Re: Moving from a proprietary OS - unnecessarily inful experience -- was [Re: I wish to advocate linux]
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>> On Thu 28 Feb 2013 at 09:36:29 +0000, Joe wrote:
>>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:04:04 -0500
>>> Mark Filipak <markfilipak.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Let me give you an example of the kind of insensitivity (or myopic
>>>> stupidity) that seems to be the hallmark of the Linux community. In
>>>> the Debian live page, dd is offered as the way to copy the ISO file
>>>> to a USB stick. But the dd program offered only runs in Linux! What
>>>> good is that to someone who is running Windows at the time?
>>>
>>> A Linux article that proposes the use of Linux (actually Unix) commands
>>> and not Windows commands? Whatever next?
>>
>> I think Mark has made a fair point, but not in a fair way. He is
>> probably referring to
>>
>> http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/
>>
>> which is not particularly nor exclusively aimed at Linux users. He (and
>> others) might wonder why there is substantial advice for users of
>> non-Linux OSs on writing an ISO image to a CD but nothing for writing to
>> a USB device.
>
> I don't know if he was referring to that FAQ or not.
> *HOWEVER*, as a senior citizen moving from Windows(tm) to Debian(tm?), I
> find the transition unnecessarily annoying.
> In the main there is not much more than lip service given to easing the
> transition.
>
> I lurk on several lists on lists.debian.org. There are currently threads on
> at least two lists demonstrating that the problem is recognized and is
> being actively addressed.
I'm sorry but your case is completely atypical.
Rather than download an iso and install from it, you want to,
variously, do a minimal install and build it up, do a preseeded
install, do this, do that, with this option, with that option, etc...
It's your right but please don't have us believe that your
requirements and desires are those of the average person who wants to
install Linux. Most users will just launch the installer and click
through. Done!
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