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> On Mar 21, 2017, at 7:20 PM, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Tue 21 Mar 2017 at 15:44:18 (-0400), Catherine Gramze wrote: >> >> The installer allows you to continue the installation without a configured >> network card, and it shouldn't. > > Please explain how this statement doesn't take away the option of > continuing the installation without a configured network card. You are perfectly free to remove that $15 USB NIC after you reach the installation point you want. And don't even pretend that most people don't already have a spare NIC of some kind floating around their living space. Do you prefer that people move on to other distros after a base system only installation because the Debian installer let them inadvertently get there? When Debian is desperate for more involved people, who all start out as simple beginners? The point of Debian is not elitist snobbery, but universal access. What is wrong with a simple change that would make it clear to the beginner that they can't do what they want to do, and need to do some reading? It doesn't stop advanved users from using a different installation medium, or from using a temporarily installed NIC if they choose to use the netinst. This rabid insistence on being able to use the netinst installer without a network is ridiculous.
