CD burning prog for RH9?

[mallowman]

I used Synaptic along with apt from freshrpms while I was still at school, it was nice to be able to see what packages were available and pick and choose, eventually I ended up installing everything at the repositiories I was using (freshrpms, jpackage, and gstreamer) so it was easier to just use apt-get update; apt-get upgrade. It worked fairly well, but there were a few things I didn't like about apt on an RPM system (I remember from my brief use of debian that it integrates a bit better to the packaging system and they aren't so much a problem). Mainly it was the minute or two or three pause where it was building the package list, and it also seemed to be really good at triggering the bug where an RPM transaction would lock up.

kooldino said this
leech - that's pretty badass. I like your desktop too.

Second that on your desktop leech, what Gtk theme is that? I like it a lot, nice and clean, but without a bunch of rough edges.

and this
Wow, thanks for the lesson, mallowman!

Thanks, I hope it wasn't too hard to follow, I tend to understand things in a weird way and thus explain them strangely too. If you've got any other questions about little nags like that feel free to PM me or post in Alt. Lifestlyes.

[Kooldino]

Thanks again, mallow. I'll tend to post before I PM, as to build an archive for future people w/ similar issues.

I gotta try apt-get sometime. I may wait until my next linux version on my home box. I may go debian or gentoo. Not sure yet.

[leech]

Originally posted by Kooldino
leech - that's pretty badass. I like your desktop too.

It's the Amaranth GTK2 theme. (apt-get install gnome-themes-extra if you're using Debian )

Leech

[leech]

Originally posted by Kooldino
Thanks again, mallow. I'll tend to post before I PM, as to build an archive for future people w/ similar issues.

I gotta try apt-get sometime. I may wait until my next linux version on my home box. I may go debian or gentoo. Not sure yet.

If you're going to try debian, might I suggest buying a copy of Libranet 2.8. The reason I say this particular one is that Standard Debian is quite a bit harder to install (though if you liked a nice stripped down linux distro, THAT is a great way to go.) And also, unlike Xandros and Lindows, Libranet is 100% compatible with all the Debian Repositories. All I do on mine is first change /etc/apt/sources.list to use the sid distro, rather than Sarge. (Sarge is Testing and Sid is the unstable branch.... unstable VERY rarely breaks something, but has mostly the latest versions of the software.) Probably my only complaint about Libranet is that it uses Grub by default.

It even installs the binary for the nVidia kernel drivers

Leech

[Kooldino]

How much is Libranet?

Paying for linux is questionable to me. ;-)

[leech]

https://libranet.com/cgi-bin/down_order.cgi

Leech

Of course you can always just use standard Debian. Really the major differences between the two are the installer, and a few things like XFre86 4.3.0 (which I believe Normal Debian still has 4.2.1) and it also comes with Adminmenu which is nice for automatically downloading things like RealPlayer, Flash plugin, etc.

Leech

[Kooldino]

What's XFree86? I've heard of it...maybe even used it, but my mind is blocked at the moment.

Ouch, $65 for linux! I may try debian then. How hard is it to install?

[leech]

Yeah, you've used XFree86.... It's the underlying software for using GUI's. (So you pretty much have to have it to use Gnome/KDE, unless you use something like the Framebuffer, or you use one of the commercial ones.)

You actually could just download the Libranet 2.7 (Libranet releases their previous versions for free, the latest being 2.8, which is 65 bucks.)

Debian isn't TOO hard to install. I was thinking today at work that I could probably write up a quick howto, though I'm sure there is probably already one out there. Debian is cake to do, as long as you know what hardware you're running. It doesn't auto-detect things very well. though as soon as you boot up Debian, rather than hitting enter for install, you'll want to type bf24 first (or something like that I can't recall the exact command) because that will install the 2.4 kernel, rather than the 2.2.

I would suggest downloading Libranet 2.7 and then just upgrade with the newer stuff.

Leech