At 12:31 PM 5/4/00 +0800, Corey Popelier wrote:
I take an extremely simplistic view. I'd use Windows more if it didn't crash 20 times a day. That's why I use Linux. Simple.
Based on my experience with Debian Linux to date, I also take a simplistic view. Windows has worked with all the hardware changes I have made to my machine since I bought it this past January. I have also been trying to install Debian on this machine for days. I cannot get Debian installed. The installation process simply, stubbornly hangs. If I can't get it installed, I don't care how robust it might be after installation. I CAN'T GET THAT FAR.
I have installed Suse on my laptop, and that was a breeze. I have installed Corel Linux on this machine, and although it was not a breeze, at least it installed. And, quite honestly, it only took about two hours of fiddling over two days to get Corel Linux up. Compared with my current experience with Debian, I should just suffer Corel Linux, without a sound card (that works under Windows), and an ethernet card (that works under Windows) and be done.
VERY frustratedly, -jim