Re: [ProgSoc] More on Linux distros - Debian issues

[jedd <jedd@nospam.progsoc.org>]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 03:22 pm, alister air wrote:
 ] I see... but trying unstable on my local mirror (iinet.net.au) it keeps

 Use another mirror -- aarnet springs to mind (it's the one
 I use and it seems pretty good).

 ] telling me that the debs I need aren't there.  Should I try installing
 ] 3.0r1 and then upgrading xserver only from unstable or testing (or
 ] apt-get.org)?  I could also just download the .deb and use dpkg to install

 This will [likely] fail spectacularly - the dependencies alone
 will cause an utter nightmare.  Just live with unstable, and
 do a proper install of it (dist-upgrade from stable f.e. after
 initial install - so you've got minimal packages to replace,
 and you therefore minimize network usage (but aren't you
 on an unlimited or at least generous plan?)).

 ] This is clearly not transparent menus on apt-get.org - a site made for
 ] lynx if ever I've seen one.  Very sad... they figure if you're getting
 ] there then clearly x is fucked so you can't see pretty pictures.

 Compare and contrast www.debian.org with .. any of the
 .com distro sites - redhat, suse, mandrake.

 apt-get.org is carrying on the tradition of substance over
 style, and with good reason - they're not there to sell you
 something, they have no interest in titillating you with
 blinkenlightsen.  They're just offering you a few lines of
 text that you can put in a text file of your own ...

 ] So the theory goes...

 I am *this* close to being able to route via my usb/bluetooth
 device .. but the hci0 network device refuses to let rfcommd
 run against it .. for reasons that aren't immediately apparent.

 ] Sounds like ... fun.  My Sony Clie doesn't do Bluetooth, but I don't think
 ] I need to surf from comfy chairs...

 Don't knock it until you've tried it.  Not sure of the range of
 the Palm, but the usb/bluetooth device will go 100metres
 (or so they say).  Obviously if the Palm does significantly
 less than that, it'll be a bit irritating .. but then provides a
 good reason to install bluetooth access points in each room
 in the house.  (It's not just the comfy chair that lends itself
 to surfing from.)

 Jedd.


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