Re: Article: Debian's Daunting Installation
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Randy Edwards wrote:
> Has anyone seen Joe Barr's article in LinuxWorld at
> <http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-09/lw-09-vcontrol_2.html>?
Regrettably.
> Anyone else have any thoughts on this article?
More than a couple:
1) 2.2's a huuuge improvement over earlier incarnations of Deb.,
certainly in terms of installation over the 'net. Great and detailed
instructions on the process. Didn't even have too much difficulty with the
g-d bootdisks that everyone seems to have been bitching about.
2) Lots of the probs w/ 2.2 revolve around X, mouse, etc. X
configuration is usually a troublespot w/out something snazzy like Lizard,
YaST/Sax, whathaveyou. X is absolutely inconsistent in terms of
performance, and the "DM's" (desktop managers that act like dungeon
masters) are a disgrace. Neither of these is Debian's fault per se,
but each package's project team. Nor is either essential to secure and
stable running of Debian.
3) If the reviewer had been a newbie, the complaints might have
been forgivable. Deb is not (yet) for newbies. It's getting there,
though.
All this will appear in the December issue of Linux Journal, barring
disaster. 8) I switched *to* Debian because it was easy to install online.
SAT practice quiz: Microsoft is to software as ...
Answer: McDonalds is to gourmet cooking.
Nice .sig file! 8)
Alpha
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