On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 12:25:40PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > >> "GB" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > GB> Debian is, quite frankly, too small to dictate to the rest of the linux > GB> community how things should be done. On the other hand, it is too good for > GB> the other distributions to ignore.I think they all secretly desire to be > GB> as well integrated as Debian and in that respect they have to listen when > GB> Debian makes suggestions. > > Someone said (in -devel, IIRC), that Debian won't get more weight by > having more "users", but by attracting more upstream developers.
makes sense...the more upstream developers, the more exposure debian gets lets face it...when you look around and see "Linux Software" the first name you see is RedHat and the first package format (not counting tarball) is RPM... And thats the kind of stuff that gives them real presense > OTOH, three friends of mine wanted to try Linux. I gave them Debian > and saw, that it *is* too complicated for the average Windoze user to > set up. X setup is a pain in the ass and we know it. Still one of them > wants to learn it, and I believe he will be satisfied with Debian. The > others will get it as well (I hope). I agree....as a very technical user myself I find debian setup almost "too easy" (right up till dselect...but...thats bein worked on ;) ) I am soon installing debian on a friends machine. He is a "Worst than Average" windows user (I am only giving him linux cuz he needs a network connection in his dorm room and doesn't have all the needed files for his current OS (win 3.1)..and hes ona 486) Now that I have read this I think I will have HIM do the install with as little coaching from me as possible, then will write down all his trouble spots, and how I explained it to him. If anyone is interested I think it could be a great help in where we need to improve. -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux" -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
