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Re: Installation



Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:45:38 +0200, lee wrote:
>
>> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Lee, one of my argumentation points was based precisely in this premise
>>> ("untechie users do not install their OSes¹") so if you want to discuss
>>> a different thing based on your own experience because my user-case
>>> does not match with yours, fine... you can open a new thread and start
>>> a new debate there :-)
>> 
>> This discussion was about users trying to use the D/i to install Debian.
>
> Nope. The core discusion was around "untechie" users and "Linux" in 
> general.

see Message-ID: <[🔎] 928c0bda5efc0f17394b8f5f1d606ad3.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net>

>> You may say that users don't install operating systems. Some do, some
>> don't, so what?
>
> Untechie users do not install an operating system, they only use it.
>
> Maybe you are referring to those "untechie" users that have a positive 
> "attitude" and go an step forward by reading documents and dedicating 
> their time to understand how a computer works. 
>
> That's my point: a modern operating system is not easy or hard for users, 
> all can be done and is just up to them.

I'm referring to "users", which are "people" in the first place.  Some
install OSs, some don't.  You seem to assume that people who don't
really know what they are doing do not install OSs.  Who really knows
what they are doing when they do that?


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Debian testing amd64


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