Quotes from Heiko R. Selber and Dale Scheetz. > [ Problems with dselect ] > I am slowly approaching the point where I expect a > "general protection violation(TM)" from Debian. > I consider this a bad sign.
Debian, compared to the install I have done with Redhat 3.0.3 (Picasso) and 3.0.4 (Rembrandt Beta), is very stable. Redhat could take some lessons from dselect - using package dependencies made my life a bit easier. I'm writing this while it installs - aparently enough of it has installed for me to venture forth onto the net. > Well, don't judge Debian by dselect. Dselect is the product of one mind > and has, in my estimation, severe user interface problems. Yes, dselect gave me fits, but after I became a bit more patient with it, I did well. It does need a user-interfacelift, thou I'm still impressed. > I disagree. DO judge Debian by dselect. To the debian-newbie, dselect is > the first thing you see (thus, for the moment it IS Debian) and if it > doesn't do what it should, it will intimidate new users (maybe forever). It does what it's told which may not have been what I ment. I knew Debian had more concept and organization behind it than other distributions, but it still needs more polishing before the more easily frustrated can walk this path. > I admit that an OS doesn't have to be foolproof, but there is no reason > that it shouldn't be user-friendly. Why not sit in front of your computer, > insert some disks, follow some instructions and end up with Linux running? > (Yes, I know that Debian has come quite close to this, but IMHO not close > enough). I DO like the flexibility the install allows - I'm still installing now in another console! The install prompts are more detailed and not as confusing as some I've seen. (Perhaps my understanding increases.) > You can use dpkg at the prompt. Just cd to the directory with the package > you wish to install and type: > dpkg -i packagename*.deb This dpkg will be useful when I want to add more things that I might understand. Now it is asking me to set up for X which usually fails for me. I don't mind being a new user. Charles
