Re: [Sheflug] Debian -- Upgrade Etch => Lenny

[Chris J <cej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Chris
> 
>> Is there any difference between "apt-get update" and "aptitude
>> update"? Either way, I'll file it away somewhere to check both.
> 
> Uhhmm.... dum idiot answer ....  don't know.   But, it seems to work 
> :)  apt-get doesn't work try aptitude instead.
> 

I went for aptitude -- reading around (and reading into ChrisB's comments)
it seems to be  the "way forward" to some extent.

All up and running now quite nicely. Not had a Linux box for a year or so,
but now got one running within VMWare Player having pulled the Etch
net-install images from the thoughtpolice[1], using Xming[2] in Vista to
host X apps within Windows. Works quite nicely together actually.

Unfortunatly VMWare Player doesn't pick-up the SMP nature of my system
(only one CPU reported in /proc/cpuinfo): probably a restriction of Player.
Anyone any experience of Player vs Workstation? (i.e., is it worth forking
the cash out for Workstation).

Chris...
[1] http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/
[2] http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/

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