On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 08:39 -0500, Michael Martinell wrote: > > I see heavy sarcasm is lost on you - maybe you do let the tv think for you > after all? Please have your TV read my reply below. > Most software is easy and can be figured out by the casual end > user. The point here is the OS. The differences are extreme. > > My point (however lost it was):Being a system administrator is not for the > lazy. If it is your hobby and you are enthusiastic about the hobby you will > still read the documentation. The only person who will not at least read the > quick start guide (there is one and it is 10 pages long) is the person who has > no business installing an OS to begin with. > > The only "easy" OS install I have ever done was with the microsoft answer > file, where I created an answer file on a floppy put in the disk and let it > install, with every question and setup taken care of by my pre-planning. Of > course I had to read the documentation to do that . . . . > > I do wish that debian had such a utility though, it would be the ultimate in > simplicity. You could just download a generic answer file from Debian for > your x86 platform and an hour later the system would be done. > Quickstart guide: google: automatic debian install -> [i'm feeling lucky] You didn't miss this out of lazyness, did you? ;o) -davidc -- gpg-key: http://www.zettazebra.com/files/key.gpg
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