Mike McCarty wrote: > I provide this only to let you know that it looks like Debian > is going to lose a user to Windows shortly, due to perceived > lack of concern over user's difficulties shown by those who do > support for Debian.
The real problem here is that Linux is losing a user to Windows. To be honest, Debian can lose many users. Either you're a Debian user or you're not. There's no negative connotation to that, it is just Debian is focused on a certain group and not all users fall within that group. My advice is, yes, your GF should not use Debian. I say that as a Debian user. I would rather your GF, and by extension you, be happy with your decision in a distribution and if Debian is not making you happy, by all means, go elsewhere. However, speaking as a KUbuntu user, don't let Debian be the only distribution that your GF experiences. Just as Debian is aimed at a certain set of users so too is Ubuntu in its many forms. Again, no negative connotation in that. For someone who is not die-hard into Linux and willing to put forth the effort to dig into problems and resolve them I would no longer recommend Debian. I would point them to Ubuntu for Gnome, KUbuntu for KDE or XUbuntu for XFCE. If they were not sure and had only experience in Windows then I'd steer them to KUbuntu. I use Debian on my servers because I am not concerned about the niceties. I just want to plop it on there, get it running and let it go. My laptop and main machine have KUbuntu because I do want the niceties. I don't want to have to dig into it. I just want to read my mail, write my stories, browse the web and play my games. I'm guessing that is the level your GF is at. So have her give a distribution that is geared for that level a try. -- Steve Lamb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]