<quote who="Tom Massey">
> 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 won't, because by and large, the Debian installation does not require the
use of the command line. Ah yes, it is certainly in character mode, and
requires manipulation of the language-driven (as opposed to visually driven)
article of hardware known as the 'keyboard', but it is certainly not
"command line".
> I agree with that, but new users coming from Windows, as many probably
> will be, will disagree. Mandrake eases new
*That's* where you start to make sense, but not based on your aforementioned
reasoning. Mandrake is slick, beautiful, designed for desktop use on modern
hardware, and shows off Free Software at its best. That's what makes Windows
users intrigued, and perhaps comfortable.
- Jeff
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