{"id":370,"date":"2020-08-18T19:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T20:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linux-tutorial.info\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2020-08-22T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T20:26:00","slug":"this-is-the-page-title-toplevel-203","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.linux-tutorial.info\/?page_id=370","title":{"rendered":"Deutsche Linux Distribution DLD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<title>Deutsche Linux Distribution DLD<\/title>\n<p>\nDLD is a German distribution of Linux from Delix Computer in Stuttgart, Germany. It comes with two handbooks,\nboth in German, that provide more than enough information to get you up and running. The menus during the\ninstallation process, many man-pages, and some of the system messages are in German. For the most\npart this is good thing, but the documentation and menus appear to have been translated by someone\nwho does not have much experience in <glossary>UNIX<\/glossary>.\n Many of the terms are simple word-for-word translations of English and are not commonly used German\n words. In addition, there is no consistency as to what is in German and what is in English.\n<\/p>\n <p>\nWith the package I received, there were two additional CD-ROMs that contain a larger number\n of applications, programs, and archives from various sites that I could install later. There were also\n two floppies that I could <glossary>boot<\/glossary>\nfrom so I didn&#8217;t have to create them myself. A version with the Accelerated X-Windows server is also available.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOne major advantage that I found in this distribution was that it not only recognized my existing Linux\n<glossary>partition<\/glossary>,\n but when I went to install on that partition, I was prompted to save the system configuration onto a floppy.\n I was also asked whether the previous configuration should be used to configure the DLD installation.\n Unfortunately, not all aspects of the configuration were saved.\n<\/p><p>\nAlso, when I went to remote format\n this partition, I was reminded that a Linux system was already installed there and I was prompted to confirm\n the fact that I wanted to reformat the partition. Other distributions would simply go ahead without asking.\n<\/p>\n <p>\nDuring the course of the installation, it automatically recognized that I had a <glossary>DOS<\/glossary>\npartition and asked me if I wanted to <glossary>mount<\/glossary>\nit at system startup. DLD went so far as to identify that it was really a Win 95 VFAT file system.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSelecting a <glossary>kernel<\/glossary>\nto load on the hard disk was rather confusing. Other distributions give you a menu from which you\nselect the components you have. The installation script then picks the appropriate kernel. With DLD, you\nhave a fixed list from which to choose and it is not very clear.\n<\/p><p>\nAt this point, two annoying problems\ncropped up. First, when LILO was configured, it installed Linux under the name linux1 and DOS under the\nname dos2. Afterward, you have to reboot to continue with the installation. Because I expected to be able to\ntype linux to start up, I was unpleasantly surprised to find that only linux1 worked.\n<\/p><p>\nOne very exciting\naspect of the installation was my ability to install the shadow password facility, which we talked about in the\nchapter on system administration. Some distributions don&#8217;t even provide it, but here you can configure it\nautomatically during the installation!\n<\/p><p>\nDuring DLD installation, you have two choices: standard and\nexpert. The expert installation is similar to that of Craftworks in that you can choose from a couple of\npredefined installations or pick and choose features to suit your needs.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deutsche Linux Distribution DLD DLD is a German distribution of Linux from Delix Computer in Stuttgart, Germany. It comes with two handbooks, both in German, that provide more than enough information to get you up and running. 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