Re: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation
I must say that I find the constant reviews and comments that say "Debian
is hard to install" somewhat entertaining. When I first installed Debian
(Hamm), I found the installation fairly simple. Overall, I prefer Debian's
installation procedures when compared to those of another distribution
from North Carolina. While that other distribution always seems fairly
rigid, I find that Debian gives me some level of freedom to install what I
want, and ONLY what I want.
What might be "hard" to a new user is final system configuration and
tweaks. (Hey, any good sysadmin makes a lot of changes under /etc,
right?) This isn't a problem unique to Debian, but to all Linux
distributions. There are tools which make some of these tweaks easier --
If you can find the right tool. On the other hand, Windows is "easy" for
many user since everything (debatable) they need is located in one Control
Panel.
Alec
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Randy Edwards wrote:
> Has anyone seen Joe Barr's article in LinuxWorld at
> <http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-09/lw-09-vcontrol_2.html>?
>
> I was struck by the article in a number of ways. I think it's sad that
> an experienced user like him couldn't install Debian (sad being the knock
> goes against him -- it ain't rocket science), but on the other hand, his
> reactions are *typical* of what I've seen when I try to have new users
> install Debian (so I can't knock him I guess).
>
> I've fallen into the mode that I now give new users the free Storm
> Linux CD, have them install that and get comfortable with GNU/Linux, and
> then tell them to apt up to a full Debian system. I'd love to give them a
> pure Debian install, but after seeing people fail on it again and again
> (I'll ignore topics of intelligence in the general user population:-),
> unless I'm there to walk them through it I know they're bound to fall on
> their face.
>
> Anyone else have any thoughts on this article?
>
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