Stuart Krivis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I did write to Linuxworld and said that I thought the article by > Barr was unfair. I pointed out what I felt were the flaws, and > suggested how it could have been done better. The editor thanked me > and said that my comments were being forwarded to the author. (I got > the impression that other people submitted comments that went into a > blackhole because they were abusive.)
I wrote directly to the author and told him: |On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 19:11:56 Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: |> Dear Sir, |> |> I just read your article about the difficulties of installing Debian. |> While I do agree that it is not the easiest installation out there, I |> suggest that next time you decide to write an article about it you use |> the *stable* distribution to install. When installing the *unstable* |> distribution you should expect rough going here and there. |> |> Also, reading the install documentation might explain a few of the eye |> brow raisers you comment on. The Debian installation process is very |> flexible and various parts can be installed from different media. You |> just happened to have everything on CD-ROM. I routinely install from |> a few floppies and get the rest over the net. |> |> BTW, that 2.2.17 kernel is now the default kernel of the Debian 2.2 |> distribution, so your ethernet card should be supported now. As an |> aside, the installer has been to summer school so you might want to |> give it another try. To which I got the following reply: | Hi, Olaf | | Thanks for your note. See my column next week when I share | my experiences with the latest "official" version of potato. | | See ya, | Joe Barr -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
