[lug] Linux Distr. Size (was: no fun with the sun)

[Michael J. Pedersen]

On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 08:56:59PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 09:13:19PM -0700, Michael J. Pedersen wrote:
> > Drawback: I hate dselect, and can't wait until they find a better tool to
> > replace it.
> Check out the features they've added to apt (apt-get), I only use
> dselect nowadays to find out the name of a package.  And usually I find
> the package name using one of the search bots on the Debian IRC network
> (openprojects.net).

I've been using apt for most everything for a few months now (of course, I've
only been using Debian for the same length of time :)

My problem with dselect is that it still is a part of the install process.
And that leads to possible problems.  Especially if you're picky about which
applications you install, so want to select each one individually.

As for mirrors: I've set up my own private mirror, which means that I never
have to deal with download times (except when I decide to update the mirror).

-- 
Michael J. Pedersen
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