Joey Hess wrote:
[snip]
Have you even looked at the debian installer in the past year? Just
curious. This is an area where it's completly possible to satisfy both
groups.
I think the point is that just installing the stuff is only half the
story. It's like providing the raw ingredients for a meal. They still
have to be prepared and cooked. Some folks lack the time and perhaps the
skills for that, which is where the desktop-friendly distros come in.
The only two I know well (apart from Debian) are Ubuntu and SUSE and
it's clear they make 101 tweaks around the place to offer what they
consider to be a good "user experience", including those "your updates
are now read apps", firewalls (in the case of SUSE), more attention to
help files, more eyecandy, package selections heavily biased towards
click-and-go apps and all the rest. No doubt Debian could do something
similar and roll it up into a new task selection, but it would be a
pretty huge amount of work, I would guess. So yes, the current Debian
installer is darn nice, but for many desktop users that's not the only
thing.
:)
Fish
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