Just To Say Thanks
Posted: Wed 26 Jul 2017, 18:27
I have used Linux on and off since Red Hat 3.0 days. I recently reentered the world of Linux after being gone for about two years. Wow, is all I can say. How did distro's that used to be so stable and small become so bloated and flakey.
Getting annoyed by this I decided to use Arch Linux. Okay, so we are back to the Red Hat 3 days..... I love the documentation they are keeping for it and appreciate the instructions. For this I say: Kudos!
However, upon install of Cinnamon I found it to still be bloated and without what I was really wanting to accomplish. Not wanting to spend more time to uninstall each individual piece. I decided to go to good ol' Debian.
I started the install of Debian having all three disc on hand incase they were needed. Once prompted to replace the first disc I immediately, popped open the cd tray and continued. Then following as before, the installer ask if I would like to scan another dvd. I of course said yes and am happy that the install was so smooth thus far. However, I go to open the cd tray and nothing. Now I am stuck with a half install with no way out as pressing ok just returns the "Open the cd tray and replace the cd"!!!! Ack! What garbage!
Finally, I did something I never do. I downloaded an iso image of a spin off Linux distro. Puppy Linux. At first I was horrified about not having the native support of installing directly to hard drive as the installer basically says "Yeah I didn't design it for that, but we can do". Secondly, the idea of a directory that would hold the complete install sounded like the old windows install of Linux. Scary!
However, I have to say upon examination Puppy Linux is genius! Great idea! What you all have done is remarkably smart! THANK YOU!!!
On a side note, does anyone have an sfs for Apache, Webmin, Postgres, Kodi, Samba and NFS? Looking to make a nice little home server. I promise to feed it doggy biscuits.
Sincerely,
James
Getting annoyed by this I decided to use Arch Linux. Okay, so we are back to the Red Hat 3 days..... I love the documentation they are keeping for it and appreciate the instructions. For this I say: Kudos!
However, upon install of Cinnamon I found it to still be bloated and without what I was really wanting to accomplish. Not wanting to spend more time to uninstall each individual piece. I decided to go to good ol' Debian.
I started the install of Debian having all three disc on hand incase they were needed. Once prompted to replace the first disc I immediately, popped open the cd tray and continued. Then following as before, the installer ask if I would like to scan another dvd. I of course said yes and am happy that the install was so smooth thus far. However, I go to open the cd tray and nothing. Now I am stuck with a half install with no way out as pressing ok just returns the "Open the cd tray and replace the cd"!!!! Ack! What garbage!
Finally, I did something I never do. I downloaded an iso image of a spin off Linux distro. Puppy Linux. At first I was horrified about not having the native support of installing directly to hard drive as the installer basically says "Yeah I didn't design it for that, but we can do". Secondly, the idea of a directory that would hold the complete install sounded like the old windows install of Linux. Scary!
However, I have to say upon examination Puppy Linux is genius! Great idea! What you all have done is remarkably smart! THANK YOU!!!
On a side note, does anyone have an sfs for Apache, Webmin, Postgres, Kodi, Samba and NFS? Looking to make a nice little home server. I promise to feed it doggy biscuits.
Sincerely,
James