I was just making the observation, one I can verify with other folks I know (none of which would be classified as idiots in any forum I'm aware of) that compared to other systems, Debian is not as easy to install and configure.
As an example, when installing Potato on a computer that had held Windows, OS/2, and Redhat, I couldn't even get the Debian to complete installation, because it could neither create a boot disk (some access failure to the floppy) or write a boot sector to the hard disk. I had to mess around with an old Redhat boot disk to finally get Debian on there. After that, I couldn't get Debian to recognize my lan card. A kind soul in this group informed me that sure enough, the default boot system had a glitch with respect to my card, and building a new kernel would solve it (it did). I also had a devil of a time getting my lan printer to work. None of the other mentioned systems had such difficulties getting up and running. None-the-less, I'm a Debian user because of its stability, standards adherence, and ease of application installation. Because of the difficulities one may encounter during installation and configuration, however, I don't feel pressured to call it a "perfect" system. Just a very good one, that has put less emphasis on installation and configuration than on other aspects. There is nothing defective about a person who in their computer use, puts "more" emphasis in installation and configuration ease. But such a person is probably better served by some other system. So I show tolerance to my brethren who get frustrated during a Debian installation -- it can happen. (Not so tolerant to ranting and swearing, however). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
