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On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 17:35 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> >>Debian on the other hand may be more complicated than I want. I wasn't [too]
> >>encouraged when X took serious tweaking to get it to boot up.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >The main advantage for going "straight" Debian is when you need
> >somethi
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:02:28 -0500, Cris Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been experimenting with different PPC compatible Linuxes (Linuxi?).
> I'm not a complete newbie but I'm not an expert either. I could not get
> Mandrake installed, I was succesful with Gentoo but what a pain, YDL 4.
Debian on the other hand may be more complicated than I want. I wasn't [too]
encouraged when X took serious tweaking to get it to boot up.
The main advantage for going "straight" Debian is when you need
something that's not supported by the Ubuntu distro, and/or you are
running a platform
Hardware: Powerbook G3 Pismo 256MB/40GB
Usage: Personal home server - light Web, FTP, possibly mail, WebDAV etc..
Requirements: (Not in order) Hardware compatibility, Ease of use and
installation, variety of software, active community, lots of help
available
I've been experimenting wit
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