Un-Debian? (was: Kernel choices)

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On 4/28/05, Stephen R Laniel <steve@laniels.org> wrote:

> I'd like to toss in a little self-defense here, because
> having "the computer ... do it for them" is so un-Debian,
> and I'd hate to be thought of as un-Debian. :-)

It is?  I thought it was the other way around: apt-get install this,
apt-get install that, installs the software for you, does most of the
configuration for you...apt-get update, apt-get upgrade upgrades
everything for you...little manual configuration or fetching of
packages.  You can still do it manually if you want, but I thought one
of the core features of Debian was automating administrivia so you can
focus on other things.