RE: Back to original topic [Was: [Poll: debian-newcomer list [Was: Re: newbies needing help for graphic login]]

["Seth Goodman" <sethg@GoodmanAssociates.com>]

> From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:andreimp@rdslink.ro]
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:35 PM

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> 4. incorporate the hardware detection of derivative distros
> (like Knoppix). This would probably be possible only for the
> i386 branch (maybe also ia64/amd64?), but this branch is also
> the one that will receive the most newbies.

I would put a +1 on this, as it would help everyone, not just noobs.
There is no reason for any distro to _not_ do the best job of hardware
detection possible.

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Seth Goodman