On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 12:29:07AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 4/28/05, Stephen R Laniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd like to toss in a little self-defense here, because > > having "the computer ... do it for them" is so un-Debian, > > and I'd hate to be thought of as un-Debian. :-) > > It is? I thought it was the other way around: apt-get install this, > apt-get install that, installs the software for you, does most of the > configuration for you...apt-get update, apt-get upgrade upgrades > everything for you...little manual configuration or fetching of > packages. You can still do it manually if you want, but I thought one > of the core features of Debian was automating administrivia so you can > focus on other things.
I want a distro that "having the computer ... do it for them" is desirable. Except for the behaviour of [gkx]dm and run levels the first time you meet it :-( I like how it doesn't install a gui by default. (I'm only assuming sarge doesn't). It seems people use/have-turned-to debian cause of the way it handles customisation versus automation. I don't run other distros so my comments may be off the mark. Thoughts? -- Chris. ====== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
