Re: debian

[Mark Roach <mrroach@okmaybe.com>]

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 21:50, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> I have been using Debian for about 18 months now.
> I like it and prefer it to other dristos I have tried.
> 
> Today I had to install Redhat 9 on a system.
> It detected everything.  A totally good experience installing this os.
> 
> I'm not saying I will be moving from Debian to redhat, but I do wish Debian
> would address the install procedure.

Wow, there must really be something wrong with me, because I actually
_like_ the debian installer. I find it simple and flexible. I can't say
I have ever tried to install on a machine where I didn't know what
hardware was in it... actually I don't think I've ever _had_ a machine
where I didn't know what hardware was in it.

For me at least, the debian installer, especially netinst, is the
easiest way to get where I want to be which is a very base system with a
root prompt awaiting my apt-get commands. Sitting through a "please wait
while setup probes your hardware" or some such dialog would annoy me
when I know that it would take much less time for me to pick the right
driver from a list.

I imagine that the people who have maintained the debian installer in
the past have been in the same camp. They don't need it, so they don't
waste time implementing it.

-Mark