Chris Castons Re: [plug] Debian

[James Elliott]

Thanks for the help Chris

I am fairly new to Linux so please don't apologise for detailing it to me.

It appears that you can update after installing it, so if I have any trouble
setting up the PPP connection, could I simply install Debian from the CD's
as I did before and update it later?

Kind regards,

James Elliott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Caston" <caston at iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Debian


> James,
>
> Stable is up to Debian 3.0 Rev 1
>
> There have been over 300 updates since the release of Rev 0. ~ 70 of
> them have been security updates.
>
> When installing your system the latest package information will be
> download from the apt sources your specify. (You will need to be
> connected to the Internet via PPP or ethernet or it will just get the
> ones from your CD's - It's good to have both)
>
>
> Thankfully the Debian install allows you to setup a PPP connection.
>
> If your system is already installed simply type: apt-get update
>
> from root to update your package information
>
> Type: apt-get -u upgrade
>
> which download any updates your need and then install them
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Of course accept my apologies if you already knew this stuff (;
>
> regards,
>
> Chris Caston
> On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 11:06, garry wrote:
> >
> > Yes it is the most current stable. There has been a few updates to it of
> > course..
> >
> > Garry
> >
> > On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:56, James Elliott wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have been distracted with work and Uni exams for the last few months
but
> > > am now ready to convert most of my network to Linux.  I have Debian
Linux
> > > 3.0 from EverythingLinux.com.au, but I bought that several months ago,
> > > shortly after it was released - is it still the latest stable release
or is
> > > there a more recent version?
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > James Elliott
> >
> >
>
>
>