On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:55:50 +0200, lee wrote: > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes:
(...) >>> This discussion was about users trying to use the D/i to install >>> Debian. >> >> Nope. The core discusion was around "untechie" users and "Linux" in >> general. > > see Message-ID: > <928c0bda5efc0f17394b8f5f1d606ad3.squir...@fruiteater.riseup.net> Exactly. It starts with "(...) The most 'untechie' person on the planet can use any Linux distribution once it is installed..." >>> You may say that users don't install operating systems. Some do, some >>> don't, so what? >> >> Untechie users do not install an operating system, they only use it. >> >> Maybe you are referring to those "untechie" users that have a positive >> "attitude" and go an step forward by reading documents and dedicating >> their time to understand how a computer works. >> >> That's my point: a modern operating system is not easy or hard for >> users, all can be done and is just up to them. > > I'm referring to "users", which are "people" in the first place. But there are many grades of users, from advanced to non-skilled. Untechies are the target for this whole thread. > Some install OSs, some don't. You seem to assume that people who don't > really know what they are doing do not install OSs. No, only those untechies that show the attitude to install an OS and these are the exceptions not the norm. > Who really knows what they are doing when they do that? People who read does know, that's what docs are for :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/k37cc4$cqa$6...@ger.gmane.org