On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, King Lee wrote: > I want Linux to become a viable alternative to Microsoft, not > because I hate Microsoft, but because Linux is better in many > circumstances. I would like corporate information technology > managers to use Linux for mail servers, print servers, and > whatever else Linux is better at. The problem is that managers > are unfamilar with Linux. They may be willing to > run dselect, but one cannot expect them to search the net > for a package, download it, and run "dpkg -i file".
dselect will do this also (ftp method). deity/apt (or whatever is the name du jour) will do it more slickly. Remember that there are packages in non-free having licenses which do not permit inclusion in the CD-ROM. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]