My experience with debian was identical. I started with slackware beta way back when (20 something floppies). Then went Redhat. Haven't used either in a long time. I don't think it would have mattered much. The Debian install is unique. I had a working system and re-installed anyway when I realize I could have made more ideal configuration choices during install. I installed a ton of stuff I didn't need. Doing a fresh install is a nice way to have a "clean" system, whatever that means :)
-paul -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Haude [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 8:33 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: BUG On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Kent West wrote: > smoothly as it should have (for whatever reason). Although this > next idea is a child of the Windows mentality, you might want to > redo the install from the beginning. A more experienced person > would fix the problem rather than reinstall, but a newbie from > the Microsoft world might find a reinstall both educational and > helpful. You don't need to come from the Microsoft world to find this useful. I've been a long-time user of a small (non-X) Slackware system and switched to Debian a short while ago. I've now installed the system three times over, but I now got it down and think that Debian is a great system. The reason for this is that the Debian package management is quite non- intuitive, but it works great once you've got it figured out. During the package selecting/configuring phase of my first install, I missed the significance of many package settings or interrelationships between packages and didn't understand what dselect tried to tell me about it. So I ended up with a buggy, non-working installation. Much of my trouble, however, was in my case also owed to a definitely faulty hardware. I now know what it means if they tell you: Debian is NOT for the beginner, but also an experienced Linux user will have minor troubles. After a few frustrating days and a few re-installs, however, you are an experienced Debian user with an extremely well-built system where everything is to be found in the right place. Something you can't say after the first SuSE install which most likely runs quite smoothly. Nothing against SuSE, btw. It's just that it doesn't _force_ you to get acquainted with it, so if you run into trouble later, it's more difficult to get out again. --Daniel -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
