On Tue 18 Dec 2018 at 10:10:21 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 12/18/2018 09:25 AM, mick crane wrote: > > I've got into trouble for replying to list emails in the past but I > > would advise rather than worrying about understanding everything that > > comes along get something you want the computer to do and worry about > > those bits. > > > > <chuckle> Actually I suspect I conform to your suggestion. It is just that I > have an atypical permutation of background, motivations, and goals.
You have no more atypical desires and are no more special than many other Debian users. > I'm retired, have an engineering (NOT Comp Sci) background, spent decades in > [engineering support, QA, QC, customer service], and a need to understand > some of low level details of Debian. My long term goal is a minimalist > system with a low internet data cap for retrieving packages. To that end > I've occasionally done a half dozen full installs in a day. Getting a minimal system is easy. You are aware of two accounts on the wiki which you have never criticised. Whether you have ever tried them is a different matter. -- Brian.
