Re: Just installes Debian
Rafi Gabzu wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed Debian "testing", I have very little experience in
> Linux . During my installation and after solving some of my problems
> (I still have a few...) I wonder why isn't the OS take care for it and
> maybe save hours of searching :
>
> 1. It took me hours to get additional Hebrew fonts for the KDE and for
> the OpenOffice, I had to install 3 different packages, I figured it
> out from an old guide and from a forum.
> Why isn't the installation process ask me if I want that after it
> figures my regional ?
There is a Debian Hebrew project underway to improve Ivrit support.
http://debian-hebrew.alioth.debian.org/. There are also the hebrew and
hebrew-desktop tasks in aptitude.
> 2. The installation process didn't recognize my Sound Card , as I
> understood from the forum I had to install and run ALSA. Since most of
> the PC's have Sound card why couldn't the OS after not recognizing it
> , ask me if I want ALSA services ...?
I'm not sure what you picked in tasksel (the final stage of the
installation, with 7-8 "tasks" to install). I know that one task is the
Desktop, which may well include ALSA. Either way, it's not The Debian
Way to install things that you don't ask for. For example, you might be
wanting to use the machine as a server in which case you probably don't
want ALSA.
> 3.Since KDE wasn't installed I searched it in " Synaptic Package
> Manager " , I got a long list with short descriptions , now I had to
> understand what to install ....
> Maybe you should mark somehow the basic/core/main packages in the "
> Synaptic Package Manager " ?
This is a Synaptic issue, rather than a Debian issue. Many prefer to
use aptitude for package management. AIUI, Synaptic has it's own
database for package tracking. It certainly doesn't recognise the fact
that a package may have been put on hold by other means.
> 4. In the partition process I think you should add an automatic
> process for defining swap + Boot and then let the user change it .
There are automatic partitioning schemes in the installer. Can you be
more specific?
> Pls look at my questions above as a constructive criticism that maybe
> will help other install Debian. In the very short time that I use
> Debian I really enjoy it and the technical support that I get .
Pleased to hear it. If you are new to Debian, and especially if you are
new to Linux, please consider running stable. Testing can break at
times which may cause frustration if you don't know how to fix your system.
Please familiarise yourself with the Debian Reference, and as you are
using testing, understand how testing works. You may wish to install
apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges, but I'm not sure if Synaptic hooks
into these.
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