Re: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation
Philipp Letschert <Philipp.Letschert@trw.com> said:
> If the author is not able in configuring gpm or X
> he probably shouldn't write articles for linuxworld.com
I thought the same thing.
I'm all for teaching people about computers (being a former college
professor, now working in a public school district) as users' (and many
techies[sic]) real knowledge of computers is amazingly low. But I think
Debian's approach to installing leaves many users in the dust.
Sure, we can say "they're idiots who don't want to read/learn anything"
and we'd be perfectly correct -- but we still have to realize that we're
leaving many users in the dust.
My concern is not really for Debian, as it will go on as long as there
are developers and volunteers for the project, but for standards like
*.deb and for people other than hard-core techies viewing us as a viable
distribution.
One area which I thought Barr made a point (although overdone) is
Debian's impact on free software. He drew a point that Debian's "rough"
install shines badly on all free software. Overstated? Sure. But true
in some respects? Hmm...
Regards,
.
Randy
--
"If the current stylistic distinctions between open-source and commercial
software persist, an open-software revolution could lead to yet another
divide between haves and have-nots: those with the skills and connections
to make use of free software, and those who must pay high prices for
increasingly dated commercial offerings." -- Scientific American, Mar.
99.
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