>From: Nick D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Debian is, once you get used to it, probably the best OS in the world! [ ... ] >Yeah, the only problem is the 'stable' release is always way too old.
I have had major problems with Debian: -Installer started installing from the network, even I had told that I don't have a network card and that I don't want install Debian from network (checked it twice with the same result); fixed manually even no good info was found for that -X got not installed because mouse never started working (it does work with gpm server) -I don't even know what X server package I should install (found no info on it, Debian don't ask it, my card (Intel) is not even listed in X chip list) -IDE controller (Intel) is not recognized; perhaps because of this I get disk read errors, disk freezes and even IDE resets --- I have to verify each tar, untar and cp operation before deleting originals because of those errors; resets comes when I copy from CD-ROM... Also, Debian package installer is not good at all. It is messy looking and makes it hard to see the big picture of the installation. Non-free (read: open source but with no Debian suitable license) packages are not on CDs/CD images -- makes life difficult if one does not have a network connection. Well, I just want a working system. I don't have time to "get used to it" -- the system must work from the very beginning. This was a year and half ago when I had an unique opportunity to download Linux CD images -- I choosed wrong. I have an another opportunity within a couple of months: I will get both SuSE and RedHat just in case either of them fails. Best regards, Juhana
