[Gllug] Debian

[stanley]

>> Maybe RH, Debian, Suse et alia should be parachuted
>> into the Isle
>> of Mull, and not let off until a team of 100 ramdomly
>> selected
>> newbies can install their products unaided.
>>
>With the greatest of respect, I think you are wrong.
>
>Jon 'Maddog' Hall came to talk at GLLUG three or four years ago.
>If you weren't there, I'm sure you all know who I mean.
>If you don't, do a quick Google.
>
>Maddog said that he knew Linux had 'arrived' the day that his
>local LUG conducted an experiment. They put a distro CD into a PC,
>and simply kept hitting return. After a few returns, they had a fully
>installed and functioning Linux system.
>So sorry, I do think Linux has already passed this test.

Have been through this whole process this weekend (a very dead partition
system caused by windows) installing win 98, win XP, Redhat9 and SuSE 8.1. I
can honestly say that, certianly both those distributions of linux, are all
exactly the same to install, but the linux insatllers do have one thing
going for them, they give you a much better idea that something is happening
while still in a lovely looking GUI, unlike widows with its loading bar,
that can some times look like its crashed.
Can't comment about the dabian installer as I have not gone that far yet,
but it is one of the next things on my list to try.
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