On Tuesday 01 April 2014 11:57:03 Stephen Allen wrote: > In my opinion no - expecting new users to Debian to read an install > report is problematic. Using the net-install I wasn't prompted for > what I wanted in terms of a Desktop Environment. Xfce4 isn't what > most users with modern hardware would want in my opinion - it's a > Luddite DE. > > But not having wireless networking enabled is a deal breaker too - > especially since it was working during the install process. Not > many people using a laptop are going to have wired ethernet either. > <shrug>
Newbies would be ill-advised to start off with Jessie, IMHO. Stable is a better place to start, especially if the putative newbie has no help. Newbies (Windows refugees, not Fedora refugees) are also more likely I would have thought to be installing with a DVD or USB key than with the net install CD. And many people like Xfce4. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201404012349.07437.lisi.re...@gmail.com
