topic title: reccomended way for fresh install ? (solved)
Posts: 15
lavsan
Joined: 28 Mar 2012
#1
Which way is better for a fresh install:

1. Install new kernel, install video driver and update all packages
or
2. Update packages, install kernel, install video drivers ?
Last edited by lavsan on 09 Apr 2012, 22:06, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
2. Update packages, install kernel, instal video drivers ?
Well the first thing I do after a fresh install is

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apt-get update
To get what is current.
Posts: 81
FreeOS-LuvR
Joined: 22 Mar 2012
#3
Greetings lavsan,

I agree with rokytnji 100%

Doing an apt-get update does wonders.
I say this from an accomplishment I had rebuilding an RT5370 for
a USB dongle on an old laptop using antiX M11 486.

Without doing the apt-get update first I couldn't get to do
an apt-get install build-essentials ... which was the first step.

Also rokytnji is one of the gurus of this forum, you can't go wrong.