-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 05:50:26PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:36:40PM -0700, Adam Frank wrote: > > For beginners I'd definitely recommend apt-get, or even one of its GUI > > fronteds like Synaptic. > > The only problem for a beginner using Synaptic is that if it is all she > knows, and X crashes, they have no experience to fall back on. >
I completely agree. Everyone should have some command line experience in case anything ever breaks X.org, it could save lots of data and time. I recommend aptitude for the new user, apt-get doesn't track dependencies as well as aptitude does, and you don't have to remember seperate commands (apt-* as opposed to aptitude) - -- <o) Debian GNU/Linux - Free as in Freedom /\\ http://digital-haze.net/~pobega/ - My Debian site and blog _\_V Window Maker user, Debian enthusiast, Mutt lover -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGIXBQ/o7Q/FCvPe0RAg0GAJoCY03vjfhWRCEyVUMH0MVueH5Z0QCaAkr4 0kkZ6jkalYWG2DgEH2EkuyE= =ySxl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
