In response... Debian is in some ways superior to most other distros - With tools such as apt and synaptic, the package management is smooth and trivial. The stability nad lack of package conflicts is an admirable aspect.
However... The installation and configuration of the base system sucks. With Red Hat, Mandrake, etc, you get a nice easy to use GUI front end that detects most hardware reliably. The basic config files get set up either automatically, or only require a few simple boxes to be filled in. Installing and switching to another GUI is also reduced to an almost trivial task.
Just my opinion.
Regards, Paul.
On Saturday 15 November 2003 7:00 pm, Ben Francis wrote:
The article claims that "Early 2004 is going to be make-or-break time for Debian... and if If Debian is going to continue to grow and develop, we're going to have to work on more than just technical innovation: we need to work on usability and visibility."