On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 20:03, Joe wrote: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:15:46PM -0600, Carnes, Kevin wrote: [snip] > At the risk of getting flamed by this particular group, I might suggest > starting with another distro just to prove to yourself that Linux is > indeed easy to install. As much as I happen to like Debian for its > philosophy, its packaging system, and everything else, the install does > leave a bit to be desired. Until you've been through it 5 or 10 times > and maybe grown accustomed to it. > > I am not exaggerating when I say: > The latest versions of RedHat, Suse, & Mandrake are all far easier to > install than Windows. And just might do a better job of detecting > hardware & self-configuring. > Debian is not like that.
Aiiii!! Recommending RPM distros!!!!! Stone him! Stone him! Libranet is end-user oriented, and debian-based. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements | | and make them into big productions." | | Pitr Dubovitch +------------------------------------------------------------+
