How to access the Debian repository? (Solved)
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purple_ghost
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How to access the Debian repository? (Solved)
Does anyone know how to get into the Debian repository? How to identify the things there that I might want? Or do I need to buy the 21 CD's of Debian? Then somehow unzip them onto my hard drive. Or what would I do then?
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purple_ghost
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Good answer.
Thank you for your reply. What about the Slackware Repository?
BTW: I tried to install Slackware. I can install it to the hard drive and it and the thing does not even boot, nor does it tell me where it hurts. What a strange distro to be so well spoken of.
BTW: I tried to install Slackware. I can install it to the hard drive and it and the thing does not even boot, nor does it tell me where it hurts. What a strange distro to be so well spoken of.
Off topic now but have you tried playing with any of the Slackware Live distributions, Slax or Zenwalk. (There is another one that I have just downloaded and not yet tried but I can't remember the name). I was quite impressed with Slax but then I started reading forum posts about configuring a net connection and that scared me off! I think it probably has a lot of merit!
Cheers Jo
Cheers Jo
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purple_ghost
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Just the latest Slackware.
The latest one is on one CD and installs itself to the hard drive. Then one is supposed to restart and boot from the hard drive. Seems to show it is setting up SATA for the hard drive and my DVD burner. Seems to hang when it starts to look at the optical drive. I suspect it really has a problem with my Video, does not have the correct driver and is not willing to to run XVESA version. Although I get a GUI video driver during the install. I tried several Linux installs at the same time. One of these wanted to get online and have me download the repository before it started to install the CD. As I am on dial up, that did not seem like a good idea. Might be the only thing it would have downloaded was a Video driver, maybe another driver as well. I tried both of the kernels of Slackware which were offered. I think I have an old "Kill Bill" edition of Slackware. I do not recall if I ever ran it. I do not see any reason to spend my time trying out versions of Linux which are over a year old.
When I looked I do not recall seeing any current live versions of Slackware, then again, I did not look very close. I was at the University library for their fast connection and was doing a lot of other things. I gotta get high speed if I am going to fool with other versions of Linux.
When I looked I do not recall seeing any current live versions of Slackware, then again, I did not look very close. I was at the University library for their fast connection and was doing a lot of other things. I gotta get high speed if I am going to fool with other versions of Linux.