On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 12:12:04AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 10 April 2010 00:42, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote: > > Stephen Powell put forth on 4/8/2010 9:38 PM: > > > >> For some reason, this well-known proverb is going through my head: > >> > >> Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. > >> Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. > >> > >> I'd rather learn to fish. > > > > This is exactly the reason I chose Debian 10 years ago when I was looking > > for my first Linux distro. I told a friend I wanted a server distro that > > wasn't going to spoon feed me, but make me learn something about Linux. > > > > Casey, a seasoned Debian sysadmin, recommended I download the Debian net > > install floppies and do my first install from the mirrors, only a compact > > base install, and to install everything else I needed by hand with apt. > > That was Potato with a 2.2 kernel. > > > > I only use Linux for non-GUI servers. I don't use desktop Linux. All my > > admin'ing requires knuckle busting. ;) And I like it that way. > > > > But you do understand that desktop users _don't_ want to learn about > their OS, correct? They want the computer to be as transparent as > possible in their workflow. >
Debian is a fantastic OS, created by brilliant people with a brilliant vision. It is not as difficult for the diligent layman as its reputation implies if he/she knows and sticks to their original goals as a user. However, it may never be the desktop candidate for fun exploration during family hour, excepting the the technologically inclined and strange wannabes like myself. -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100410221102.ga5...@europa.office
