[plug] Debian Disks and Linux Magazines

[James Bromberger]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:16:20AM +0800, Darrell Horrocks wrote:
> Can someone lend me the latest Debian Disks?  Hopefully the latest 
> Woody, but any Woody is fine.  Just have to worry about the modem 
> charges ;-)  What's the latest in the library?

Bring some (4?) floppies to the next UCC meeting, and we'll make 'em up 
for you. Even better, haul the machine down there, and it'll get assimilated/
installed. ;)  When is the next one? January? Otherwise, email me off list 
and we can sort somethnig out.


> And then some more questions:
> 1) I do want to play with Debian with the Gnome desktop.  And warnings 
> that people want to offer over this?


I've been using it for about a year. Sweet.

> 2) Any Debian docs that are a must read?  Like where to put applications 
> self-compiled?

Self compiled applications go into /usr/local/<app>/ or /usr/local/bin. 
Have a read ofthe Debian Policy ni the development area of gthe Debian 
web site. It'll tell you the locations of various files, and offer 
resaons for this in some cases...

> Does anybody have any thoughts about differing Linux magazines?  The 
> most prominent of which are LinuxMag and Linux Journal.  There is also a 
> new one from the UK (can't remember the title though).  At over $16 an 
> issue, I am thinking about getting a subscription to one of these. 
> Anyone want to offer their view, at the risk of getting flamed? ;-) 
> Any magazines that people prefer over these?

LJ is supopsed to be quite good, but I haven't subscribed to any. I find I 
read the web-zines, and thats sufficient for me. lwn.net, /., news.com, 
The Reg, etc. 



-- 
 James Bromberger <james_AT_rcpt.to> www.james.rcpt.to
 Australian Debian Conference: http://www.linux.org.au/conf/debiancon.html
 Remainder moved to http://www.james.rcpt.to/james/sig.html
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 232 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.plug.org.au/pipermail/plug/attachments/20011218/fe3a719b/attachment.pgp>