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On Mon, 02 May 2005 00:39:25 +0100 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Right, I've given up on Debian for now, I just can't get it to install a complete useable system, and I haven't got the patience to mess around with it at the moment.
Rob, You won't need much patience to install my recent toy- I've just climbed aboard the Ubuntu bandwaggon. Like you I've tried periodically to get a Debian based system to the point where I would choose to leave my highly individual SuSE installation. I'm very impressed so far, especially the easy installation and the latest xfce4. Having played around with it and it's brother (Kubuntu- U is Gnome front end, K is KDE) I suggest downloading the iso for Ubuntu, and after installing do "apt-get install kubuntu-desktop" if you want to switch to KDE. (Installing Kubuntu on my laptop yesterday I had problems with the Grub installation, and had to install that manually after using a SuSE bootdisk to get into the OS- this did't happen installing Ubuntu). In any case this way around you get the default installation of both Gnome and KDE (each of which have something to offer IMHO), whereas there is no "install gnome-desktop) to my knowledge. Use the "expert" option at the install boot prompt and you're away. The ordinary option hides root and you have to "sudo" into everything. Up and running well, even though I will have to tweak the default chosen progs to suit my needs/likes better. As I said I am very impressed (see http://www.ubuntulinux.org/), and hope you may be. If you have problems with the download I'll burn you a copy of the iso (it'll cost you a pint!). HTH Terence -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html