Subject: Re: Linux?
To: <>
From: Kmicic <kmicic@earthlink.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/11/2000 20:21:21
Mike Cheponis wrote:
> 
And to think one of the reasons I liked NetBSD was because the list
didnt have a bunch of "users" arguing its superiority over other OSs,
based on circumstancial evidence... 
;-] <- bitter smilie
-Km

> Yeah, no kidding.
> 
> I've tried almost a dozen times to get deb to install.  Installer complains
> about "0 heads - impossible geometry".  Of course netbsd, w2k, w98 all
> work fine.  Sigh.
> 
> And this is the best linux has to offer?
> 
> -mac
> 
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Peter Seebach wrote:
> 
> > In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000411160500.7265A-100000@nucleus>, fission writes:
> > >If people think that installing NetBSD is challenging, they should try
> > >Debian (hah).
> >
> > Distressingly, I'm told it's one of the nicer Linuxes.
> >
> > But yeah, I'm on my 4th try trying to get it to install.  Currently, it says
> > something about decompressing gs_fonts, and it's hung.  If I kill the install,
> > and manually deselect packages that aren't working, it looks like I can
> > eventually get it running, but sheesh.
> >
> > -s
> >