Fw: grrrr. Debian...

Ken Bowley plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
25 Aug 2001 09:40:12 -0700


Woody/testing is your friend...  and sid (still in development) isn't
that bad either.

On 25 Aug 2001 07:43:37 -0700, Derek A. Neighbors wrote:
> Poor Nathan.  I suppose no one was kind enough to tell you that debian 
> likes Ximian about as much as a cat likes water.  It wont drown, but boy 
> does it get pissed off. :)
> 
> fwiw: gnome1.4 is in testing
> 
> -Derek
> 
> Nathan England wrote:
> 
> > Okay, half my problems are solved...
> >
> > I got gnome working.. uhg, old...  uh.
> >
> > But I stumbled enough to get enlightenment up and now I'm installing 
> > the new ximian.
> >
> > See you soon!
> >
> >  
> >
> > nathan
> >
> >  
> >
> >  
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > * From:* Nathan England <mailto:nathan@the-arcanum.org>
> >
> > *To:* plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us 
> > <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> >
> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 25, 2001 7:35 AM
> >
> > *Subject:* grrrr. Debian...
> >
> >
> > Okay, on recommendation from a friend because of good German language 
> > support, I took down my beloved slack box and put debian 2.2r3 on it.
> >
> >  
> >
> > I feel like a complete newbie.
> >
> > apt...  what?
> >
> > lol
> >
> >  
> >
> > Okay, I have enough to get started with.  All my networking is up.  
> > The console is great.
> >
> > So where is gnome?
> >
> > startx only runs windowmaker, and I can't find gnome. I know it's 
> > installed, /var/lib/gnome says so.
> >
> >  
> >
> > I just ran an apt-get install gnome-* and it's going nuts now.
> >
> >  
> >
> > But I just wanted to get this out there, so if I start ranting off and 
> > asking debian things, you'll be prepared.  And if you don't hear 
> > *anything* back, well, then slack is back.. ha ha
> >
> > Get ready.
> >
> >  
> >
> > nathan
> >
> 
> 
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