Try Debian

Post #121,219 by scoenye 10/14/03 5:34:37 PM 10/15/03 3:47:29 AM Reply	Try Debian Its not as pretty to install as the others, but it is not as hard as rumored either. It addresses both points your raise: the X packages come with menu items and they are maintained through updates most of the problems you describe seem related to RPM. The thing is noted for its database corruption, and once the DB goes, your box is toast. It is the very thing that drove me back to Debian (which was the first Linux distro I ever installed, so it can't be that hard!) after a tour of some other distros (Mandrake 6.* & 8.* and Suse 7.) For Java, I'm using the 1.4 SDK and/or JRE straight from Sun. It seems to have the fewest problems with the dreaded browser plugin. Park it in /usr/local and link* jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins. Works fine here. Edited by scoenye Oct. 15, 2003, 03:47:29 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #121,223 by admin 10/14/03 5:41:03 PM Reply	Debian: It Just Works Disclaimer: I haven't gotten around to trying WINE yet, but when I do, most of it will be accomplished by typing "aptitude install wine" more than likely. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #121,227 by pwhysall 10/14/03 6:17:51 PM Reply	It can be the easiest of all. Scope out Libranet, or PGI, or Xandros, sometime. Consider pure Debian to be the reference implementation on which other people (like the above mentioned Googlefodder) can build. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #121,305 by Andrew Grygus 10/15/03 12:20:11 PM Reply	Ummm . . Aren't you concerned . . . . you will be sued for misappropriation of the letters "sco" in conjunction with Linux? [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #121,313 by scoenye 10/15/03 1:14:26 PM Reply	Hey, I was there first! SCO was founded in '79, I'm from '66. Let them change their name (again...)

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