[olug] Progeny is a virus . . . . . ?!?

Dan DeVries ddevries2000 at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 29 20:41:24 UTC 2001


correction I realized you can add progeny packages to
your apt.source to get the newest packages from them.
And before a flame war starts about Gnome vs. KDE I'm
thinking of moving to KDE.
--- Dan DeVries <ddevries2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, Progeny has worked good for me. I like the
> newer
> Xserver, the install is good, of course I've only
> installed once. 
> Also, Debian's Gnome is old! I can't just apt-get
> the
> newer Gnome but Progeny has it.  Although Prongeny
> uses GRUB which takes some getting use to but its
> been
> weeks since a reboot for some new hardware I
> believe.
> I should just go back to lilo 
> The only complaint would be to get the 2.4 Kernel in
> the stable version. I know Adrian Bunk has packages
> from the unstable but I want to test it for a week
> when I get my parts for my development system. I'm
> talking about a workstation that shouldn't be
> unstable.
> 
> But use what works for you (as long as it isn't
> Windows)
> 
> --- Mike Peterson <mpeterson at charles.coxatwork.com>
> wrote:
> > I would personally and if at work stick with
> > Mandrake or Redhat if it
> > worked.
> > I personally do not think Progeny is ready for
> prime
> > time.
> > That is my opinion.
> > Any one else have feedback on this matter?
> 
> 
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