[Gllug] Debian

[itsbruce at uklinux.net]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 12:46:03PM +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 12:29, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> >  GUI option is really a side issue.  I want it to find hardware and
> > install appropriate drivers!  I want to have a working X installation
> > without manually choosing all the right options.  Knoppix does both
> > these things incredibly well.
> 
> Debian assumes you have a clue, Redhat/Mandrake do not.
> 
> If you want/need clicky GUIs to install Linux then stick with tat like
> Mandrake. If you need a maintainable, stable, coherant system, i.e. one
> suitable for production, then you either need to get a clue or hire
> someone who has one anyway and a more technically orientated installer
> won't be a problem.

This attitude can be turned round on you.  For example: "What, you want
packages automatically fetched and downloaded for you?  Don't you know
how to check for updates?  Don't you know how to download files or
install packages?  Red Hat assumes you have a clue, you Debian-dependant
wuss."

> 
> You spend maybe 30 minutes installing an OS on your hardware and then,
> hopefully, you'll have a good few years before needing to do so again. 

If you actually do serious IT work, rather than fiddling at home, then
you may install the OS many, many times, often in custom situations
where a clone-solution like FAI is inappropriate.  Even the clueful can
then find that they would like the luxury of concentrating on the bits
that require their concentration and having the rest take care of
itself.

-- 
Bruce

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