ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 06:00:18PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > <SNIP> >> ... Having autodetection on ia32 doesn't hurt sparc users (it >> doesn't help them either, but that's not a problem). > > I think you're preaching to the choir on this issue. > Unless I'm mistaken, the new "debian-installer" that will ship with > Sarge _has_ a fair degree of hardware autodetection.
I'm glad to hear that. I'll check it out soon. > Of course, this doesn't change the fact that Knoppix serves a completely > different niche than Debian and it wouldn't make a lot of sense to > strive to make Debian just like Knoppix. > Knoppix made some sacrifices to achieve a no-questions-asked, > straight-outta-the-box desktop system, and it's great for that purpose. > Debian's priorities are not the same and there's no reason they should > be. Agreed. I think Knoppix is more of a taste than the real thing. But I think that there are some good features that Knoppix has that could be added to Debian (like autodetection). But the way things are it's pretty difficult for a newbie to go from Knoppix to Debian. I'm just glad that is being worked on. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.crasseux.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
