[svlug] Re: Debian (Karsten M. Self)

[Karsten M. Self]

on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 05:07:14PM -0700, Roland Krause (rokrau at yahoo.com) wrote:
> Karsten,
> thanks very much for your kind offer. I will be glad to take you up on
> this. 
> 
> Karsten M. (Him)Self implied that: 
> 
> > on Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 10:23:29AM -0700, Roland Krause
> > Yep.  Refer to Self.
> 
> :-) 
> 
> > There are several Debian folk who tend to attend IFs, as well as
> > installation sources.  I'll try to be there.  This will be at the
> > Oakland Convention Center, see http://www.linuxmafia.com/bale/ for
> > info.
> 
> So this is not at the "Computer Literacy" bookshop, next Saturday then?
> The linuxmafia site is dead (the guys seem to have been colocated to
> the ground of the bay by "Billie the Gate"'s hitmen). 
> Please let me know. 

Installfests vary in location.  The Computer Literacy site is a
standard, the Robert Austen computer show locations are periodic,
sometimes Oakland, sometimes the SF Cow Palace.

LinuxMafia was hosted by NorthPoint, a recently fallen ISP.  Efforts are
being made to resurrect it under a different DSL provider, not sure what
current status is.  It's not responding for me either.

> > A general philosophy of Debian installs is:
> > 
> >   - Start with stable.  Don't move to testing/unstable until you're
> >     comfortable with this base system *and* you feel that the risks
> > of
> >     unstable (periodic fuxnoring of your system -- rare, but
> > possible) are acceptable and suitable for your needs.
> 
> Fine,
> 
> > 
> >   - Install a minimal system.
> > 
> Good!
> 
> >   - Add only the packages you need.
> 
> Better! 
> > 
> >   - Incrementally add additional packages to your system over time.
> 
> That's exactly what I was hoping for. 

You've got the basics.  Need to figure out when the next Installfest is.
I'm likely in SoCal this weekend.

-- 
Karsten M. Self <kmself at ix.netcom.com>    http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
 What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?       There is no K5 cabal
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