On 22 April 2011 02:31, Patrick Bartek
<bartek047@yahoo.com> wrote:
--- On Sat, 4/16/11, foldingstock@theowned.org <foldingstock@theowned.org> wrote:
> > Like I said, "A Lot has changed
> in 12 years". Debian is more friendly
> > today than yesterday as are most distros, but there
> are others that are
> > friendlier, a lot friendlier.
> >
> > So, I stand by my initial statement that Debian is not
> suitable for the
> > Linux firsttimer. I would never recommend it to
> a noobie. With Debian,
> > you need to know, at least somewhat, what you're
> doing.
> >
> > B
> >
>
> I think if someone is capable of reading and comprehending
> the excellent
> documentation available, there should be no problem using
> Debian. This is
> how many people have learned.
It's been my experience that most users never read the manual. Too much trouble. When something breaks, they find someone to fix it or tell them how to. No learning required.
Most users don't read the manual, because they come from windows and windows doesn't have one. I can remember being totally frustrated at the lack of one when the occasion arose and one was required, but you become conditioned to an environment to the degree that even when there is a manual available, you don't read it because you assume that it doesn't exist.
Regards,
Weaver.