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| Newer page: | version 14 | Last edited on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 5:03:38 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 12 | Last edited on Monday, August 18, 2003 6:05:21 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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; __Very true to Linux__ : some purists dont like RedHat's directory structures.
There are some reasons not to like Debian, the most obvious of which is that packages have to be uploaded into the repository before you can get them. You can always install things from source, or use other peoples' ''experimental'' .deb sources just by changing your AptSourcesList. See NewZealandLinuxMirrors for places in NewZealand to get .debs/isos.
-The Debian PackageManagement format is .[Deb]. See DebianPackaging on how to create these.
+The Debian PackageManagement format is .[Deb]. See DebianPackaging on how to create these, or DebianPackageTools for how to use dpkg/apt/other programs that installer .deb packages
.
-debian.org have an [online FAQ|http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/]; we have a local DebianFaq.
+debian.org have an [online FAQ|http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/]; we have a local DebianFaq as well as some handy DebianNotes
.
-Read about the FlavoursOfDebian.
+Read about the different
FlavoursOfDebian.
For people who want to install debian, but are scared off by stories about debian's installer, there's [The Very Verbose Debian 3.0 Installation Walkthrough|http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016].
+See also DebianInstallerNotes.
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