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New to Debian
Posted by suresheq on Thu 5 Jun 2008 at 09:19
Hi, I am new to Debian, had installed using a cd downloaded, could not find the open office, so had to download the dvd and installed sever now able to use open office, however after installation there was an update pop up clicked on it and updated it said its of the same version i had installed and asked to restart . From then on I am having problem with the system its hanging up. unable to use the system for couple of days, is it a problem with Debian or with the system,
Why is the clock of the cpu is getting set while boot
want to learn how to use Debian and install additional components.
could you please help.
Why is the clock of the cpu is getting set while boot
want to learn how to use Debian and install additional components.
could you please help.
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If you have internet connection you don't need to download the dvd ..
Are there any log messages ?
I think for this question is better to go to a forum or to debian-user list
Regards
Are there any log messages ?
I think for this question is better to go to a forum or to debian-user list
Regards
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I am also new to Debian and wish to learn how to take advantage of this high octane platform. I don't wish to step on anyone's toes and I know that alot of well meaning folks work their arses off to help keep Debians quality and integrety protected. There seems to be gap betweeen the documentation of Debian and Gnome. When Gnome frontend loads there is no really good way for 'root' to interact with Debian except through the terminal and then that is limited. The single user mode choice made within the multi-boot list takes a new user to a Debian land which is extremely difficult for a new user to navigate. Obviously many Debians who migrate migrate from a windows platform where the administration of the box has a GUI. Root, to the best of my knowledge is a command line front end which requires familarity and memorization of commands. I forgot all of the commands as it has been years since I have worked with Linux. During my hay day Linux boxes had 386 chips and X windows was in its infancy. This is not to say command line control is not good. It simply means there is a gap that needs to be bridged in the documentation department.
Documentation is a tough business. I purchased a 21 disc 'etch' set and have no idea of what is on these gems. I can see via the directory that there tons of software and they are sorted by popularity and priority but, to the best of my knowledge no one took the time to compose a list of programs and perhaps a small description of what the programs are.
I don't think administrative issues such as mine and the person above who are
new to Debian should be pigeoned holed elsewhere in another Forum Land. A section needs to created that addresses people who don't have enough Debian savy yet to walk their ways through their problems. The newbie Debian administrator by default must crawl their way through the learning curve and use any means necessary to learn the innards of Debian, Gnome (or any other GUI that people put on Debian boxes) and Linux, as the prestigious Debian protects the original Linux values and missions.
If you rather that we not take up your valueable time and space here then point us to the precise place where we can learn what we need to learn. The emphasis is upon precise as our needs to sort out our problems requires the same precision as your goals, projects, plans, and development require.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Jim Frock, Ph.D.
Documentation is a tough business. I purchased a 21 disc 'etch' set and have no idea of what is on these gems. I can see via the directory that there tons of software and they are sorted by popularity and priority but, to the best of my knowledge no one took the time to compose a list of programs and perhaps a small description of what the programs are.
I don't think administrative issues such as mine and the person above who are
new to Debian should be pigeoned holed elsewhere in another Forum Land. A section needs to created that addresses people who don't have enough Debian savy yet to walk their ways through their problems. The newbie Debian administrator by default must crawl their way through the learning curve and use any means necessary to learn the innards of Debian, Gnome (or any other GUI that people put on Debian boxes) and Linux, as the prestigious Debian protects the original Linux values and missions.
If you rather that we not take up your valueable time and space here then point us to the precise place where we can learn what we need to learn. The emphasis is upon precise as our needs to sort out our problems requires the same precision as your goals, projects, plans, and development require.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Jim Frock, Ph.D.
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xologist wrote:
"I can see via the directory that there tons of software ..."
If you are online, you could browse within debian packages with debtags:
http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/cloud/
Visit http://packages.debian.org/about/debtags for a list of tags
with aptitude you can search too
aptitude search ~Gtag
if you have a package, and you are looking for another similar package you could do:
aptitude show package
...
