Re: I can't believe this
Tommy Malloy wrote:
>
> In regard to debian's install being difficult for newbies, there seems a
DIFFICULT???
I find the install for Debian to be one of the easiest around. If it
boots, it will install! I have had more trouble installing M$ products
than I have had installing Debian.
> simple solution. At the beginning of the install process have a menu
> that asks what competency level the user is. (beginner, intermediate,
> advanced) Then have an install procedure suitable for that level.
> Some menus could ask questions of the beginning user and a recommended
> basic system could be installed and configured. Let the system
> automaticly setup partions, config ppp, setup xwindows, and some Office
> apps. I know there will be some arguments about what a basic system
This is a good Idea.
> should be. Still all in all, this does not seem as if it would be that
> hard to do.
>
> For the record, my former school gave us shell accounts on solaris. For
> tech support I got a sheet of paper with about 25 unix commands on it.
> Being lazy I installed 4dos on my home pc and aliased the dos commands
> the unix ones. They became familiar more quickly that way. One day I
> found Debian on the net. I downloaded 0.93 and have been happy with
> Debian ever since. Debian Gnu/Linux is just not as hard as people
> believe.
It's Not Hard at all!
now if i could just figure out mail i would be laughing ;)
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