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