...
Tags: XXX::YYY
and then aptitude search ~GXXX::YYY
By last you can browser with aptitude ncurses gui (launch aptitude without any parameter, and then open a new view order by tags)
If you don't like tags, you can search description inside:
aptitude search ~d"blablah"
If you know a maintainer you can see his packages with ~m ..
You can get more info in aptitude search in /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README
If you wants to use X (and don't like aptitude :S) ... use synaptic (I don't like it, but it exists) or better a tool like packagesearch
One time you installed one package you should read about it in /usr/share/doc/package and in their binaries/conf files manpages (dpkg -L package | grep "/usr/share/man")
If you want about learn debian system, I recommend you the new debian reference rewrote by Osamu Aoki:
http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/index.en.html
(or the book "The Debian System" by madduck)
I hope this help you
Regards
"I can see via the directory that there tons of software ..."
If you are online, you could browse within debian packages with debtags:
http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/cloud/
Visit http://packages.debian.org/about/debtags for a list of tags
with aptitude you can search too
aptitude search ~Gtag
if you have a package, and you are looking for another similar package you could do:
aptitude show package
...
...
Tags: XXX::YYY
and then aptitude search ~GXXX::YYY
By last you can browser with aptitude ncurses gui (launch aptitude without any parameter, and then open a new view order by tags)
If you don't like tags, you can search description inside:
aptitude search ~d"blablah"
If you know a maintainer you can see his packages with ~m ..
You can get more info in aptitude search in /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README
If you wants to use X (and don't like aptitude :S) ... use synaptic (I don't like it, but it exists) or better a tool like packagesearch
One time you installed one package you should read about it in /usr/share/doc/package and in their binaries/conf files manpages (dpkg -L package | grep "/usr/share/man")
If you want about learn debian system, I recommend you the new debian reference rewrote by Osamu Aoki:
http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/index.en.html
(or the book "The Debian System" by madduck)
I hope this help you
Regards
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Thank you most kindly i5513 for your words of wisdom to help steer a newbie (or in my case a returning Linux head)in the proper direction. I haven't followed the links yet but wanted to comment rather quickly in order to provide my thanks and to discuss a further point in the development of a decent Debian Admin person. I have an extra class ticket with the FCC for Ham radio and we have this program we call Elmers. I know it sounds wierd and borderline stupid at best. However what this is all about is taking one with less experience and matching them up with one with more experience who is willing to teach. I gave that concept some thought and decided it was worth posting as a great deal of web space is devoted to helping Linux people along with their problems at various levels. But with Linux it is catch as catch can to find someone, like you for example, who is willing to get to the nitty gritty of the problem and lay out solutions. Us computer people tend not to be really outgoing, mostly because it can be such a waste of time. On that note I will stop this dribble and get to your suggestions, follow up the links and work through my long box setup list. For the record I would like to have my box be a MySql server, an intranet server/web server test platform, a wi fi hotspot test box (this is my home page http://www.aegir-consulting.net/. I don't know why the link isn't showing up. Perhaps a preference needs changing.
This Linux box is a test box by in large as a have Dell server box I would like to put the final Linux things on. I would like to work with the radius software, and have my box be a file server for a 6 node home network.Again thank you very kindly I will follow through with your suggestions.
The tags were excellent and I appreciate you showing me that tip. I got a chance to have a look at the online Debian books which appears to be well worth the time and effort it would take to read and understand.
Regards,
Jim Frock
This Linux box is a test box by in large as a have Dell server box I would like to put the final Linux things on. I would like to work with the radius software, and have my box be a file server for a 6 node home network.Again thank you very kindly I will follow through with your suggestions.
The tags were excellent and I appreciate you showing me that tip. I got a chance to have a look at the online Debian books which appears to be well worth the time and effort it would take to read and understand.
Regards,
Jim Frock
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