Re: your thoughts: special post for Debian birthday
On Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:33:32 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
> One of the positive aspects of Debian is, that a default install is
> newbie friendly, but still relatively close to the KISS principle,
> perhaps the reason that many Distros are based on Debian. Strange,
> that a full KISS principle often is harder for newbies. Isn't it?
>
Not at all. The simpler a tool, the more powerful and versatile it is,
and the more difficult it is to use.
A carpenter can use a chisel to shape wood in almost any way, but a
newbie cannot use it at all without making a mess of the job. The newbie
will prefer power tools, each of which makes a few jobs very easy, but
cannot do anything else.
--
Joe
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