>> Going from Redhat/Mandrake to Debian is quite a steep jump, Debian
>> isn't anywhere near as easy to set up, although its package management
>> system (apt) is nicer than RPM. Progeny Debian and Storm Linux are
>> more user-friendly versions of Debian. Stormix have gone out of business
>> last I heard, but Progeny is still around. I can make copies of the two
>> Progeny binary CDs if you like, I don't plan on installing it myself for another
>> couple of weeks yet since I need compatibility with the lab machines at uni
>> until the end of the semester (so I'm running Slackware 7.0).
>
>Ewww slackware... evil. ;)
It's actually pretty nice, if you don't plan on upgrading things too often ;-)
It's a good way to familiarise yourself with the internals of the OS tho.
>I'm personally of the opinion that although apt-get is quite convienient
>it has potentially large security flaws. Or at least it appears to
>have. Though I'm not experienced enough with debian to give a
>definiative statement in that regard. I'm still sticking to RedHat as
>I've not seen anything in debian to really convince me to jump ship.
Installing binary RPMs isn't that safe either, is it? Unless you plan on installing
from source, and studying it in detail, every time you install a program, you have
to take a leap of faith regardless of your package management system. The
apt system seems pretty well-regulated, not like someone could sneak in a
nasty new version of the Gimp that sends all your pictures to the Church of
Scientology.
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Does anyone have Mandrake 8 disk 2? I have painstakingly downloaded
disk one, however would like to experiment with the firewalls on the
second disk. If anyone can help, could you please drop me a line.
Thanks,
Kerrin
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> Nearly all linux email clients will function in "offline" mode if you
> configure them to do so.
> Another way to do it is set up your local system as a mail server - I use a
> sendmail/fetchmail combo, and have your client talk to that. That way ALL
> mail is technically offline, until you trigger a mailqueue run with
> sendmail -q.
>
> To answer your need for Outlook Express - I'd heap scorn, but guess what I'm
> using here at work :) - try evolution from helixcode.
>From Ximian boy, Ximian. ;) Also Evolution (last time I looked) really
wasn't stable enough). And it hates my Cyrus IMAPD. :(
Later
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