On 10/25/13, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Fri, 2013-10-25 at 08:15 +0000, Tom H wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:18 PM, John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Richard Owlett writes: >>>>> >>>>> Is there any reason that a Ubuntu version Mint would be any more >>>>> suitable than a custom install of Debian >>>> >>>> No. >>> >>> Yes, ease of installation. >> >> pro Ubuntu, con Debian >> >> As mentioned before, *buntu repositories provide collections of >> educational software that is sorted regarding to the age of the >> children. > > Knowing that such a sorted collection exists is valuable information. > >> The same software likely is available for Debian too, but I >> don't know if there are meta packages available too, > > I've been wanting to understand meta-packages for a personal > project. Gives me one more assignment. If retirement isn't for > learning and expanding horizons, what good is it ;/
Recommended! I found it easy, that was ~8 years ago, probably easier now. Look at package equivs, followed by: # Quick and dirty local packages repo: dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip - > Packages.gz Good luck Zenaan -- 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/caosgnsta-r8mzeao7krle3hio_qf115ryosgol3d0+-199f...@mail.gmail.com
