On 14 Nov 2004, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mark Crean wrote: > >Debian must be fantastic as a server OS (though I've never had trouble > >in three and a half years with SuSE for httpd, ftp, mail, so far) but it > >seems too rough on the desktop, lacking in polish and with the Debian > >system of commands in many ways more complicated than the rpm and > >YaST-based stuff on SuSE (which can also now be set up for the apt > >system). > > I don't think this is the case any longer. Just yesterday I installed > Debian on my Dell laptop using the bootable ISO for Woody. Compared to the > last time I did a similar install (2+ years ago) using floppies it was a > large improvement. I didn't have to configure sound, it worked. Didn't > have to configure the dock's network card, that worked too. Didn't have to > configure X, pretty much everything there was autodetected. In fact I > screwed it up by presuming the autodetection wouldn't work and only got it > functional when I just let it autodetect. Those were the three major > hurdles from times past. >
[snip] I'd echo this. I installed Sarge on my IBM Thinkpad R40e last week, using the Debian-installer ISO. Everything has worked out of the box, including X, wireless link to router, and sound. I then used apt-get to install aptitude and carried on from there to fetch whatever else I need. I don't use KDE or Gnome but I've no reason to suppose that they wouldn't have worked equally well. The whole thing was almost painless and I don't see how the installation could have been much easier. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
