17 Apr
2004
17 Apr
'04
1:31 p.m.
Hi again,
Brent was right: yast depended on wget to work with ftp. It's now much
easier to handle packages. Also it's a good idea to use only packages
from the initial system whenever possible. I had the experience that
when I used stuff I found at rpmfind.net for ex. that I had to solve a
real chain reaction of dependencies. This is also true for debian, which
I use with all graphical bells and whistles on this machine, and apt is
very good on this, the system is in a state between stable and testing
and if I want a newer version of a program I simply type "apt-get
upgrade package" and everything is done automagically often pulling 10s
of MB of packages from the repository.
(I'm writing this from windows now, because I'm earning a few bugs
updating webpages for www.landesverband.lu and they use an awful cms
which relies on asp and a msword plugin, I hate it)
For Brent:
I'm not really involved professionnally with linux stuff, I'm only
helping a one-man firm which does web-development from time to time with
the more linux-specific issues. (I'm a EE student who needs to earn
money (only 9120 €/year from the ministry))
If you want to promote your services and send a cd, you can find my
friends address at www.aquariusmedia.lu. But I don't think he will
switch the provider once again, I think he is quite happy currently:
uptime > 400 days and once something works it does so permanently,
that's the linux way :-)
BTW I'm still looking for a job during summer vacation, so if somebody
would need a temporary helping hand which likes linux (among other
things) and knows how to use it....
I hope I didn't bother you too much with the personal stuff above. I'm
reading this mailing lists for a long while now and I'm happy that there
is a lug here and people who are promoting open source. I'd like to see
you once personnally at a meeting, but I'm too busy most of the time to
attend them. Also, I still have to pay my member fee for this year....
wrote too much now ... greetings to everybody !