By: Jim Lynch
Excellent! I'm glad to hear that LibreOffice is being made available. Woohoo! Like or Dislike: 0 0
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Nice to see your conclusion and that you really like Debian Squeeze. This is definitely their best release, and I just knew it would be because it was ALREADY excellent by August 2009, just six months...
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Brian you are like the kid who peeks at his Christmas presents on Christmas eve! You're supposed to wait to open them. Like or Dislike: 0 0
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Jim Lynch wrote: Brian you are like the kid who peeks at his Christmas presents on Christmas eve! You’re supposed to wait to open them. Actually Jim, that was my sister Susan, who is a year younger...
View ArticleBy: Micah
I'm pleasantly surprised by Debian 6. I threw it on my netbook, figuring that I needed that to run a rock solid OS in case I'm travelling and have nothing else to rely on. I'm glad to say that in the...
View ArticleBy: Micah
And I should add that the installer is excellent. The graphical installer that I ran in the live environment didn't work because the screens were all too big for my netbook, but then I used the simple...
View ArticleBy: BKM
Hi Jim, about the packages being pulled off the CD instead of the net: as far as I know, APT related tools should download packages from local media (i.e. CDs and DVDs) instead of network repositories...
View ArticleBy: Bill Julian
Like Brian I have been running Squeeze since sometime in August with no problems at all. People who want to run Stable need to understand that it is not developed as a leading edge system. The idea is...
View ArticleBy: darkduck
How NOT to install Debian 6.0 Squeeze: http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2011/02/how-not-to-… Like or Dislike: 0 0
View ArticleBy: Alexandru
BKM wrote: Hi Jim, about the packages being pulled off the CD instead of the net: as far as I know, APT related tools should download packages from local media (i.e. CDs and DVDs) instead of network...
View ArticleBy: yoda
is there a way to install debian and set installer NOT to format swap partition? Like or Dislike: 0 0
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[...] to learn about a distro that is the foundation for a lot of other distributions including Ubuntu, LinuxMint and [...] Like or Dislike: 0 0
View ArticleBy: Raphaël Hertzog
@ yoda: Yes it's possible. You get to validate the choice of partitions and in that screen you can do almost everything. Including modifying details of what's done with every partition. Select it and...
View ArticleBy: Andreas
Hmmm… I am running debian testin (i.e. wheezy) and do not have libreoffice in my apt-cache? So are you sure Brian? Like or Dislike: 0 0
View ArticleBy: Brian Masinick
Andreas wrote: Hmmm… I am running Debian Testing (i.e. Wheezy) and do not have libreoffice in my apt-cache? So are you sure Brian? I will have to check back. No, I am not 100% positive that LibreOffice...
View ArticleBy: Brian Masinick
Curt Howland wrote: @ Curt Howland: In Sid, that is. That's right. My comments earlier implied that LibreOffice was in Testing as well as in Sid, but that may not be correct. You can GET LibreOffice...
View ArticleBy: Gayan
Hi Jin, OK here is my question. I want Gnome desktop installed with the basic apps such as (totem and CD/DVD burner web browser.. think that's about it :D ). So if I just download the first CD will it...
View ArticleBy: Dav1d
Great review, i just love Debian, you get a stable system, lightweight(i use openbox on it, its amazing how fast my desktop is) and they have a ton of softwares on the repositories. Squeeze was a very...
View ArticleBy: manmath sahu
Gayan wrote: ….I want Gnome desktop installed with the basic apps such as (totem and CD/DVD burner web browser.. think that’s about it :D ). So if I just download the first CD will it be enough to do...
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View ArticleBy: Don
I sure am glad I 'found' Debian. I was in the yo-yo of Ubuntu, Unity, Mint, Mate, Cinnamon, KDE, XFCE, and all the other distros and their 'attempts' to make one size fit all. I have a stack of live...
View ArticleBy: Brian Masinick (@mas
Debian is DEFINITELY not a difficult system to install. It was TEN years ago that it was difficult to install. Since then, it has gradually improved. The installer is still not "best in class" in terms...
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