On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 11:42:00PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > Pfft, installing Debian is childs play. All it requires is a small amount > of literacy and some common sense. Or is that too much to ask?
Well, Mandrake you can install by clicking [OK] a couple of times. Debian you generally have to actually use the keyboard a little. Once installed, you can pretty much configure Mandrake entirely with a mouse, Debian tends to prefer keyboard here again. Please don't say at this point that the command line is a more powerful interface than mouse clicking, I agree with that, but new users coming from Windows, as many probably will be, will disagree. Mandrake eases new users into the penguin pool via the ladder with a warning about using plenty of sunscreen, Debian throws them in the deep end with a cheery shout that may or may not include a mention of towels. Which is just my rather convoluted way of saying that Mandrake is far better suited to new Linux users than Debian, IMHO. /msg jaq Once they're hooked on Linux via Mandrake we can switch them to Debian and get the world domination thing happening. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
