Brian Nelson wrote:

> Debian isn't about holding newbies' hands.

What do you want them to use, Red Hat? Heaven forbid.

>  There isn't a mailing list dedicated to newbies
> installing debian.  The information is out there; it's up to them to
> find it, understand it, and apply it.  It's like a right of passage.
>
> Besides, isn't this the debian-user mailing list, for discussions
> among debian users?

Yes, and newbies are also users, so their questions are appropriate in
this forum.

Of course there isn't a debian-newbies list. Nobody would read such a
thing except the newbies, and they wouldn't be able to answer each
others' questions reliably, for obvious reasons.

Craig

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