On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:36:34 +0100 "John L. Fjellstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 20 November 2003 16:51, Stephen wrote: > > > What's with you? I mean, Debian because of the text installer may be > > a little intimidating, but it's not /that hard/. > > It is hard, and it has nothing to do with the installer being text > based (Redhat installer was still more or less text based when I moved > to Debian). Some of the wordings are weird or more frightning than > necessary (if I remember correctly, the choice of modules come with a > warning about your system might get damaged if you pick the wrong > moduel... with no help with which module your hardware might need). > dselect is a piece of crap when it comes to userfriendliness. > > > Instead of > > recommending a different distro, why not be a good Debian advocate, > > and recommend Debian based distros specifically meant for the > > desktop/home user, <ie> Libranet? > > To a Linuxnewbie, isn't it better to be a good Linux advocate? > I am a Linux Newbie. I checked out Red Hat 8, Mandrake 9, and Libranet is the best Linux Newbie distro. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
