> P.S.: And while I'm on it, pleeeeez enhance the installation routine, > something like a graphical interface. This takes the fear off most users.
Personally I like the current Woody installer :-) I find it quick and easy to use - runs nicely on older hardware due to not having the overhead of any kind of GUI. If you are only brought up in the GUI world of Windows, then I guess it will be a little disconcerting at first, but it's not hard to pick up. > Take a look at SuSe and Redaht and you'll know what I mean. I know that > there are also a lot of small things which aren't good, like the package > selection, those are far better in Debian. But the "blue screen" :-P is > really annoying and confusing. My first installtion were more like 3 1/2 > installations, if you catch my drift. At least the task selector and dselect do a good job of resolving any dependancies whilst installing - I have had loads of problems with Red Hat (although I have not installed it recently) and broken packages due to missing libraries etc. Also, how many people in the Windows world actually install their own OS? I suspect *most* buy a computer with it pre-installed, or take it to a shop for upgrades - the few that do it themsleves would have little problem with the current installation of Debian. Without wishing to sound too evangelical, I have had fewer issues installing Debian on a variety of hardware than I have had installing Windows - in fact, my main workstation refuses to run with Windows 2000, so has a nice copy of Woody + backports instead. ...just my 2p :-) Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
