On 11-09-12 22:17, Lisi wrote:
Since Squeeze I think that Debian has removed itself from this market. The main repository and kernel contain only FLOSS software. I.e. many drivers are missing and have to be separately installed. This is beyond a total newbie, and I think could not be rendered easily attainable by attaching a set of instructions. So sadly, I have come to the conclusion that I must recommend e.g. Linux Mint if any newbie who wishes to self-install were to ask me for my opinion.
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Lisi
dear lisi,i do not agree or at the best partly. i have not yet forgotten the days of potato and/or woody when i had to chooese and install the internetdrivers etc. etc. after that installing debian became much more simple in my humble opinion. even so simple that many of the earlier users were afraid debian developped direction windows (which it did not) and moved on to bsd. (i still have a bsd distro on one of my hd's)
so, allthough i am biased by the use of debian over many years, i think i kept enough objectivity to conclude that an interested any/somebody can install debian without any trouble at all and taste the richness of this distro.
with the kindest regards, steef