On Friday December 28 2007 16:48:10 Don Harwood wrote: > Hi Ron > > i hope I'm doing this email thing correctly
So far. Except that you completely snipped off my reply. (Not too much of a big deal.) > the mill comes with a box pre configured with a built in g-code > stepper driver to run the 4 axis, Sherline guaranties plug and > play > > its my other new box that worries me, Your desktop box? > from what i have been > able to find out things may not be so easy, some of this stuff > is overwhelming maybe i bit off to much The tenor of your conversation screams "newbie". Thus, I suggest that Ubuntu is probably the path to travel, not Debian. If you grow in geekiness, then you can wipe out Ubuntu and install Debian. (Putting /home in it's own partition is *mandatory*.) yes ! However, the wireless kb is probably a lost cause. Not that I'd use one anyway. Radiating my passwords and CC numbers isn't what I consider wise > what is 801.11g and WPA2, My mistake. It's 802.11g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPA2 > like i said im not a system manager I'm not either. At work I'm a legacy-systems DBA. > ---- yet > > thanks Sure. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA yes i am a total newbie to the linux world, the reason i chose debian is because the cnc system is debian, after doing some minor research into it i decided to keep it simple {yeah right} i will make this work ! thanks for the understanding with us newbies, i will probably drop the wireless kb, thanks for the heads-up about security -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
