On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 09:45, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 02:16:00PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > 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. > > And Debian is not for those people, then. And to a lesser extent, > computers in general. This is a major pet peeve of mine, and one that > only got aggrivated working tech support: Computers are complex > machines designed to do complex tasks. Thus, there's a learning > curve. The sharpness of this curve is inversely proportional to the > usefulness of the software. Useful or droolproof: Pick *one*.
My mother needs to access her email. I installled Debian on the computer. She has no problems using Debian. However, I had to do the install because she has no clue about settings in XFree86. With knoppix she just has to press the power button and she gets logged into KDE. > > Hardware detection on one architecture shouldn't hurt another > > architecture. There are many autodetection tools that are already in > > Debian. > > So install those and don't futz around during the install doing it by > hand. My point was that many of those tools aren't useful on all architectures, but that's not a problem. We shouldn't take the least common denominator. > > > 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. > > Hire one, then. > > http://debian.org/consultants/ I'd be willing to contribute say $1000. However that probably won't get much useful work done (that's maybe a week's salary, less for an expert). It would be nice if there was a fund setup so even contribution of less than say $25k could make a difference. > > I've installed Debian GNU/Hurd. It's really not that difficult. > > Unless you have a mouse. Or want to run X. 8:o) Hurd is a work in > progress by anybody's terms. I got X to work. It wasn't so tough (I can even run the gimp). You just have to remember to mount your mouse :) the command is something like settrans /dev/mouse IMPS/2 /dev/psaux and you tell X to use /dev/mouse and osmouse. Bijan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
