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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * Dselect still sucks.
(-:</blockquote>Don't use it myself, never got the hang of it.<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * I can see why Deb-heads
like network installs so much, because<br>
installing from CDs sucks; for example, the setup script
makes you<br>
feed in each CD that you want to install from so that it can
spend<br>
time reading index files from it - a better plan would be to
collate<br>
copies of the index files for a set onto a single CD (maybe
the<br>
last in the set?) - all before you even begin to install
`real'<br>
packages. Apt-get doesn't remember which CD is in, nor does
it sniff<br>
and see if the CD is one of those it needs before it asks
for a<br>
particular CD to be inserted, please press
Enter.</blockquote>That would be nice, but if the cd is mounted then it
does know what cd is in, it would be a bit much mounting it on a slow
cddrive just to find out its not the right one and then apt-get has to
unmount it again.<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * It is *much* better at
cutting the crap than any of the RPM-based<br>
distros that I've tried (Mandrake, RedHat, SuSE, Caldera) -
a full<br>
gateway machine with all of the server fruit, bells and
whistles<br>
that I wanted came out at roughly 140MB, on Mandrake this
would be<br>
600-700MB. In today's world of 40GB on up hard disks, it
seems<br>
ludicrously parsimonious [-: polysyallabic paradise there
:-].</blockquote>I agree to this point 100% I'm sick of having to get a
second disk for the other distros for my home space, the biggest disk I
ever had/have is a 4gb and with RH or Mandrake installed i was a bit
limited on disk space, thats because i had to install so much just to get
the stuff i wanted.<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * The full set of 7 CDs is
awe-inspiring, even asking for relatively<br>
obscure stuff like x2x and lbxproxy never took me past the
3rd CD<br>
which makes me curious about the mysterious depths of
esoterica<br>
encysted on CD #7...</blockquote>I have used it a few times
already, does that mean I'm odd? Can't remember what for though. 3 times
i think. a few lib packages as well. I've used just about all the
disks, no... have used all the disks. I must be odd!<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * The graphics etc useage of
the installer is very light; I could<br>
imagine running it on a 386/33 and still having hair when
I<br>
finished installing.</blockquote>Sick of graphics installs
that crash before installing the boot loader but after installing the
packages. what a waste of an hour!<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * Apt-get does some handy
things like semi-automatically tossing exim<br>
over its shoulder to make room for postfix.</blockquote>I
still have probs were it can't decide, only when trying to install
packages with wioldcards.<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * It prefers PostgreSQL to
MySQL. (-: Cue DB religious wars :-)</blockquote>I don't care my self,
still don't use them. <i>What R they for?<br>
</i><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite> * While said questions
could be tres confusing for a newbie, the<br>
configuration steps ask many intelligent questions which
give an<br>
experienced user a fairly good depth of
control.</blockquote><br>
I saw it installed once and installed woody myself. I only started on RH
and Mandrake in feb, DOS skills help though. No X used for a while,
except gnomecd which i was trying to use to rip.<br>
Debian ROCKS!<br>
Tim<br>
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Riverton, Perth, WA<br><br>
Australian Linux Technical Conference, Perth 2003
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