Hi Marc! On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 08:06:12AM -0800, Larry wrote: > > I must say, however, that compared to a number of > > other systems I've worked with, Debian is difficult to > > get installed and configured. I suspect the poor > > fellow was ready to tear his hair out (assuming he had > > some hair). > > Yeah, you have to be able to read, which lets out most morons. > > Someone please tell me, though... what is wrong with a system that does NOT > pander to Joe Moron? Why does anyone care whether or not Joe Moron can > install an operating system? Why are we encouraging him to try? It seems > to be accepted as a given that Joe Moron needs to know how to build a > computer in order to use one. > > The idea that operating systems are consumer products is the ultimate > Microsoft-ism and, I think, has led to a lot of their problems. My sentiment exactly. I'd rather not have a dumbed down system. And how many times do you go through an install anyway. Last time I did an install was almost two years ago. -- B. L. Jilek <bljilek@yahoo.com> PGP keys on my website --> http://crowbyte.dnsalias.com/~tcrow/ Linux user: 163800 | Debian Rules! | Slackware Rocks! -----------------------------------------------------------
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