On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:07:11 -0800 Rick Moen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting Simon Hobson ([email protected]): > > > In part, Linux adoption is held back by its perceived > > difficulty.... > > Just a brief comment about this in passing, as this is an antique > debate point ages ago stomped into the ground on comp.os.*.advocacy > and other places: An operating system one must install (not > preloaded) will always be perceived as 'difficult' compared to one > already furnished as a point'n'drool preload. Ubuntu installs as easily as Windows' first boot nonsense. Devuan isn't far behind, on most hardware. What Eric objected to, and I agreed, was lack of proper handling of proprietary blobs, firmware and drivers, when absolutely necessary, makes Devuan installation as hard or harder than Arch, Gentoo or Funtoo. By the way, I disagree with Eric about the degree of badness in leaving his video cards with non-proprietary software that doesn't handle resolution as well. Once you can boot your system and run it, the installer has done its job. If user friendliness is desired, a separate program can be used to select the right proprietary drivers, blobs and firmwares. SteveT Steve Litt December 2018 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
