>>"Michael" == Michael P Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> On 08/03/02 Manoj Srivastava did speaketh:
>> I beg to differ. A computer is a marvelous, versatile,
>> flexible, configurable tool, and, I prefer to actually learn how
>> to use ones tools.
Michael> As with everything in life, I prefer to have the
Michael> choice. I'm using Debian because it's the best, and because
Michael> I learn, but sometimes I want it to just work, and I don't
Michael> care about the particular quirks of my monitor and video
Michael> card because I'm devoting my time to yet another computer
Michael> topic.
I think there is a contradiction here. Indeed, most people
railing against Debian's interactive install are also railing against
choice: the install offers you choices at the drop of a hat. If there
is something that can be tweaked or configured, the install process
is likely to ask your opinion (give you another choice, in fact).
Often, the defaults presented work well. Some times, there
_is_ no default that shall work well for everyone. And hence the
questions.
I happen to like being presented the option to tailor the
package to my liking -- one of he scariest installs I had was
installing a non-debian machine, in which a ftp server, a http
server, and samba were installed -- all without asking me a single
question! I had no idea how wide open the machine was -- and it
certainly did not work out of the box.
manoj
--
In space, no one can hear you fart.
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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