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Author: Robert Bushman
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Subject: Debian Questions
Here's another one - I just did:
apt-get remove emacs20
apt-get install emacs21

Is there a better way to do this (ie: upgrade?)

On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Robert Bushman wrote:

> I'm starting to find some things I can't figure out
> how to change in Debian. I'm sure there will be more :)
>
>
> No Autorun X / Exit to CLI
> Currently, X starts immediately when I boot the
> machine. If I remove S99gdm from the default
> runlevel, it doens't. This is good, I don't
> want X to run automatically.
>
> Probelm is when I drop back to the CLI from
> X, it's not dropping the video back to text
> mode, so I get garbage on the screen.
>
>
> Mapping the Alt Key
> How do I map the Alt keys to send escape
> (or more accurately, how do I get Alt to
> send meta to emacs?)
>
>
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> 'Microsoft also warned today that the era of "open computing," the
> free exchange of digital information that has defined the personal
> computer industry, is ending.'
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/25NET.html
>
> Will Microsoft permit you to use your mission critical data when
> you need it? Linux will, and you have the source to prove it.
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>
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'Microsoft also warned today that the era of "open computing," the
free exchange of digital information that has defined the personal
computer industry, is ending.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/technology/25NET.html

Will Microsoft permit you to use your mission critical data when
you need it? Linux will, and you have the source to prove it.
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