Re: Horrifying suggestion
Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote:
[snip]
> Sarcasm noted. What you really mean is "Debian is not for newbies".
> Well we all know that. I happen to have discovered that this might no
> longer be the case...
Debian is very much for newbies, I've set up a friend with Debian &
Helix GNOME, and he really likes it.
What isn't for newbies is administering a computer connected to the
internet. The issues involved in minimizing the risk of:
* losing things important to you; and
* someone using your machine to do something bad with your
fingerprints all over it
are too complicated for someone who hasn't put significant time into
learning how their computer and the internet work. This is true whether
the machine is running Debian, Red Hat, Corel or even Windows or MacOS.
Newbies who want to use the internet need a friend to set up their
machine well, and monitor it periodically to make sure things are up to
date and nothing stupid has happened. If they don't have a friend, they
should buy a support contract somewhere that covers the same things.
Ease of use features just make the life of this friend or support person
easier, they don't bring the task into the realm of "Newbie safe".
Worse, they sometimes encourage newbies to believe that things ARE safe.
Best of Luck,
-Gleef
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