[techtalk] why debian essay..

[Curious]

I used to use storm as my starting point (ie.. use the storm cd to install a basic debian then upgrade to real debian :) ... 
it's not that bad.. there is news of bankruptcy... sighs http://slashdot.org/articles/01/01/27/1539218_F.shtml
if your looking for debian with a pretty installer and more advanced hardware detecion and stuff.. I suggest progeny (http://www.progeny.com/). Progeny is a commercial Debian distribution founded by the founder of the Debian project.. they offer support contracts.. (though I'm more anxious to see how their LinuxNOW project works out (http://www.progeny.com/develop/now/)
BTW: if your curious you can see a partial history of my primary desktop system at home (http://www.curious.org/sources.list) 
{kind of out of date {NOTE: do NOT mix helixcode's debs with debian unstable!}) i. I never personaly did a fresh install of progeny.. (always a dist-upgrade)... I don't recall progeny breaking anything while I used them.. 
if you do use them.. let me know how things go with it.. 
Thanks,
Curious

BTW if your wondering where all those bizzar apt sources were found.. check here:
http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/
and at www.debianplanet.org

On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:02:36PM -0600, FeO wrote:
>  > But I think the real problem with Debian becoming a real mainstream and
>  > widely recognized distribution is that it is harder to get many peripherals
>  > working on it, while Mandrake, Red Hat and Corel make it super easy.
> 
> 
> >It would be great to see some things become easier but I hope Debian (at 
> >least)
> >doesn't try too hard to become any more mainstream than it is. There are real
> >compromises being made in some distributions.
> 
> 
> Actually, has anyone tried Storm Linux?  It's been recommended to me as 
> "essentially Debian with a fancy installer to assist with the basic 
> peripheral installation problems."  Just curious if anyone has any 
> experience with it.
> 
> 
> gabriel
> --always looking for a better mousetrap
> 
> 
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