On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:26:26 -0500 Lloyd D Budd <lloyd-fEEwcc3XMu8jODpR/OX0VQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
However, today for example, I upgraded the kernel:
urpmi --update kernel
urpmi --update kernel-source
then run the NVIDIA installer, and boom I'm up again, with LILO configured automagically. I'm hoping the new kernel (2.4.22-21) will prove more stable, but if it doesn't, is apt similar in it's "user friendliness"?
apt-get is @ least as friendly.
Like when I update Apache, it's not going to require me to reconfigure, apt-get does the necessary fiddly bits for me? It shouln't.
I don't mind having to learn a bit more about the guts of my system, quite the contrary, but I'm not looking for *too* much of a leap, like Slack or Gentoo.
The leap to Debian is no smaller than to Slack or Gentoo.
Really? From what I've seen of people's experience with those two on other forums, it can be a real long hard road to getting a fully functioning system. As long as I can get CD burning and MPlayer workin', I'm happy. If you mean GUI config tools, I don't really use all those GUI tools that come with Mandrake anyway, I'm much more comfy at the CLI with configuration, so I can see what's going on in detail. The main thing I'm looking for is great package management and stability. I miss the old MDK 9.1 days, uptimes of 2 weeks or more were not unheard of... :-( -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth."-- Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml