Tommy Malloy wrote: > > In regard to debian's install being difficult for newbies, there seems a
DIFFICULT??? I find the install for Debian to be one of the easiest around. If it boots, it will install! I have had more trouble installing M$ products than I have had installing Debian. > simple solution. At the beginning of the install process have a menu > that asks what competency level the user is. (beginner, intermediate, > advanced) Then have an install procedure suitable for that level. > Some menus could ask questions of the beginning user and a recommended > basic system could be installed and configured. Let the system > automaticly setup partions, config ppp, setup xwindows, and some Office > apps. I know there will be some arguments about what a basic system This is a good Idea. > should be. Still all in all, this does not seem as if it would be that > hard to do. > > For the record, my former school gave us shell accounts on solaris. For > tech support I got a sheet of paper with about 25 unix commands on it. > Being lazy I installed 4dos on my home pc and aliased the dos commands > the unix ones. They became familiar more quickly that way. One day I > found Debian on the net. I downloaded 0.93 and have been happy with > Debian ever since. Debian Gnu/Linux is just not as hard as people > believe. It's Not Hard at all! now if i could just figure out mail i would be laughing ;)