On 21 Oct 2002 13:26:46 +0800 Crispin Wellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So I would look at the commercial distro's dependency hell and say "This > is simple fundamental stuff, the kind of thing Debian had sorted out > back in 97 when no one knew what Linux even was." Absolutely. This and the drastic difference in default installation size are what lead me to Debian. > Is Debian really something you want to recommend to your friends? Maybe > other geeks, but most of my friends don't know the computers power > switch from the CD eject button! And I want to "recommend" them an OS > where they'll have to understand what a /dev/ttyS0 is? Bah! Without a doubt. Why not educate your friends about how their PCs work? A fundamental problem today is that people don't understand the "how" and "why". To attempt to protect the user from how a PC operates is IMHO to do much more harm than good. > When people ask me what computer they should use, I ask them, what are > you going to use it for? Again, I agree, but one part of helping them select the right system is to help them understand that system. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
