Re: Installation
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 07:49:39PM -0700, Weaver wrote:
> I installed the Debian version of Linux Mint to have a look at it and
> noticed a comment in the onsite forum asking when 'the KDE Version' would
> be coming out.
>
> I found aptitude underneath it all and laughed.
Why? Unless, I'm wrong, it will either be .rpm, or .deb based (or
flavours thereof?). So no suprises there.
> In about half an hour I had my usual mixed Debian system of some Gnome
> apps, some KDE, a sprinkle of XFCE and Enlightenment to hold it all
> together. Nothing new there!
Now install DSL (Dammned Small Linux), and see how long it takes to get
back to a Debian system. You'll learn a bit about how the system is
structured. ;)
> The configurability of Debian answers to all tastes and once a new user
> has had a little time to become orientated, they will do what we all do
> and start to play.
Not my experience. Once its up and running, all they are interested in
is browsing, blogging, email etc.
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
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