The message 20051109105854.GF11826@thebowery.co.uk from Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk contains these words:
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Installing Linux isn't difficult tbh, and doesn't /really/ involve any command lines.
I'd dispute your first statement, vigorously - I've had problems not installing S.u.S.E., installing Mandrake, which went on, but consistently froze when the logo appeared, Mini Linux which did sweet FA, and now Debian Woody. I can't get Python's fdisk to play nicely either.
What tends to make installing Linux "difficult" is the prescence of Windows on the computer already.... and of course have you ever tried installing Windows onto a computer which has Linux already installed without Windows killing Linux? The only bit that people get trouble is with the partitioning of disks, and of course the Windows disk partitioner isn't any better than any command line Linux tool (like cfdisk) to be entirely fair it is far far worse!
Now I've sussed cfdisk, it's easy, but some of the commands along the way were a bit abstruse.
To install Ubuntu you can just point it at a computer and say "use the entire disk" (same with Debian Sarge iirc) and you get a few other questions (like, which country are you in, what is your keyboard layout etc.) and it installs in far less time than Windows will (without the added "fun" of downloading all your Windows drivers+updates+software you essentially need).
Hum. I could download Sarge from one of Zetnet's Debian mirrors (http://debian.zetnet.co.uk/ - ftp://debian.zetnet.co.uk/ - rsync://debian.zetnet.co.uk/) but...