Carl Fink wrote: > This is an unfair characterization. The criticism isn't that the > Debian installer doesn't have graphics. The criticism is that the > choices are both obscure and remarkably confusing in spots.
Actually, I'm done criticizing Debian - I now know it's only meant for Linux gurus, so I've only myself to blame if I keep trying to install it, and keep finding it difficult. The thing is, over the years I've learned so much about Debian that I feel I will be able to do it soon - maybe 2.2 will work for me. Here's why: - I know the vital newbie stuff like the 'reset' command, virtual consoles, 'pwd', 'ls', 'su' and 'shutdown -h now'. - I know where most of the important directories are. - I know 'vi' well enough to edit the stuff that needs editing. - I can use 'man' and 'grep'. - I know to avoid 'dselect' like the plague. now, if I could only get hold of that chicken... > *I* don't have trouble with it either -- I've been using Debian for > several years and Linux for longer. A first-time installer will be > (I say with complete confidence) mystified. Spot on! > Now, is the first-time Linux user Debian's target? Apparently not, > and that's okay. Maybe Storm can cover that group. I'm not (never have been) a quitter. If I can't get to grips with 'potato', then I'll try again with 'woody'. And 'bullseye', 'jessie' and 'stinky' if needs be ;-). Maybe apt will get finished one day, and maybe someone will get round to writing a decent installer so that newbies can use it too. Only time will tell. Enough about this already! What about that t-shirt? -- Best regards, Peter Hugosson-Miller "Microsoft: Bringing you ten-year old technology, tomorrow, maybe."
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