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Operating Systems Linux SuSE ubuntu to pure debian Post 302193856 by Texasone on Sunday 11th of May 2008 12:32:53 PM

05-11-2008

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ubuntu to pure debian

ok, im going to start off by saying i am a newbee so some of the stuff i say may not be right.
but anyways, right now i am using ubuntu hardy for my main distrobution. i love it and all, but the main reason i switched to linux (besides drm and the blue screen i see on my comp about ten times a year) is the low price and the ability to change it. and ubuntu to me doesnt need changing on my part. so i was thinking of partitioning half my hard drive to pure debian and start creating my own distrobution off of that. the only problem i have with debian is internet. i have an ibm bus card 802.11 b/g. on the hardware drivers screen on ubuntu it shows it as an atheros card. and i remembered reading that most atheros wireless cards dont work with most linux distrobutions due to its non public source code. and since i cant change the source code, i was wondering this question: is there any software out there for debian for atheros cards or should i just save up like $50 and buy a new wireless card?
also, if there is a better linux distrobution out there(perferably debian based) that is better for working with to learn how to change it, please let me know?

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pull-debian-source

PULL-DEBIAN-SOURCE(1)					      General Commands Manual					     PULL-DEBIAN-SOURCE(1)

NAME

       pull-debian-source - download and extract a source package from Debian

SYNOPSIS

       pull-debian-source [options] <source package> [release|version]

DESCRIPTION

       pull-debian-source downloads and extracts the specified version of source package, or the latest version in the specified Debian release.

       pull-debian-source  will  try  the preferred mirror, default mirror, security mirror, and fall back to Launchpad or snapshot.debian.org, in
       search of the requested version.

OPTIONS

       source package
	      The source package to download from Debian.

       release
	      The release to download the source package from. Defaults to unstable.

       version
	      The specific version of the package to download.

       -d, --download-only
	      Do not extract the source package.

       -m DEBIAN_MIRROR, --mirror=DEBIAN_MIRROR
	      Use the specified mirror.  Should be in the  form  http://ftp.debian.org/debian.	 If  the  package  isn't  found  on  this  mirror,
	      pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror.

       -s DEBSEC_MIRROR, --security-mirror=DEBSEC_MIRROR
	      Use  the	specified  mirror.   Should  be  in  the  form	http://security.debian.org.   If  the  package isn't found on this mirror,
	      pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror.

       --no-conf
	      Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables.

       -h, --help
	      Display the usage instructions and exit.

ENVIRONMENT

       All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below are also supported as environment variables.  Variables in  the  environment  take  precedence	to
       those in configuration files.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

       The  following  variables  can  be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files.  In each case, the script-specific
       variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.

       PULL_DEBIAN_SOURCE_DEBIAN_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBIAN_MIRROR
	      The default value for --mirror.

       PULL_DEBIAN_SOURCE_DEBSEC_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBSEC_MIRROR
	      The default value for --security-mirror.

SEE ALSO

       dget(1), pull-debian-debdiff(1), pull-lp-source(1), ubuntu-dev-tools(5)

ubuntu-dev-tools						  22 January 2011					     PULL-DEBIAN-SOURCE(1)