Goal 2 satisfied
After $40 and 6 hours work I finally got my system set up. This includes a proper full install from beginning to end.
1. The first problem I encountered was that I did not have a network card to download the X Window System, GNOME, or KDE. To have these packages in Debian you must have an internet connection to download them from an http or ftp server. So I bought a network card for my ancient system and used a spare 50' network cable I had around.
2. After installing the network card I tried editing my BIOS setup to boot from cdrom. As it turns out, the battery that the BIOS runs off of had failed. So I went to RadioShack to purchase a new one. (A nice break from working as long as I had been at this point.) I installed it and immediately began a fresh installation of Debian.
3. The first problem I encountered was that the images included in Linux for Dummies did not follow the layout of the book. So I used a previous image I had that more closely resembled the layout in the book. At this point I began installing and let the disk setup my internet connection to download the additional packages I selected. The differences between the two disks at this point were quite different, the image I had was limited in choices of packages. There was of course the desktop environment but no mention of programming tools or different types of servers. The images with the book had much more to offer. Such as different server types and development tools for programming as well as the desktop environment.
4. After all was said and done the packages loaded and Linux began running with a GUI. I was very pleased at this point. Then I spent some time editing the themes and layout of my desktop. As well as downloading and installing Firefox because I did not like the Mozilla browser included with KDE. After that I set Firefox as my default internet browser and began surfing.
5. I also toyed with several settings in KDE and am still in the process of understanding the layout of KDE and where everything is located. More to follow at a later date.
1. The first problem I encountered was that I did not have a network card to download the X Window System, GNOME, or KDE. To have these packages in Debian you must have an internet connection to download them from an http or ftp server. So I bought a network card for my ancient system and used a spare 50' network cable I had around.
2. After installing the network card I tried editing my BIOS setup to boot from cdrom. As it turns out, the battery that the BIOS runs off of had failed. So I went to RadioShack to purchase a new one. (A nice break from working as long as I had been at this point.) I installed it and immediately began a fresh installation of Debian.
3. The first problem I encountered was that the images included in Linux for Dummies did not follow the layout of the book. So I used a previous image I had that more closely resembled the layout in the book. At this point I began installing and let the disk setup my internet connection to download the additional packages I selected. The differences between the two disks at this point were quite different, the image I had was limited in choices of packages. There was of course the desktop environment but no mention of programming tools or different types of servers. The images with the book had much more to offer. Such as different server types and development tools for programming as well as the desktop environment.
4. After all was said and done the packages loaded and Linux began running with a GUI. I was very pleased at this point. Then I spent some time editing the themes and layout of my desktop. As well as downloading and installing Firefox because I did not like the Mozilla browser included with KDE. After that I set Firefox as my default internet browser and began surfing.
5. I also toyed with several settings in KDE and am still in the process of understanding the layout of KDE and where everything is located. More to follow at a later date.
posted by Chris at 10:48 AM
1 Comments:
Nice blog entry.
Pick one of you other goasl to work on. After you decide, post an entry as to what you plan to do to meet that goal. I'll look over your plans and comment.
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