[NBLUG/talk] Debian

Steve srj at adnd.com
Wed Jun 25 18:33:00 PDT 2003


Actualy that would be cool if Sonic hosted something like that.. I
know the owners of Sonic are on this list, maybe they will read this and
go with it =)

(hint hint scott!)

-Steve


On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:13:32PM -0500, Warren Raquel wrote:
> You could see if anyone in the area is hosting a Current server. Current 
> is an open source implementation of RedHat's up2date service. It doesn't 
> have the full functionality of the real up2date service but it seems to 
> suffice here on our campus (University of Illinois). One thing I like 
> about it is that you can have multiple computers update under the same 
> account. It would be neat if Sonic could host one. :)
> 
> Steve wrote:
> > Oh here is another reason I want to dump RedHat (I know I could pay to get
> > rid of this problem, but I'm un-employed and broke.)
> > 
> > [root at oracle root]# !up2date
> > up2date --nox -u
> > 
> > Error Message:
> >     Demo service for server 1001445557 limited due to high load
> > Error Class Code: 51
> > Error Class Info: 
> >      Demo service currently disabled due to high load. If you would like
> >      to see Red Hat's policies on Demo service, or find out how you can 
> >      purchase a subscription service and receive priority download access, 
> >      please go to http://rhn.redhat.com/preview/index.pxt
> > 
> > 
> > Stupid RedHat!! Why send me a security alert if ya not gonna let me update
> > :P (again I know I can pay.. and I can also download the packages off of
> > nblugs mirror or sonics.. just complaining thats all)
> > 
> > -Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 03:56:27PM -0700, Jeremy Turner wrote:
> > 
> >>Hello all!  I'm just coming back to the area from the midwest from
> >>college and I found this lug.  Debian's my cup of tea.
> >>
> >>On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 15:28, Steve wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm thinking about moving to debian, anyone know a fast mirror site to
> >>>download the ISOs?  Also any gotchas I need to watch out for
> >>>when doing this.. I figured I would just nuke my RH8.0 partition and start
> >>>over.. There really isnt any data worth saving on this box anyways =)
> >>
> >>The best part about debian is that you only install what you need.  My
> >>favorite installation method is to grab the debian mini-cd
> >>http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/ and burn it onto a 3" cd.  It will
> >>work on a regular-sized cd as well.  Once you get everything all fixed
> >>up, add a couple of apt mirrors and grab everything else off of them!
> >>
> >>The transition from the RedHat/Mandrake/SuSE way of thinking (download
> >>the ISO, then install) to debian's download what you need, then grab
> >>them one by one, is a bit different.  Additionally, if you have a slower
> >>dsl line, you can set a cron job to do all your downloading late in the
> >>night.
> >>
> >>HTH,
> >>
> >>Jeremy
> >>-- 
> >>Jeremy Turner <jeremy at linuxwebguy.com>
> >>The LinuxWebGuy
> >>
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