On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 04:51:25PM -0500, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 12:38:44PM -0500, nate at refried.org wrote: > > 2. Debian is not hard to install. If you think otherwise, why do you > > think it is hard to install? What makes other distributions easier > > to install? > > Debian is harder to install than just about any other distro except > maybe slackware (Haven't reinstalled a slack box lately), things > like having to download the entire base and put in on what, 6 floppies? Uh, last I checked you only needed two floppies (rescue and root) to get a Debian install started. Then you can download base via NFS, FTP, or HTTP. The common drivers are on the rescue floppy. The drivers floppies are for uncommon hardware. > dselect, *gag* =) dselect is an acquired taste. It took me a little while to understand it. aptitude is a great step beyond dselect, but it could still use some debugging. synaptic is another choice for GUI addicts. Nate