Re: Installation
"Weaver" <weaver@riseup.net> writes:
> On Thu, September 13, 2012 9:58 am, lee wrote:
>> "Weaver" <weaver@riseup.net> writes:
> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> You said you want the discussion centred around what happens when a
>>>> clueless user uses the Debian installer and is presented with a
>>>> question
>>>> about partitioning.
>>>>
>>>> Now you're talking about increasing the market share of Debian. That is
>>>> a totally different issue.
>>>
>>> No, they are directly interrelated.
>>> The one immediately leads to the other.
>>
>> And you're not distorting the discussion when you talk about something
>> that is related to something but when someone else talks about something
>> that is related to something they are distorting it?
>
> There is a distinct difference between the terms 'related' and relevant'.
What are you trying to say? That you assume that what you are saying is
relevant and what others are saying is not?
>> What about the Debian installer? How does the clueless user know which
>> keys he needs to press?
>
> That is fully annotated in the installer.
> I have never experienced any confusion in that regard.
Really? It might very well be and I never noticed.
> You could start at that question when
>> discussing how to increase the market share of Debian installations. Or
>> what are you discussing? Partitioning? The frequent inability to
>> install grub? The claim that in most cases the installer works by
>> itself? Ugh ...
>
> I have never advocated discussion on the last two points you provide.
> Only the the first two directly related ones.
And?
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