Previ wrote: > > Hi all, > > Here is a Press clip about Debian in Aug 2000 edition > of Chip Magazine here in India. > > "Debian is one of the roughest Linux Distributions to install, > and that's why anyone who has managed to configure and > install Debian is considered to be a Linux guru" > > Previ --------------------------------------------------------- Not So! The problems with installation are very overstated and often the laments of beginners. Alas, we all have to start somewhere!Perhaps it would be best if they started with the instructions.
I have been a Linux fan since it first became available. There were no real applications then, only the base system. I can tell you simply...if you are not 100% certain what type of hardware you are using...and exactly what it's specifications and requirements are: you will have problems. Pretty much the same with using any piece of equipment. If you think Linux is difficult, try getting Windows 2000 server running using dedicated DSL network connections.. :-) Even harder: try finding support for installing it that is equal to the level of support available for Linux! There are indeed Linux Guru's... in fact we owe to them the existence of the myrid GNU applications, Debian, RedHat, Helix, Gnome, KDE, Apache, Perl...need I continue? My point is this, the term Guru is accepted worldwide to mean someone who is an inovator, a teacher, the master of a skill...not simply a person who can "manage" to function properly. John Foster
