On 0, Mark <mamar...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it's any consolation, I'm a newbie and I actually chose Debian as my first > real Linux install even though I heard it was tougher for newbies to learn.� > To me it represented one of the purest distros of Linux and I don't mind > putting in the time/research.� A few days ago I installed Ubuntu on the > girlfriend's laptop and my (admittedly very limited) Debian knowledge came in > handy.� I even chose "Clearlooks" under Preferences->Appearance for her > laptop, so that she gets accustomed to a standard Debian Gnome desktop > environment as it is my plan to eventually get her over to Debian.� Muahahaha > (evil laugh). > > Mark >
It's not really tougher, it just takes more time to make work. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing (the end user has a lot more say in how his system works). But really, what does Clearlooks have to do with Debian's user friendliness? I don't even think most Debian users use GNOME -- I know I don't. -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [8]debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [9]listmas...@lists.debian.org > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:javibarr...@gmail.com > 2. mailto:pob...@fuzzydev.org > 3. mailto:javibarr...@gmail.com > 4. mailto:tim.beaureg...@sky.com > 5. http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/about > 6. http://ubuntuforums.org/ > 7. http://linuxquestion.org/ > 8. mailto:debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > 9. mailto:listmas...@lists.debian.org -- http://fuzzydev.org/~pobega http://identi.ca/pobega -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
