Post #99,493
4/30/03 2:31:07 PM
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Ok already.
Its not just compared to any other Linux distro. The comparison is to every other OS I've ever installed. So there is a different philosophy at play here. Great. Acceptable even.
And trust me. Ouch once. Feet are now wet. You can bet I won't be doing that again. For me, that won't exclude Debian. For alot of folks that probably wouldn't be true.
Like I said. I'll take a look at piggy. If that handles some of the more benign aspects of actually getting an OS to a functional form by the end of the initial install routine...great. I would end up recommending >that< instead of the bootstrap - apt-get routine because it would be more akin to something they've dealt with before.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #99,494
4/30/03 2:45:54 PM
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"For alot of folks that probably wouldn't be true."
The thing is, Debian isn't really for the inexperienced, exactly because the install is so funky. More proof of Ross' assertion that Debian is a mind-game for dweebs, if you want to take it that way. ;-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #99,497
4/30/03 2:53:10 PM
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Re: "For alot of folks that probably wouldn't be true."
More proof of Ross' assertion that Debian is a mind-game for dweebs, if you want to take it that way. ;-)
And who has time for this?
-drl
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Post #99,498
4/30/03 2:56:19 PM
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I didn't say the assertion was true.
Just that you might use it as proof of such. ;-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #99,505
4/30/03 4:19:21 PM
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But it could be...
..because maintenance and program installation >are< so simple...give it a good installer and it wouldn't have to be relegated to "the experienced"
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #99,535
4/30/03 7:06:34 PM
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BBBBBBbut....
If it was installable and maintainable by "mere" non-experienced... We'd lose our Snobbian/Dweebian/Deb-O-Snob handles...
Now we *CAN'T* have that.
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Post #99,622
5/1/03 10:35:03 AM
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Don't worry.
I'll always call you a snob ;-)
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #99,635
5/1/03 10:59:39 AM
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gfolkert wields his new WoMS:
The euphemistic *shun*
Yeah I got yur "SNOB" right hear Buddy!
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Post #99,637
5/1/03 11:02:22 AM
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Hey greg, new install question (new thread)
Created as new thread #99636 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=99636|Hey greg, new install question]
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Post #99,537
4/30/03 7:12:28 PM
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ObLRPD: This is untested and you're my guinea pig.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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