How do you compile Debian from the source code files? Sent from my iPad
On Nov 28, 2012, at 9:34 PM, "Russell L. Harris" <rlhar...@broadcaster.org> wrote: > * slick.coo...@gmail.com <slick.coo...@gmail.com> [121129 05:00]: >> On Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:20:01 PM UTC-5, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>>> On 7/14/2012 9:39 AM, Chris wrote: >>>>> From: "Richard Owlett"<rowl...@cloud85.net> > ... >>>> In my experience these gatherings serve mostly a social function, >>>> not a technical/learning function. > > Check with local colleges. Before Debian arrived at its present state > of user-friendliness, Linux user groups at colleges and universities > commonly hosted "Installfests" at the beginning of each semester. > Students and members of the surrounding community would bring their > computers, complete with monitor and, sometimes, printer, to the > campus; they would leave two or three hours later with a working and > properly-configured Linux configuration. > > Today, more comprehensive installers and almost-universal access to > the Internet have diminished the need for the installfest. And today, > if you do locate and attend an installfest, you likely are not going > to see anyone pulling a cart loaded with a desktop machine, keyboard, > monitor, and cables... > > RH > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121129053440.ga2...@gospelbroadcasting.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5b335261-cda9-47fe-98c9-395fd8840...@acuron.us
