On Saturday 21 June 2003 10:52, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 03:36:19PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 13:56, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > Most reviewers seem to believe that users want a system that installs > > > easily. They run the installer, review it, and call it a review of the > > > distribution. > > > > If a user can't install then there's no point reviewing the rest of the > > system. > > So, review the install. However, to stop there is silly. User's don't > normally install a system and then fdisk it only to start over. There > is more to an OS than it's installation.
Well, popular reviews are usually aimed at 'new users', or intelligent amateurs, and from their point of view the install is a major consideration. (Professionals probably won't be reading that sort of reviews and the 'just-buying-it-to-play-games-on' crowd won't be reading any reviews anyway). I honestly wouldn't recommend Deb to a new-to-Linux user. Knoppix maybe (not that I've used it), or Red Hat, and maybe graduate to Deb when they have a handle on what Linux is like. If I didn't have the familiarity with what was going on, gained from maybe half-a-dozen Red Hat installs / setup sessions, I think Woody's installer would have baffled me. Knowing roughly what to expect is 99% of the battle. As it was it took three install attempts before I got one (with X and PPP working) that was good enough to switch to. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
