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> P.S. Honestly, I do think that is pretty cool that you can do that, and > I'm sure it would be educational and fun. Just don't recommend > installing Debian to newbies like Michael Halcrow always half jokingly > does. I've seen two different first timers get their intro. to Linux > with Debian and both were turned away. One recovered about a year later > and now he has redhat on like three computers at home. The other is > still recovering, and he looks at me with this underserved awe whenever > I mention that I use Linux. It doesn't have to be that hard man, it > really doesn't. Two points. One: yes, you're right. The installer is one aspect of debian being heavily worked on as we speak. Two: How many linux users get started installing their own distribution anyway? A significant number, sure, but not the majority. Usually someone else installs or at least helps to install. In that situation I would recommend Debian for newbies simply because although it is not easy to install it is much easier to admin. Just make sure you get all the basic major things they need installed and configured (e.g. samba) before leaving them to it. I've done just this and the people I've set up with debian have fewer troubles than the ones I set up with redhat.=20 --=20 Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. http://hans.fugal.net/ | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg http://gdmxml.fugal.net/ | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460 --1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+14qE/JjozeCq1GARAt/WAKDuQJJpS6wjckjizSSI7YYTeb/MkgCfSVZn ZduUrlfmxHVN/0VaKFb9CKI= =+qpm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1ccMZA6j1vT5UqiK--
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