On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 15:04, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: > > Folks, new users, new maintainers: The keyword here is 'the best'! > > > > Historically, Debian GNU/Linux have NEVER 'cared', 'bothered' (etc) > > with what USERS want. Debian GNU/Linux is not for the users. It is > > FOR the system administrator(s), BY the system administrator(s). We > > make this system for OUR use, not for the USER. Debian GNU/Linux is > > not (and have never been) directed to the 'home market'. > > > Amen to that. On this topic (not sure if it was mentioned) there This sounds like cutting down on the number of problems by just ignoring end-user requests? Also, it seems a bit ignorant to just say, "this system is for us, not for you". I don't mean to insult here, but this point of view is rather simplistic. Debian has lots of packages available, it can be a true desktop system, or it can be a true server system. The possibility to create a really customized installation due to the fine-grained package management is a big strength. > never become stable, right? People ask me, "What distribution should > I use?". I ask them "What you going to use the box for?". If they say > "A desktop machine" I point them to Mandrake or RedHat (based on their > knowledge level). If they say "A server" I point them to Debian and > add that they better know their stuff. This distro is *NOT* for everyone > and I think that is one of it's greatest strengths. Linux is not end-user friendly (yet), it always requires a good amount of reading for newbies. RedHat and Mandrake (etc) only have a very easy way of installing a system that runs out of the box, this is what Debian is lacking, still. Except for that, it all is Linux and requires the same amount of knowledge, regardless of the distribution. Due to the huge amount of premade packages available and just apt-get installing them, I even consider Debian one of the easiest to use distribution in day-to-day operation. (desktop-wise) A distribution's goal cannot be to lock out users below a certain level of knowledge, this can be a side effect but not it's primary aim. Till
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