On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 at 22:29 GMT, Bijan Soleymani penned: > "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I don't have a problem with the installer. I'd rather have devs >> working on other stuff than on something that works (for me). > > The installer also works for me, at least most of the time. But it > would be nice if relative newbies could install Debian on their own.
Agreed, *if* the installer also allows relatively experienced folk (I would never call myself an expert) the freedom to do what they want without having to jump through a bunch of hoops. Actually, there's a snarky part of me that thinks that forcing newbies to use a different distro first will give them an appreciation for the wonder that is debian ... yeah, as I said, snarky. [snip] >> But I don't really see this as a problem. There are different >> distros for different needs, and debian is designed for the needs of >> an experienced linux user. > > If that is the case we should at least be honest. They should post in > big bold letters on www.debian.org: > > "This Operating System is not for general users it is only for > experienced linux users. If you have never used Linux before > please go to www.redhat.org or www.mandrake.org or > www.knoppix.org." Actually, I should rephrase that in *my* view, debian is designed for the needs of an experienced linux user. I would suspect that the movers and shakers in the debian world may not see things this way. But you do have a point. > I'm kind of in the pro-knoppix camp. I think that debian could > incorporate certain features from knoppix. The experts could always > disable the hardware detection, etc. But it would be very useful for > beginners. I've only used knoppix a few times, so I can't really say if I agree. I found the instant recognition of all my laptop stuff rather spiff, but I don't know if there were admin trade-offs involved. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]