On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:47:07 -0400 Gilles Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is apt-get really worth this huge delay? We do plan to teach the newbie > some fundamentals. > > BTW, in case you wouldn't know, even newbies like to be cutting edge... > even more so than oldies I'd say : ) I know I'm gonna piss everyone off, but Debian isn't appropriate for newbies who actually want to learn unix fundamentals. Apt is a really great system and all, but it doesn't really fall into the "unix fundamental" catagory (yet ;). I also see a lot of people talking about the larger number of packages and ease distribution upgrades in Debian, the former is actually a detriment to someone who actually wants to learn how the OS works (hand installs are a learning experience) and the latter is not a consideration for those wet behind the ears (move to something civilized later). Slackware pushes a lot less automation and forces you to actually learn to use command line utils, edit scripts and text files, and generally pick up more skills that will actually be valuable if your travels in unixland should actually take you outside of its hallowed halls (god forbid). I and a great deal of my computer-geeky type friends cut our teeth on Slak and we all consider our "l33t ski11z" the better for it. Of course, if learning to take your distro apart and put it back together again isn't your friend's bag, by all means go Debian or Progeny.
