Libranet fonts ?

[Michael Hipp]

Tom Wilson wrote:
> Have you run 'apt-get update' after editing your sources.list?   You
> need to do that or it won't pull from the new source you added.  

Yes. And it appears Libranet runs update every time you attempt to 
install something from the Internet via XAdminmenu.

  > I have been in the same boat.  I was wanting to check out Libranet 2.8.1
> but I just couldn't part with the $75 bones at this point.  And the 2.7
> seemed ok but outdated.

It is indeed outdated. So much so that it hardly seems like a good sales 
tool for Libranet. A better plan might be a scaled down version of 2.8.1 
or a timebomb version.

> In my search I discovered a Debian based
> distro(based on testing/unstable) called Mepis.  I tried it and love
> it.  It is a live cd like Knoppix and very much a desktop based distro
> aimed for ease of use.  Installs to hd very easily, tons of packages,
> KDE, etc.  You can either pay $10 for a download from the Mepis site or
> there are some mirror sites that are free, albeit slower, to download
> from.  If you like it there are 4 levels of (optional) registration from
> $5 to $30.  Not mandatory, just a way to say how much the distro is
> worth to you.  

I may look into Mepis and/or re-read some of the evals that have been 
written about it. Thing is, I want to stay with mainstream distros - 
safety in numbers or somesuch. And Libranet seems to have achieved that 
status (just barely) while Mephis isn't quite there. I'm also watching 
the developments in UserLinux with interest.

Michael