I was that newbie 18 months ago! Debian was my first experience of Linux and I found ending up at a console after my first installation surprising and difficult. I got through it with lots of reading of documentation and googling, followed by a blundering and error prone crash course in apt-get.
Another installation difficulty was that I didn't appreciate I was supposed to use the space bar to make stars appear in the option columns before proceeding to the <ok> option (the tab key I coped with). A bit of text to that effect early on in the process would have helped. Later, I discovered the installation manual... The Tasksel stage of the installer could indeed make life easier for the neophyte. It could strongly advise them to install a desktop environment by default and make the choice of a console an option for those who Know What They Are Doing, as I do 7 or 8 machines later. I really enjoy Debian, and I appreciate the efforts of all the Developers, but it's very hard to put yourself back in the position of someone who doesn't know the basics. Angus Mackenzie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
