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>From reading this, we DEFINITELY need more people to speak up at the meetings. At the next meeting we should have a short discussion on just what everyone would like to hear about, or speak about. I know we tried to do this over the emails but that didn't seem to get off the ground.
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On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 12:23, Samuel Morales Jr. wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>If you want to escape dependency hell, but are afraid</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>of Debian, I would recommend you use Conectiva Linux</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>or just APT4RPM. Conectiva ported apt to support rpms</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>so it basically gives you the best of both worlds. I</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>have upgraded Conectiva 7.0 to Conectiva 8.0 using</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>apt-get dist-upgrade. It also supports Redhat and most</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>any other rpm-based distro (as long as there is a</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>repository set up for it). Check it out:</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>http://en.conectiva.com</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>http://freshrpms.net/apt/</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>--- "S. Lawton" <green_man@bluefrognet.net> wrote:</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I grabbed a bunch of rpms, and got dependency errors</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> knocked down to </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> a list of shared object files - so much for</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Evolution. Mandrake 8.2 </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> is the obvious answer. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I accidently opened the "Mandrake Online" icon, and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> they want me to </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> register for updates, but it sounded perilously</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> close to "This just </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> isn't all good..." [spooky timing], so I just hit</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> QUIT. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Also, in Control Center's Software Manager, I never</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> bothered with </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Mandrake Update, because this machine didn't have</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> access to WWW until </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> a few weeks ago. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Should I go ahead and set these utilities up ? </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Any caveats ? </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> I remember John Neff said something about not</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> letting Mandrake Update </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> fool with your kernel. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> The system is a stand alone [not networked] dual</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> boot desk top </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> machine on Dial Up [ the only time it's connected is</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> when I'm </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> surfing, or sending + receiving email], with me as</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> the sole user </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> [actually me as 2 users, logged on singly, one in</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> KDE and one in </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> GNOME, because I'm figuring out how permissions</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> work]. The linux is </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Mandrake 8.1 as it came from the install CDs. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Regarding upgrading the distro to a newer version, I</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> actually found a </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> HOW-TO, dated ~1999, that said basically to backup</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> /home, reformat </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> everything else, then do the install ! That sounded</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> like "washing </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Windows". Hopefully, by now, you can install a newer</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> distribution </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> OVER another [like a Mandrake over a Mandrake, a Red</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Hat over a Red </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Hat, nothing cross-platform], because I've put a lot</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> of custom icons, </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> wallpapers, and such in various places down in</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> /usr/share. </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> What did those of you who went to v8.2 backup before</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> you did the </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> upgrade ? Was /home even touched ?</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> -- </FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> S. Lawton</FONT></FONT></I>
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