[GLLUG] Debian on my laptop

Caleb Cushing xenoterracide at gmail.com
Wed Apr 18 17:12:22 EDT 2007


ubuntu doesn't run a i386 kernel on disk, does it?
it runs a i686 which doesn't work properly on i586's, for obvious reasons.

On 4/18/07, Charles Ulrich <charles at idealso.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 18 April 2007 15:54, Julie Code wrote:
> > I was wondering if someone would be willing to install debian on my
> > laptop. I am wanting debian instead of damn small because they have
> > better apts becuase I want to put LaTex on my computer and all the
> > packages that goes with it.  I hear there is a new debian out?
>
> You might want to go with Ubuntu instead. It's based on Debian but is
> far easier to install and far easier to use. If Ubuntu doesn't have the
> LaTeX packages you want, I believe most Debian packages work just fine
> in Ubuntu.
>
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> Charles Ulrich
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Caleb Cushing
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