Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!
i could not possibly agree more with Eric on this one. People are so
spoon-fed on GUIs that tell you how to do everything. When you use something
like Linux you need basic computer knowledge or you learn the hard way. It
isn't "easy" but it's fun once you get used to it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: E.L. Meijer (Eric) <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>
To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!
> >
> > Debian installation manual is not at all the worst one. It is quite good
> > actually. But it definetely isn't easy to find on the website
instructions
> > how to get started...
>
> This is getting on my nerves...
>
> * go to www.debian.org
> * note the section `Getting Started', which is the second below
> `What is Debian'
> * actually _read_ this section (all of both sentences), and discover you
> need to click on the link Release information in this section.
> * click
> * Note the header `New Installations', and the links
>
> Install Manual for SPARC
> Install Manual for Intel x86
> Install Manual for Alpha
> Install Manual for Motorola 680x0
>
> below it.
> * click on, say `Install Manual for Intel x86' (if that is what you
> want)
> * you now find yourself reading the installation manual
>
> All this involves *two* clicks from the main debian pages, and reading
> maybe 30 lines of text. If this `definitely not easy' for someone, I
> figure this person needs to acquire some more basic computer skills
> before attempting to install anything at all on their computer.
>
> Eric
>
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> E.L. Meijer (tgakem@chem.tue.nl)
> Eindhoven Univ. of Technology
> Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
>
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