still, he's *expecting* Debian to be user-friendly. he should checkout Storm Linux instead if he wants a Debian-based distro.
Debian is all about free software and nothing more. Yes the social contract does not stipulate that Debian cannot be *nor* must be user-friendly but the bottom line is *free software*. my 2cents. ----------------------------------------------- who watches the watchmen? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olaf Meeuwissen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stuart Krivis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 9:47 AM Subject: Re: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation > 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 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
