On Thursday 22 August 2013 04:11 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 19:41 -0700, 郭靖 wrote: >> I've burned a Live CD, and I tried it on VirtualBox, it looked fine >> but I chose the wrong place for GRUB, at last it didn't run well. > > More information is needed to comment this. > >> is Synaptic different from apt-get? Which of them has more softwares? > > Both use the same list of repositories, so the same software is > available. > >> mc looks fine and I may tried out. > > mcedit is the command to access it's editor directly and > mcedit /path/to/file/foo will open the editor and a file directly. nano > is another easy to use editor, but you should know the basics how to use > vi, or vim, since those are the editors that usually are separated from > the rest of the userspace and available if everything should be broken > on UNIX like systems. > > If you want to learn Linux this way I would recommend to use another > distro, but this are only my 2 cents. I for example prefer Arch over > Debian. Beside the repositories that provide binaries Arch comes with a > build system similar to FreeBSD ports, packages neither for this build > system, nor for the binaries are split, as they are for Debian. Arch > packages follow upstream, IOW a lib will not get a separated package, > headers don't get separated packages too. Building packages for Arch is > much easier than doing it for Debian. The _real_ rolling release model > of Arch does provide latest _stable_ software, so if you want to develop > using a lot of new stuff from git, svn etc., you wouldn't run that easy > into issues, as you'll do when using Debian. > >> If I dual-boot Debian on my MBP, then install rEFIt, would it be fine? > > I don't know. > > Debian: > https://wiki.debian.org/MacBook/DebianInstallTutorial > https://wiki.debian.org/MacBookPro > > Arch: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook > http://codylittlewood.com/arch-linux-on-macbook-pro-installation/ > >> And can I send and/or receive mailing list or emails, and talk on IRC >> channels? > > You are already doing it ;), but yes you can do it using Linux too :). > > Regards, > Ralf > > > >
Hi, The questions you're asking about are probably covered better in the Debian Administrator's handbook. http://debian-handbook.info/ They have a free ebook version available from their website too. It covers the basic choices you'd need to make working you through the install process, and explaining the basic packages necessary on Debian. Another good site would be TDLP.org where you can find some good introductory material on linux to get you going. Hope that helps, Kailash -- 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/5215fa05.1010...@gmail.com
