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| (other TechTips) Debian GNU/Linux is the computer operating system that I use when I get to choose. It's a version of the GNU/Linux operating system that's developed cooperatively by people around the globe. It's very stable, very high-quality, and you can decide for yourself whether you want older, more proven software, or newer software, or bleeding-edge software. Freedom and control. Sweeeet. | ||||||||
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| < < | netinst-2.2r4.iso - this is a small file that allows you to burn an installation CD that gets most of its files from the net. I thought that this would be a cool thing to write - this guy beat me to it. http://markybobdeb.sourceforge.net/elf/
woody netinst - http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/ - this guy picked up the ball and created a netinst cd for Debian woody. One small bug: the installation program set up the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the 'stable' distribution, which is (as I write this) potato, not woody. You need to change it to 'woody' and apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade. | |||||||
| > > | woody netinst - http://people.debian.org/~ieure/netinst/ - this is a small file that allows you to burn an installation CD that gets most of its files from the net. It's much quicker than downloading an ISO because you only get the files that you need. | |||||||
| woody minimal cdrom image - if you don't have access to the 'net during your installation then these images might do the trick: they're very small but can build a minimal system that includes some useful stuff. http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/debian-cd/ | ||||||||
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| < < | installing Debian - install the smallest number of packages possible during the initial install process. I've found that it's better to get a minimal system fully up and running and then add packages to it later. | |||||||
| > > | installing Debian - install the smallest number of packages possible during the initial install process. I've found that it's better to get a minimal system up and running and then add packages to it later. | |||||||
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| < < | -- TobyCabot - 05 Jun 2001 - 31 May 2002 | |||||||
| > > | installing/configuring i18n - Debian by default appears to install just the "C" locale, but you can do a little work to get many more languages. You need to install the locales package, then dpkg-reconfigure locales and pick the languages that you want. They'll be generated when you leave the program. The language codes are listed in /etc/locale.gen and there are aliases in /etc/locale.alias. To switch the locale set the LANG environment variable, e.g.
$ LANG=fr_FR.ISO-8859-1 hello Bonjour, le monde! $-- TobyCabot - 05 Jun 2001 - 16 Aug 2002 | |||||||