Hi Antony, list, Antony Stone writes:
> On Saturday 30 July 2022 at 12:07:53, Steve Litt wrote: > >> On Fri, 2022-07-29 at 14:27 +0200, tito via Dng wrote: >> > https://linuxiac.com/best-systemd-free-linux-distributions/ >> > >> > I think the author knows nothing about devuan and spreads FUD >> >> I thought most of the Devuan review was accurate and complimentary. >> However, I've never thought of Devuan as "retro" or particularly >> inconvenient for newbies. > > I regarded those comments as applying identically to Debian, and are true only > if you choose (a) not to use the graphical installer (which the author has > completely overlooked), Not that I care much for a graphical installer (other than perhaps to snapshot the whole procedure) but ... I don't recall seeing an option for a graphical installer in all my ascii, beowulf and chimaera installations. Even the alpha daedalus installer didn't have one. FTR, I have only used the netinstall and server ISOs. > and (b) fail to select "guided partitioning" and "all files in a > single partition". I do think the overall impression he gives is > unfavourable and inaccurate. > > I'm rather more amazed that he labels Devuan (and therefore by extension > Debian too) as "retro" and yet gives a pretty complimentary review, in > comparison, of Slackware! > > Antony. -- Olaf Meeuwissen _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
