Re: Installation
On Sun, September 9, 2012 1:47 pm, Doug wrote:
> On 09/09/2012 03:04 AM, Weaver wrote:
>> On Sat, September 8, 2012 6:33 pm, Doug wrote:
>>> On 09/08/2012 09:03 PM, Weaver wrote:
>>>> On Sat, September 8, 2012 8:51 am, Camaleón wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:37:55 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I know how hard it can be to see the forest when you are too close
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> the trees, so I thought I would re-post something I put up in
>>>>>> another
>>>>>> forum where Miguel de Icaza's recent communication was being
>>>>>> discussed
>>>>>> and in answer to Vaughan-Nicholl's recent article of
>>>>>> semi-acceptance.
>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>>> The most 'untechie' person on the planet can use any Linux
>>>>>> distribution
>>>>>> once it is installed.
>>>>> (...)
>>>>>
>>>>>> The reason they don't is the install procedure.
>>>>> (...)
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it's not that easy.
>>>>>
>>>>> First, because "untechie" users neither have to install Windows nor
>>>>> MacOS
>>>>> as both usually come along with the computer in a pre-installed form
>>>>> thus
>>>>> they only have to provide some basic data.
>>>> Yes, a couple have made this point, but from my own personal
>>>> experience,
>>>> it's not the case.
>>>>
>>>> I am not what you could call 'financially endowed' and always obtained
>>>> older and, in many cases, in complete boxes.
>>>> I couldn't afford the brand new OEM boxes, so always had to install
>>>> Windows, when I used it, myself.
>>>> I had to buy that.
>>>>
>>>> >From memory, it ran itself.
>>>> There were perhaps a couple of questions that didn't require reference
>>>> to
>>>> Einstein, but that was all.
>>>>
>>>> Nothing anywhere near as complex as an expert Debian install, which is
>>>> what I prefer now.
>>>> Not to the point of being one of the 'High-Riders', but I'm getting
>>>> there.
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Weaver.
>>>>
>>> Don't know about Debian, it's been a while since I installed that, but
>>> I
>>> *have* installed a few others,
>>> and in most cases the only things you have to input are your language,
>>> your keyboard, and your
>>> time zone. And whether you will use the system time. (Thunderbird
>>> requires a few inputs, but
>>> they're the same in Windows.) That doesn't seem very complicated to
>>> me.
>>> . . .
>> Well, no, it isn't.
>> But we are talking about Debian.
>> Specifically partitioning/file system decision making during install.
>> Regards,
>>
>> Weaver.
> Assuming you want to keep Windows, the install disk ought to let you
> fix the partitioning--make half the disk for Windows, and the other half
> for
> Linux. You'll want a /root and a /home partition, using ext4, and a swap
> partition.
> Make /home about 10G, make swap about 4G, and make the remainder /home.
> (Swap is its own file system, you don't have to select that.)
>
> STill pretty simple.
Not to a Newbie, it isn't, unless somebody explains what a partition
actually is and what the function of a file system is.
Regards,
Weaver
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