On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 03:49:50PM -0400, Andrew Whitlock wrote: > I'm a newbie, I started with Debian ^_^
greetings from another once-newbie that also started with Debian (four years ago). > As a newbie to Debian and proud owner of a mere 56Kbps connection, I'd have > to say I much prefer stuff on the distribution CDs ^_^;; It's not clear to > me at this juncture whether the motion really means the non-free will be > pulled from the distribution altogether, but it seems logical. i think that'll be the kicker. those of use with (slow|no) connection at home will pay a price, either through long download times, or having to find/burn our own non-free CD. i would hope that, if non-free (and i assume contrib must follow) is pulled that it would be relatively easy to make a non-free CD, even if it's suddenly "Unofficial" Debian. I'm blessed enough to be able to use Debian at work and am in a position to make it our "official Linux distro." if non-free gets pulled, a simple /etc/apt/sources.list entry would suffice where there's a fast internet connection (perhaps real Debian could even come configured that way), just like HelixCode did for their wonderful debs of GNOME. but, i have been playing around a bit with the new Mandrake 7.1, and it sure is sweet... -- eric a. Farris [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bigfoot.com/~eafarris Systems Administrator Appalachian Laboratory, UMCES www.al.umces.edu If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed... oh, wait, he does. "For a list of ways technology has failed to improve our quality of life, press 3."
