g2devi
November 12th, 2005, 12:19 PM
I'm not sure if it's still being maintained or if http://ubuntuguide.squarecows.com/ is still being maintained, but if it is, there's a minor update that needs to be made.
According to:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40291
it appears that the backports are now officially up. That means that it's best to change:
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-extras main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-backports-staging main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-extras-staging main multiverse restricted universe
to
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-extras main restricted universe multiverse
BTW, could we have some "official word" on the status of ubuntuguide.squarecows.com? By "official" I mean from the Unofficial Guide, team, not the Official Starter's Guide team unless you issue a joint statement. (Please Starter's Guide people accept whatever the Unofficial Guide decides or have your disagreement in private so you don't muddy the waters for everyone else and create bad feelings. Remember what "Ubuntu" means and why Ubuntu respectfully decided to be separate but collaborative with Debian.).
My own two cents is that the ubuntuguide.squarecows.com is an excellent piece of work and I'd hate to see it disappear. Can some sort of compromise on the command line issue be resolved so that both sides are closer to gether? For instance instance, the "Starter's Guide" entry:
Install the libapache2-mod-auth-mysql and php4-mysql packages with Synaptic (See How do I use Synaptic to install packages?)
World Wide Web > libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
World Wide Web (universe) > php4-mysql
could be written as:
Install the libapache2-mod-auth-mysql and php4-mysql packages
with Synaptic (See How do I use Synaptic to install packages?)
World Wide Web > libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
World Wide Web (universe) > php4-mysql
or from the command line using:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php4-mysql
One of the problems with Windows is that you hit a wall pretty early beyond which you can't know any more about what's going on. As a consequence, you see a lot of "voodoo" and automatic ritual when things don't as expected or trust that black box tools can fix whatever is wrong, and curse helplessly if they mess up.
One of the great things about Linux is that it's layered, and more importantly, each layer is human understandable and capable of being manipulated by a human being. Displaying the Synaptic and command line approach tells newcomers that Linux is different. You have a choice. If you choose to live in the pure GUI world, that's okay and Ubuntu can help, but if you want to know more, there are no walls (or at least fewer of them).
According to:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40291
it appears that the backports are now officially up. That means that it's best to change:
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-extras main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-backports-staging main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-extras-staging main multiverse restricted universe
to
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-extras main restricted universe multiverse
BTW, could we have some "official word" on the status of ubuntuguide.squarecows.com? By "official" I mean from the Unofficial Guide, team, not the Official Starter's Guide team unless you issue a joint statement. (Please Starter's Guide people accept whatever the Unofficial Guide decides or have your disagreement in private so you don't muddy the waters for everyone else and create bad feelings. Remember what "Ubuntu" means and why Ubuntu respectfully decided to be separate but collaborative with Debian.).
My own two cents is that the ubuntuguide.squarecows.com is an excellent piece of work and I'd hate to see it disappear. Can some sort of compromise on the command line issue be resolved so that both sides are closer to gether? For instance instance, the "Starter's Guide" entry:
Install the libapache2-mod-auth-mysql and php4-mysql packages with Synaptic (See How do I use Synaptic to install packages?)
World Wide Web > libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
World Wide Web (universe) > php4-mysql
could be written as:
Install the libapache2-mod-auth-mysql and php4-mysql packages
with Synaptic (See How do I use Synaptic to install packages?)
World Wide Web > libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
World Wide Web (universe) > php4-mysql
or from the command line using:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php4-mysql
One of the problems with Windows is that you hit a wall pretty early beyond which you can't know any more about what's going on. As a consequence, you see a lot of "voodoo" and automatic ritual when things don't as expected or trust that black box tools can fix whatever is wrong, and curse helplessly if they mess up.
One of the great things about Linux is that it's layered, and more importantly, each layer is human understandable and capable of being manipulated by a human being. Displaying the Synaptic and command line approach tells newcomers that Linux is different. You have a choice. If you choose to live in the pure GUI world, that's okay and Ubuntu can help, but if you want to know more, there are no walls (or at least fewer of them).