On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:32:39PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:37:46PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote:
> > Nowadays, I just give a blank stare back and start mumbling about how
> > great an application awk is and has been for the past twenty years.
> > Then I try to start an
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:20:26PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > Why would you be suspicious? I happen to like Outlook, and
>
> Because this is a debian-user list, and if you're using Outlook, you're
> obviously not using debian.
Really? I bet that'd be a surprise to the two Debian machines
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:23:31 -0400
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mart van de Wege wrote:
> > Aye, there's the rub: IT DOESN'T! Sorry for shouting, but the way
> dselect
> > handles suggests and recommends is braindead, to say the least.
> > If I want to install some package and not the su
At 02:20 p.m. 12/07/01 -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:23:31AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
>
>
>>That said, I tend to be highly suspicious of anyone that posts email to
>>this list with a MS mail client. It's one thing for a newbie that's
>>having ins
Joost Kooij wrote:
> In the case of a recommends:, it is usually a recommends: and not
> a suggests: for a reason. When you add a package with recommends:
> to your selections, dselect will propose the implied markings of the
> recommended: packages. But you can still easily change and override i
Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:23:31AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
>
>
>>That said, I tend to be highly suspicious of anyone that posts email to
>>this list with a MS mail client. It's one thing for a newbie that's
>>having installation trouble with Debian, but it likely shows
Mart van de Wege wrote:
> Aye, there's the rub: IT DOESN'T! Sorry for shouting, but the way dselect
> handles suggests and recommends is braindead, to say the least.
> If I want to install some package and not the suggests that go with it, I
> can forget about dselect, unless I use shift-q to overr
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 12:21:06PM -0700, abram olson wrote:
> Thank you so much Kent! I figured out that I could
> just uninstall gdm but I was disappointed with that
> because I hadn't actually learned anything.
>
> And now thanks to you I have.
>
> Thanks again.
look! someone who ENJOYS lear
> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
You said:
Jeremy> I use Outlook because I find it to be better than any piece of
Jeremy> shit MUA that I can run on Linux. I happen to find Linux
Jeremy> rather lacking when it comes to the desktop arena and when I
Jeremy> actually have
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:23:31AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
> That said, I tend to be highly suspicious of anyone that posts email to
> this list with a MS mail client. It's one thing for a newbie that's
> having installation trouble with Debian, but it likely shows ignorance
> for a so-ca
ob", which half this list apparently has
never heard of.
j.
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Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Peter S Galbraith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:05 PM
To: Jeremy Gaddis
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: new
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:37:46PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote:
> Nowadays, I just give a blank stare back and start mumbling about how
> great an application awk is and has been for the past twenty years.
> Then I try to start an argument on the relative merits of regular
> expressions versus file gl
"Jeremy Gaddis" wrote:
> Allow me to expand a little bit. I don't have
> the time to sift through every mail client listed
> on SourceForge/FreshMeat/etc. to find one I like.
> I've used Outlook for years, I like it, it works
> for me(tm). If you don't like it, don't use it.
> I promise you won
L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Joost Kooij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 5:38 AM
To: Jeremy Gaddis
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: new to debian have questions
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:01:30AM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:04:16 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:19:00PM +0200, Mart van de Wege wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 02:08:58 +0200
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> >
> > > Dselect has a "select" mode that lets you manage your package
>
"Lamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> btw, anybody would like to do a /Gout/look Express project? :P
Seems fitting to name the project after a disease... ;^)
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Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors!
Depart in pieces, i.e., split.
om: "Alan Shutko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: new to debian have questions
> "Lamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> --
> Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors!
> FORTH IF HON
Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
I use Outlook because I find it to be better than
any piece of shit MUA that I can run on Linux. I
happen to find Linux rather lacking when it comes
to the desktop arena and when I actually have to
do work instead of playing, I need something that
works. Windows NT (and Ou
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:19:00PM +0200, Mart van de Wege wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 02:08:58 +0200
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
>
> > Dselect has a "select" mode that lets you manage your package selections
> > interactively. The advantage of this is that you retain full control
>
"Lamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i can't find of any way of implementing chinese-compatible (TM)
> mail-and-news client
ISTR that Gnus is chinese-compatible. At least, I believe it has
Chinese encodings, input methods, and the means to display Chinese
characters. (It shows Chinese spam qui
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 02:08:58 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> Dselect has a "select" mode that lets you manage your package selections
> interactively. The advantage of this is that you retain full control
> over package selections.
Aye, there's the rub: IT DOESN'T! Sorry for shou
Calvin "Lamer"
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:01:30AM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> > I use Outlook because I find it to be better than
> > any piece of shit MUA that I can run on Linux. I
> > happen to find Linux rather lacking when it comes
> > to the desktop arena and
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:01:30AM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> I use Outlook because I find it to be better than
> any piece of shit MUA that I can run on Linux. I
> happen to find Linux rather lacking when it comes
> to the desktop arena and when I actually have to
> do work instead of playing,
son [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 8:17 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: new to debian have questions
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 04:46:04PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> FWIW, I absolutely loathe dselect. I'm sure it's
> probably improved with the
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:47:39PM +0100, Eric E Moore wrote:
> > "Joost" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Joost> Apt-get is generally much cooler when run as a dselect method.
> Joost> It will save you many pains if you take 30 minutes to learn the
> Joost> principles behind dse
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 09:17:10PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 04:46:04PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> > FWIW, I absolutely loathe dselect. I'm sure it's
> > probably improved with the last few releases of Debian,
> > but it used to be a royal PITA.
> >
> > The only time
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 04:46:04PM -0500, Jeremy Gaddis wrote:
> FWIW, I absolutely loathe dselect. I'm sure it's
> probably improved with the last few releases of Debian,
> but it used to be a royal PITA.
>
> The only time I use dselect is during the initial
> installation just because it starts
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 05:33:47PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Eric E Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > For the relatively uninitated amongst us, could you spell this out
> > quickly. What does dselct do that apt-get doesn't? I remember
> > hearing on a list that it doesn't handle suggests
Eric E Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For the relatively uninitated amongst us, could you spell this out
> quickly. What does dselct do that apt-get doesn't? I remember
> hearing on a list that it doesn't handle suggests and reccomends, is
> there anything else?
That's basically it.
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Behalf Of Eric E Moore
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:48 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: new to debian have questions
>>>>> "Joost" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joost> Apt-get is generally much cooler whe
> "Joost" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joost> Apt-get is generally much cooler when run as a dselect method.
Joost> It will save you many pains if you take 30 minutes to learn the
Joost> principles behind dselect and its slightly weird key
Joost> assignments (it's still much easi
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 04:23:23AM -0700, abram olson wrote:
> 1. I prefer my machine to boot to a command prompt
> not to boot into X. Its set up to be using gdm.
> Where do I change this? Can someone point me to a
> good explanation of how debian boot scripts are
> organized? Which init leve
Thank you so much Kent! I figured out that I could
just uninstall gdm but I was disappointed with that
because I hadn't actually learned anything.
And now thanks to you I have.
Thanks again.
Abe
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> abram olson wrote:
>
> > I'm new to debain although I'
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 04:23:23AM -0700, abram olson wrote:
| I'm new to debain although I've been using mandrake
| and freebsd for a while.
|
| I have a few questions that I've been up all night
| trying to figure out. Any help will be greatly
| appreciated!
|
| 1. I prefer my machine to boot
abram olson wrote:
I'm new to debain although I've been using mandrake
and freebsd for a while.
I have a few questions that I've been up all night
trying to figure out. Any help will be greatly
appreciated!
1. I prefer my machine to boot to a command prompt
not to boot into X. Its set up to
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