Michael Martinell wrote:
The point is, the playing field isn't fair. Since a user's computer already comes with Windows, they MUST go through an installation process to install Debian. The idea is to make that installation process as easy as possible to facilitate the switch--it's really less about the philosophical viewpoint of user laziness and about the reality of the current situation. Why do you think they make those "restore cds" that come with computers? Of course it's because installing Windows "for real" is very hard. They don't want to get too many calls or to turn away customers, so they have it dumbed down to the ultimate level: put CD in drive, turn on computer, wait.On Wed, September 7, 2005 1:59 pm, Olle Eriksson wrote:I don't think people should ever have to read documents in order to use a product. Requiring people to read the docs suggests that the product itself isn't designed well enough that it explains its own usage.You claim that it allows programmers to be lazy - I challenge that it makes the end user lazy and also dangerous when they do not read and understand what they are doing before they do it. The click first and ask questions later approach does not actually work very well. At this company we have a department that fits this bill completely: accounting.
Should Debian have a "restore cd" ? Should it be part of the Debian project itself?
Well except you should probably check mark "Desktop Environment" towards the end ;)I'm not too familiar with the new installer, but couldn't there be a question about whether or not a GUI should be installed and have the GUI as the default option. People who know what they are doing can select the non-GUI option and the rest will probably be happy with getting a GUI.You think the current installer is hard? It's almost mindless - you can just keep pressing enter and everything will be fine for most newbies.