[Gllug] Linuxemporium - Pink Tie

[rich at annexia.org]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 02:12:29AM +0000, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 15:35, George Saxby wrote:
> 
> > I don't see how/why you claim that Debian is elitist,
> 
> The technical knowledge "barrier to entry" is higher for Debian than for
> many other Linux distros. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the
> installer. For an experienced Linux user, this is a non-issue, but a
> potential Windows convert, who has no Linux experience, would be far
> more at ease with RedHat's GUI installer than with Debian's install. God
> help the newbie who tries to run dselect.

I've been running Linux since just about the beginning, and even I
have n.f.clue what's going on with dselect :-)

Rich.

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