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Re: Make the system bootable, was: beta 2 update



Op do 08-01-2004, om 17:13 schreef Steve Langasek:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 11:33:41AM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:30:30PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > - I don't believe that new Linux users trying to dual-boot Windows and
> > >   Linux are the primary audience that the installer has to cater to.
> > >   They're important, but I think that Debian in particular has tended
> > >   to be better at attracting users from other Linux distributions than
> > >   from the Windows world.
> 
> > That's true, but one of the main reasons this is so is the fact that
> > people more comfortable with Windows have found our installer confusing
> > in the past. It can be questioned whether they still will do so if we
> > replace the installer...
> 
> But this isn't something we should bet on, if it means possibly making
> the system more complicated for our existing userbase.

Hmm, that makes sense.

-- 
Wouter Verhelst
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Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org
Most people have two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason, and
the real reason

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