[ltp] Xandros (Now Debian)

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On Monday 03 January 2005 19:58, Donald B. Altman wrote:
> ** Reply to message from bosslady@msgeek.com on Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:44:25
> -0500 (EST)
> As a Debian wannabe, I've got a question....
> Would it make sense to install via a hard-disk install of Knoppix or Mepis,
> which I understand results in a standard Debian system, and then switch to
> apt-get?  My experience with a Knoppix HD install is that it's a snap.
> If that works, I'll suggest to my grandmother that she try it herself :-)

This is actually how I have been handeling installations on my R50 since the 
day I got it with one little difference: I am using Kanotix instead of 
Knoppix because with Knoppix I ended up having strange dependency problems 
every now and then. Apperantly this is because Knoppix is a mix of unstable 
and testing packages whereas Kanotix is a 100% Sid. 

I know that this does not make me a true Debian-Hacker but in the end - I am 
not. I have my home-dir on a separate partition and so everytime I mess up my 
system it is back up within minutes after a clean install of the most recent 
kanotix version and a mount of my home-dir-partition on /home. 

I can only recommend this solution for it has been working well for me the 
last 12 months with 3 major updates. Since I do not always understand the 
sense of what I am typing as root I tend to mess up my system every once in a 
while. Kanotix leaves me after the install with a working X-Server (at 
1400x1050), a working touchpad and trackpoint, working wireless-lan and it 
even loads a softmodem-driver although I never tried it.

Greetings
Nils


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> TIA
>
> Don A
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> Donald B. Altman
> Singular Technologies
> Croton-on-Hudson,  NY