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- From: jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.)
- Subject: installation packages
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.045828.1703@muddcs.claremont.edu>
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- Organization: Harvey Mudd College, WIBSTR
- References: <186a86INNcsb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Sep8.041837.11155@cc.umontreal.ca>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 04:58:28 GMT
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- This deviates a great deal from the previous topic, but that's why I
- changed the subject.
-
- In article <1992Sep8.041837.11155@cc.umontreal.ca> duperval@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Duperval Laurent) writes:
- >A-ha! We get to the root of the problem. Old man Howler here, hasn't got a
- >complete system yet. Get one of three installation packages that exist and
- >save yourself the trouble of sending out partial and (IMNSHO) not very
- >instructive information. I don't believe the theory that all people ressemble
- >me (i.e. as bright or as stupid as I am). But in this case, and for all the
- >other people out there who want to try Linux but can't get it up and started:
- >
- > mcc-interim version 0.97 pl2 has been out for more than a week now. It
- > was the first Linux installation package released and I used it without
- > any problems so far. It doesn't tell you to do this and do that without
- > telling you what's going on and that's why I personnally recommend it for
- > anyone installing Linux for the first time.
-
- For those that want to have X11 in addition to everything the MCC
- release provides, the sc.tamu.edu release is also available on the
- site of the same name. Same easy installation (I'm told), but with X
- as well.
-
- Note that the sc.tamu.edu release hasn't been updated to 0.97 and all
- the latest fanciness. My educated guess would be that there'll be
- another release once the new GCC and X11 are released, but I don't
- really know for sure.
-
- > The MJ release is a spin-off on mcc-interim and has been judged as a good
- > installation package also. I haven't tried it either.
-
- Actually, the MJ release is based on the basic root/boot combination
- from Linus and myself, and is presumably heavily influenced by the MCC
- (and other) releases.
-
- >Use the above packages if you are not confortable with Linux yet. Hey! I'm
- >getting pretty confortable with it but I may decide to trash my entire file
- >system and re-install Linux using one of the above-mentioned packages.
-
- I agree with this most wholeheartedly. If you want an easy
- installation with lots of hand-holding, the MCC, sc.tamu.edu, MJ, or
- SLS releases are what you want.
- --
- + Jim Winstead Jr. (CSci '95)
- | Harvey Mudd College, WIBSTR
- | jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.EDU
- + or jwinstea@fenris.Claremont.EDU
-