Re: whew

["Pedro M." <pmacv@telefonica.net>]

Matthias Hentges wrote:

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> > And the website? Has NO STEP BY STEP FOR >FIRST TIME MS WINDOWS
> >    
> BEGINNERS!
>
> Why should it? If you want this kind of stuff go and buy SuSE or
> Mandrake.
>  

There is some HOWTOS about it in http://www.tldp.org

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html

You can add more informatio nin 
http://www.seedwiki.com/page.cfm?wikiid=4149&doc=UserFriendlyLinux wiki 
if you want a more user-friendly linux ;)

Hope all this helps ;)


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> > installing though, what the mess.
> >    
>
> Debian in its present form is very beginner unfriendly. That may change
> a bit with the new installer when it is ready.
>
>  

That's a good news. In any case, I would like to see Debian-Newbie email 
list.

> However, Debian is not meant to be installed by beginners. And your
> friend should damn well know that. 
>
>
>  
You can install Morphix what is a Debian distro easy to install ( you 
can see the wiki with a lot of information from/to beginners )

http://www.morphix.org

Regards.