> What is the reason that this same question should come up in this > mailing lists every 2 weeks? That's possibly an indication that this is a big stumbling block for certain users. I myself had to spend an entire week just getting Debian to run, the first time I installed it. A year and a half later and I'm just now completely comfortable. Now I'm completely happy and satisfied with Debian. But the first week I spent staring at a bash prompt was different. I might have enjoyed it because I'm a geek, but I'm sure some people get fed up at some point.
> What is the reason that people (like you) do not underestand that Debian > supports way more hardware architectures than RedHat does, and that > detecting hardware on all these architects, and developing an installer > wich runs on all of them, is not an easy job? (Hell, RedHat even does > not support PPC or Sparc). Hardware detection on one architecture shouldn't hurt another architecture. There are many autodetection tools that are already in Debian. > What is the reason that people who are only concerened with x86 and want > hardware auto detection, do not use Libranet? They may not know about Libranet (also is it Free Software?) They could use knoppix also (sadly Knoppix includes the non-free adobe pdf reader...). > What is the reason that you don't underestand that Debian is free > software project, so if you are unhappy with something, you can get > invlved and help it ? Not everyone is a computer programmer. I think he'd gladly test out any autodetecting installation program if someone would just point him at it. I suggested Knoppix, because it is Debian inside, and once installed to the harddisk it turns the computer into a Debian Sid Box. > Someone mentioned a while back, that if you think installing Debian > GNU/Linux is difficult, then try installing Debian GNU/Hurd ;-) I've installed Debian GNU/Hurd. It's really not that difficult. P.S. I think that making the installation foolproof (grannyproof as some call it) is good, because then I can hand my friends and family a Debian CD and tell them to install it themselves. Now when I want to do that I give them a knoppix CD. I think non-geeks (a.k.a. lusers) deserve Freedom too. Bijan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
