I must say that I find the constant reviews and comments that say "Debian is hard to install" somewhat entertaining. When I first installed Debian (Hamm), I found the installation fairly simple. Overall, I prefer Debian's installation procedures when compared to those of another distribution from North Carolina. While that other distribution always seems fairly rigid, I find that Debian gives me some level of freedom to install what I want, and ONLY what I want.
What might be "hard" to a new user is final system configuration and tweaks. (Hey, any good sysadmin makes a lot of changes under /etc, right?) This isn't a problem unique to Debian, but to all Linux distributions. There are tools which make some of these tweaks easier -- If you can find the right tool. On the other hand, Windows is "easy" for many user since everything (debatable) they need is located in one Control Panel. Alec On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Randy Edwards wrote: > Has anyone seen Joe Barr's article in LinuxWorld at > <http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-09/lw-09-vcontrol_2.html>? > > I was struck by the article in a number of ways. I think it's sad that > an experienced user like him couldn't install Debian (sad being the knock > goes against him -- it ain't rocket science), but on the other hand, his > reactions are *typical* of what I've seen when I try to have new users > install Debian (so I can't knock him I guess). > > I've fallen into the mode that I now give new users the free Storm > Linux CD, have them install that and get comfortable with GNU/Linux, and > then tell them to apt up to a full Debian system. I'd love to give them a > pure Debian install, but after seeing people fail on it again and again > (I'll ignore topics of intelligence in the general user population:-), > unless I'm there to walk them through it I know they're bound to fall on > their face. > > Anyone else have any thoughts on this article? > > -- > Regards, | SAT practice quiz: Microsoft is to software as ... > . | Answer: McDonalds is to gourmet cooking. > Randy | > | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golgotha.net> > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
