From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Elisp addiction not as bad in light of Linux forkoholism Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:55:39 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87bnn9iqck.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <873891sgaw.fsf@debian.uxu> <874mtgwpzl.fsf@debian.uxu> <873890ilhc.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <87iohwv5iu.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418349335 4654 80.91.229.3 (12 Dec 2014 01:55:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:55:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 12 02:55:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XzFS4-0001Ly-Io for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:55:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55091 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzFS4-0001p2-7N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:55:28 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:FAGL0Qzwz8pA2iqAfvNtPsJYewg= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:209253 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101532 Archived-At: dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm) writes: >>> The upcoming Debian (Jessie, Debian 8) is now in >>> freeze and has emacs-24.4. By chance I just had to >>> install it and if you are interested I can give >>> you a quick installation guide privately. >> >> I have 24.4 as well and I got that straight from >> the repos with aptitude. What are you guys talking >> about? :) > > Well, sure compiling is an option as well, but > usually it's more convenient to use the distro's > packages. For example, you want to have bbdb3? > > sudo aptitude install bbdb3 Yeah...? No, I use aptitude for everything as well. That is one of the really big breezes of fresh air (or tornados I should say) which most people experience when they switch from Windoze to a packet-manager Unix-like systems like Linux/Debian. Not having to wade through all those search engines, sites and banners, having to "confirm" mails with codes, silly popups counting the days before it "expires", all that just to get a piece of software, when you have seen the other side when none of that is needed, it is very difficult to go back without feeling like an idiot. -- underground experts united