Novice Crux Questions - GNU/Linux

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I feel as though I have stopped learning new things on debian and would like to switch.

I decided to install crux.
At first I had trouble with the installation, but turns out despite the sparse official documentation it really isn't that bad.

I know from reading some of the posts on here that many of you have dabbled in crux (or use it yourselves)

There are just a couple of things that I was wondering.
The package management system is very different from what I'm used to:
( apt / Yum / pacman )
I hoped someone could explain it to me a little.
I've been reading: https://crux.nu/Main/Handbook2-3-Package
and I think I get most of it but I feel I'll be more comfortable using it if you go over it a little. Tell me about how you've used it and maybe things I need to look out for.

Next, last time I installed crux I kind of...ran into it blindfolded.
I wrote down some notes about how to install and after I botched it a few times I got it working.

I was left staring at three default terminals with no Internet and no idea what to do next.

So my next question is about what to do post-install
Setting up things like the Internet (Its not done the way im used to by editing something like /etc/network/interfaces )

Finally, once I've installed and gotten Internet how does being on crux change the process of setting up my wm.
As I mentioned in my intro post I've been using swm & wmutils
Where on debian I would need to install all of the xcb dependencies
with apt-get, how would I get all the dependencies on crux.
As well as getting git and all that.
that probably comes back to my first question about pkgutils.

Hope you guys aren't too elite to help me out.
Also feel free to tell me stories of your own when you were trying an os and had no idea what was going on.


Messages In This Thread
Novice Crux Questions - by enephst - 04-07-2015, 10:48 AM
RE: Novice Crux Questions - by miatomi - 06-07-2015, 07:10 PM
RE: Novice Crux Questions - by enephst - 06-07-2015, 10:26 PM
RE: Novice Crux Questions - by greduan - 07-07-2015, 11:58 AM
RE: Novice Crux Questions - by z3bra - 07-07-2015, 07:42 PM