Re: debian

[Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com>]

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 21:50, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> I have been using Debian for about 18 months now.
> I like it and prefer it to other dristos I have tried.
> 
> Today I had to install Redhat 9 on a system.
> It detected everything.  A totally good experience installing this os.
> 
> I'm not saying I will be moving from Debian to redhat, but I do wish Debian
> would address the install procedure.
> 
> Clearly it is possible to have comprehensive hardware detection, so
> presumably somewhere someoene is choosing not to address this issue.
> 
> What is the reason debian does not install like other OSs ?

Try Knoppix it is based on Debian and does all that detection.

There's no good reason why Debian doesn't.

Bijan