> follows that. I might have a more favorable opinion of Debian if it > installed correctly, if it supported more hardware out of the box, if it > allowed me to log in as 'Root' (Which I sometimes need), and if the software > on the CDs worked without corrupting the operating system.
the installer takes some getting used to, but it does a great job, in my experience. You just have to know what you want. But that's always the problem with freedom isn't it? Have you tried "su" to login as root? If you're talking about a gui root login, debian is right not to let you do it. But you can always change the X configuration... The deb package system is one of the greatest assets of Debian, and I have never heard about it "breaking the operating system". What can happen however is that newer versions of some programs are more buggy than older versions. But to "break" the operating system...? Did you try to install experimental packages or something? As far as hardware... try installing testing and then upgrading to sid, or just upgrading the kernel package to sid. That takes care of many problems. Of course, there are always the eternal pains in the butt, such as getting software suspend to work, which require patching and recompiling the kernel. But those are common to all distributions. And compiling the kernel in debian can't get any easier, using the make-kpkg package. Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
