft,
and even if it means making
the richest man on Earth slightly less rich.
Any idea when the fix will be in the woody packages?
What the hell?!
You need this fix in a wooden package?!
With cockade and stuff?
Would the express FedEx delivery be OK, Your Majesty?
Can't you just download it from the 'net like other people?!
Geez...
I also have a pet theory, which I often state. One of the reasons all crackers et al. go after Microsoft product is that they are widely used, and that showing their failings through breaking them gains them esteme on boards such as this one.
Are you trying to say that Apache HTTPD is not widely used?
(Sorry, if I have not understood you)
Re:I downloaded Debian two days ago
on
Gentoo Linux 1.2
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
It's been over 2 months since KDE3 was released. How about having it FINALLY in Debian as well?
Great idea, why won't you help Debian folks if
you need it so much?
Re:I downloaded Debian two days ago
on
Gentoo Linux 1.2
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· Score: 1
deb ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody main
deb-src ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody main
deb ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian-non-US/ woody/non-US main
deb-src ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian-non-US/ woody/non-US main
deb ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates non-free
Use something like this, but with some mirror near you
instead of ftp.pl.debian.org.
See the
mirrors list
or just change the ".pl." to ".your-country-code." and
it should work.
Next you have to run "apt-get dist-upgrade" and that's it.
You can first try "apt-get -s dist-upgrade" to see a simulation what would be done but without changing anything, to make sure the
mirrors are working. Hope it helps.
Re:I downloaded Debian two days ago
on
Gentoo Linux 1.2
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· Score: 0, Offtopic
I would suggest using Debian 3.0 Woody
(it's currently Testing and soon the new
Stable version), the software is much
more recent than in 2.2. Potato
and everything is easier to install.
You may even try Sid the Unstable version
if you want the latest and the greatest
software and you don't mind having some
bugs in some software.
I don't know much about Gentoo but
it has newer software than Debian,
however Debian (especially Stable and Testing)
is more stable.
I wish you good luck with Debian!
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Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez's answer to Juan Alberto González's letter is the most brilliant text about free and proprietary software written by politician I've ever seen. (Juan Alberto González is a General Manager of Microsoft Perú. Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez is a Congressman of the Republic of Perú.)
I really wish we had such people among Polish politicians. I wish you, Ramsés, together with other people in Panamá to convince your politicians what's best for your citizens, even if it's not best for fraudulent megacorporations like Microsoft, and even if it means making the richest man on Earth slightly less rich.
See also the interviews with Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez on LinuxToday and Linux Journal, as well as other links from the Peruvian Activism website.
Like who? Bill Gates? Steve Ballmer? Of course they disagree, like every condemned criminal. What's your point?
What the hell?! You need this fix in a wooden package?! With cockade and stuff? Would the express FedEx delivery be OK, Your Majesty? Can't you just download it from the 'net like other people?! Geez...
Are you trying to say that Apache HTTPD is not widely used? (Sorry, if I have not understood you)
Great idea, why won't you help Debian folks if you need it so much?
You don't have to burn new CDs, you just have to add some Debian mirror to your /etc/apt/sources.list and run
"apt-get dist-upgrade".
See Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (`woody'), Intel x86
Chapter 3 - Upgrades from Previous Releases
for details about some important changes between 2.2 and 3.0 Debian
versions but if you're just playing
with Debian, you can just go to
APT HOWTO 3.5 Upgrading to a new release
and see short text about it.
Generally, you have to add new APT sources,
here's my /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody main
deb-src ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody main
deb ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian-non-US/ woody/non-US main
deb-src ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian-non-US/ woody/non-US main
deb ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/ woody non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates non-free
Use something like this, but with some mirror near you instead of ftp.pl.debian.org. See the mirrors list or just change the ".pl." to ".your-country-code." and it should work. Next you have to run "apt-get dist-upgrade" and that's it. You can first try "apt-get -s dist-upgrade" to see a simulation what would be done but without changing anything, to make sure the mirrors are working. Hope it helps.
I would suggest using Debian 3.0 Woody (it's currently Testing and soon the new Stable version), the software is much more recent than in 2.2. Potato and everything is easier to install. You may even try Sid the Unstable version if you want the latest and the greatest software and you don't mind having some bugs in some software. I don't know much about Gentoo but it has newer software than Debian, however Debian (especially Stable and Testing) is more stable. I wish you good luck with Debian!
It's cutting edge because it uses the latest sources of the software, but are those versions well tested?