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Book:   Learning Debian GNU/Linux
Subject:   Learning Debian GNU/Linux Review
Date:   2001-02-04 17:07:19
From:   Frederick R. Hanhisalo
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

A good book crippled by a rotten choice of components on the CD. Debian is a very good distribution but (as others have noted) the CD is a mishmash of bits 'n' pieces from release 2.1 (Slink) and an early alpha version of 2.2 (Potato). Nothing quite works.


XF86Setup destroys the video options in XF86Config -- even if you just change the mouse settings.


route doesn't work with the add option.


Get a real Debian release and don't waste your time with the bogus release included with this book.

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