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bugsbunny wrote:or just use....

assuming you have gksu and gedit installed....

open a terminal and use the following commands in green

su
to get root privleges to edit system files and so forth

nano /etc/apt/sources.list
to use a editor in the terminal that will let you edit that file

or....if the distros you install create the standard (debian standard anyway) symlinks /initrd.img and /vmlinuz then just use those in sources.list and you dont even need to worry when you install a different distro, although you may forget which partition has which OS on it... title partition hda6 ...

ya think down huh......I am open to suggestions....

thanks for checking it out Jalu....

if you truly wanted a different filesystem then you can edit
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mint-debian-installer/mint-debian-installer.py
and change the mkfs command and the fstab part before running xinstallerx

I think Lavene leaving has made me a wreck....going to have to up my dosage....

is it just me or do debian users pick more nits than anyone else...??? is it because we are free to pick nits? should we be banned from picking nits?? damn nits...

As in, everyone is expected to tow (pull) the same line instead of different lines. Everyone has to be on the same line. Everyone has to tow the line that they are told to tow or pull. You have to add to the cause or you are against it. Fine...I declare 'tow the line' as a new expression rather than...

According to Merriam Webster either spelling is correct so we errr.... you and I are correct. ...but the definition of therefore (with the e) seems to fit better IMO....but we could be picking nits....or is that the correct way to say that.... :wink: Hmm I wonder what forum would do such a thing?? ...

I don't know what you troll about, Yes you do....2006 wasnt that long ago... MEPIS was audited by FSF and declared in compliance. Sure....after making changes to be compliant. That doesn't mean it was always so. I think you made some LiveCDs, do you provide sources for them or you point to Debian? ...

only if he puts on some makeup and a dress....and I drink WAY too much...

AdrianTM wrote:Ubuntu was basically a MEPIS idea rip off

too funny....yes everything good was mepis....yea right....sure...where would we be without mepis...

at least ubuntu didnt 'rip off' the mepis idea of ignoring the gpl requirements

:lol: now we 'get' each other I feel 'therefor' should of been 'therefore' I did realize (after a minute) that what you meant was that someone shouldn't expect help with knoppix on the debian forums. It just sounded like some other forums where the 'leaders' state that something is not to be discuss...

sorry for using the wrong word....excuse me... I actually think of 'tow the line' as in we are all required to pull (tow) the same line. The phrase 'toe the line' doesn't mean anything to me. What does my toe and a line have to do with anything...??? Then again....didnt we just go off-topic? Should ...

just wanted to say.....great thread

well...I did join in april....this time anyway........

oh...I thought you was saying something else...

post count and/or join dates do not reflect expertise....fo sho... Heck, with the way free software changes so quickly even the oldest expert can quickly find himself back in newb land regarding something new and different.

I thought the snub was It's OK if you're not a team player... ...since it implies we have a team and Jalu isnt on it...whereas I feel the appeal of this forum is that there is no team...only individuals... I don't think anything was meant by it but at first I also got the strange feeling that you ha...

name names....

If you are talking about screen blanking/stanby/suspend/off and not a screensaver type thing then.....I add the following to the bottom of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Section "ServerFlags" Option "BlankTime" "0" Option "StandbyTime" "0" Option "...