On Friday 17 March 2017 16:45:31 Catherine Gramze wrote: > It is more important to not intimidate the beginner.
Not, it isn't. Debian is for experts, or would-be experts, or those who will never be experts but like to pretend. I am so sad that Debian is becoming more and more Ubuntu-ised. For those who want and like Ubuntu, Ubuntu exists. > We were all a beginner > once. Yes, we were. And we either managed, had help (I had a lot AND used Libranet (an easier true derivative - used Debian sources, but pinned) or used a derivative. We neither expect nor demand that Windows be installable by all and sundry, from scratch, on an empty machine. Lisi