On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 09:57:28AM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > Two things: > > 1) It's been a while since I've installed Debian. Are new > users added automatically to the sudoers file? If so, I'd > recommend sudoing the apt-get command above, rather than > doing it as root. > > 2) This new user's experience suggests that the Debian > installer isn't very good for new users. I might suggest > that users get a three-option prompt at their first screen: > "I am a beginning user", "I am an intermediate user", or "I > am an advanced user." Beginning users wouldn't have to type > anything else, except their desired username and password. > All other questions would get default answers. > > How close does the Sarge installer get to this? Personally, I'd like to say that I learnt things the hard way, and use only apt-get. Somehow, I have never been able to accustom myself to use the package selection mechanism in the base-config, with the curses based interface. I always *skip* that part, come to the command line and install x-window-system et al. Just my view... Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036 India
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