On Wednesday 15 September 2010 06:03:54 Scott Ferguson wrote: > Hand-holding installations have been discussed to death - the general > consensus seems to be if you want hand-holding use one of the "less > pure" Debians (Ubuntu et al). > If you want choice use the Debian installer - it may wipe an already > installed OS, it may refuse to boot if you insist on a XFS boot > partition, but it won't happen if the install notes are read. Personally > I'd like to see "expert" as the only install choice. > If we wanted to do things the Ubuntu way we'd - be on the Ubuntu lists.
Head above parapet time? I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu installer utterly incomprehensible. Last time I tried to use it, I gave up part way through and used the alternate installer. The Ubuntu alternate installer is, of course, the Debian installer. Now that I understand. Horses for courses? <Lisi ducks behind parapet again before the fire bombs start> Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009151036.48417.lisi.re...@gmail.com
