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Article #506Re: New Machine Time [Phil's Tips]
From: David Damerell
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00
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Ascender <ascender@NOSPAM!.deathsdoor.com> wrote: >Point 1 - Getting a working Linux system >------- >Personally, I use Slackware, so I'll advise on that. Redhat, Debian, or >similar, shouldn't be too different, just read the docs on the CD. >Bear in mind, though, that Redhat or Debian are better for complete >newcomers. Debian - good as it is - is not really trying to be novice-friendly. >Sendmail is an absolute pig to set up. The default set-up should be >nearly right (not forgetting to fiddle with /etc/aliases), but you'd >have to ask in a NG abuot how to accept mail for invalid usernames. Don't run sendmail. Use exim or something. -- David/Kirsty Damerell, damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk. All Hail Discordia! | | And then they came and took me out, The men of doom and malice: | | |---|Destroyed my life, removed my sense, Gave me the poisoned chalice.|---| | | | My betrayal's life to me... Elder Sign: Treachery | | |
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac57,da1acbc74a0add27 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac57,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,da1acbc74a0add27 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public From: damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk (David Damerell) Subject: Re: New Machine Time [Phil's Tips] Date: 1999/01/06 Message-ID: <2gq*JpnPn@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> X-Deja-AN: 429376533 References: <914162305.19967.0.nnrp-03.c2dea8e2@news.demon.co.uk> <19981222.002120.73@starswan.demon.co.uk> <tKkLpFAswmk2Iw8W@tjsathome.demon.co.uk> Organization: Linux Unlimited Reply-To: damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,demon.tech.unix Originator: damerell@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk ([127.0.0.1])