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>? Regrettably. > Anyone else have any thoughts on this article? More than a couple: 1) 2.2's a huuuge improvement over earlier incarnations of Deb., certainly in terms of installation over the 'net. Great and detailed instructions on the process. Didn't even have too much difficulty with the g-d bootdisks that everyone seems to have been bitching about. 2) Lots of the probs w/ 2.2 revolve around X, mouse, etc. X configuration is usually a troublespot w/out something snazzy like Lizard, YaST/Sax, whathaveyou. X is absolutely inconsistent in terms of performance, and the "DM's" (desktop managers that act like dungeon masters) are a disgrace. Neither of these is Debian's fault per se, but each package's project team. Nor is either essential to secure and stable running of Debian. 3) If the reviewer had been a newbie, the complaints might have been forgivable. Deb is not (yet) for newbies. It's getting there, though. All this will appear in the December issue of Linux Journal, barring disaster. 8) I switched *to* Debian because it was easy to install online. SAT practice quiz: Microsoft is to software as ... Answer: McDonalds is to gourmet cooking. Nice .sig file! 8) Alpha
