themadtux wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 June 2004 16:40, Eric Jahn wrote:
>
>>No, I just run apt on my Debian box. I use Suse so I'm not tempted to
>>fiddle with it and break it, because it's my fiance's box and I don't want
>>her to kill me dead. If I were to put Debian on her 64 bit machine, I
>>would be incapable of restraining myself from rendering the system
>>inoperable and thereby lose data. She calls my Debian box "The
>>Frankenbox". I'll get Quicktime/wmv/and all that other plugin
>>compatibility when crossover office comes out in 64 bit, which I'm hoping
>>comes out soon.
>
>
> I tried installing Debian on my VMware system at work, what a pain in the arse
> and I never got it running. I just downloaded the base CD like 31mb bottable
> ISO and tried installing it.. X would not run. DO they have 64bit ISO's on
> DVD? The only reason I ask is that I hate having to burn 5 CD's and would
> rather consolidate to 1 DVD.
>
> -Jason
>
Have you tried the Sarge installer? I just tried that for the first time
tonight and, I've gotta say, I like it quite a lot.
About that: I just installed a fairly rudimentary Debian setup using the Sarge
installer. After the fact, I added a few things using apt-get, like the X
window system, Windowmaker, Firefox, Vim, and Gaim. Everything's running
smoothly. I love it. This is the least annoyance I've had from any Linux
installation so far. Then again, I haven't tried to turn it into a fax server,
so I'm not sure I'm qualified to give it an unreserved thumbs-up yet.
I'm just going to play around with this one for a while. In the interest of
helping me do so, I was wondering if anyone on the list would suggest something
I should install and test. Don't try to get me to break the OS, mind you --
just give me some ideas for stuff to try out.
Oh, by the way . . . What's a simple command line instruction to find out how
much free space is left on the hard drive? I seem to be drawing a blank on that
particular important task.
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