On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:49:07PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 01 April 2014 11:57:03 Stephen Allen wrote: > > In my opinion no - expecting new users to Debian to read an install > > report is problematic. Using the net-install I wasn't prompted for > > what I wanted in terms of a Desktop Environment. Xfce4 isn't what > > most users with modern hardware would want in my opinion - it's a > > Luddite DE. > > > > But not having wireless networking enabled is a deal breaker too - > > especially since it was working during the install process. Not > > many people using a laptop are going to have wired ethernet either. > > <shrug> > > Newbies would be ill-advised to start off with Jessie, IMHO. Stable > is a better place to start, especially if the putative newbie has no > help.
Disagree - most probably would want testing or SID. Stable is well suited for someone installing a server. Most people would want modern versions of software especially ones coming from XP. Sooner or later they won't be happy with the behind versions of stable when on a desktop or laptop. > Newbies (Windows refugees, not Fedora refugees) are also more likely I > would have thought to be installing with a DVD or USB key than with > the net install CD. And many people like Xfce4. To each their own - most people that prefer Xfce4 were ones that disliked the Gnome-Shell. I followed the discussion when it first came out - been on this list for 10+ years. LOL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140402011818.GB11778@Jessie
