(I have just figured out how to get the internet from my dial-up modem so I'm a bit behind on the mail)
I have recently switched from RH to Debian. I don't think the install is unfriendly at all, though it doesn't have the pretty GTK graphics of RH's. apt-get is awesome. I haven't seen anyone else mention bootloaders, so I will. My recommendation is to make a LILO boot disk when the installer asks you to. Don't install it on the MBR! If it isn't configured right you may not be able to boot windows (or debian). I tried LILO myself, and on my machine with my BIOS it didn't work. When asked to add linux to a win2k box at work I tried lilo first. I couldn't get a lilo floppy to dual-boot the system. LILO would also have had trouble on the MBR since the kernal was above the 1024 cylinder mark. I had heard good things about grub on this list so I decided to try it. Piece of cake! It works like a charm as well. Not only thah, but I tried it on my PC at home that lilo couldn't handle and it worked just as beautifully. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub Debian has a package for it, but it isn't in potato (current stable release). I installed it by getting a floppy and copying the binary image provided on the web site. Just print the manual, put the disk in and reboot. One of the best things about grub is that you can configure it when you boot. It gives a nice menu and command-line interface. Also it chainloads winows without any effort at all (unlike LILO). I now have grub on my MBR and won't go back to use lilo. -D
