[plug] Starting in Linux

[Gary Allpike]

Tony, 


I reiterate, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID A DEBIAN INSTALL ???

You are making claims completely based on what you have heard from other
people.

:)

Gary

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Tony Clark wrote:

> <FLAME>
> I don't think you can actually go past RH5.2 for ease of installation for a
> newbee...You only have to answer a couple of questions ie. Workstation, Server
> or Custom.  Choose Workstation or Server and you will end up with a reasonable
> working installation.  No need to worry about RPM or dependicies</FLAME>
> 
> As to one distrubition being better than the other, I find that a hard to
> answer.  I think they are both good...They both provide good working linux
> systems.  I get sick of hearing the RH bashing, particularly in irc :)
> 
> Gary, as to reading instructions, we all know better than to do that...LOL
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, you wrote:
> >I'd like to know whether all these people that say "RedHat is easier to
> >install than Debian" have actually done a debian install in recent times.
> >
> >I really get sick of people spouting all over the place that "RedHat is
> >better for newbies" but never providing any objective evidence as to why.
> >
> >I did a bit of a test last night - I got my friend - who is a windows
> >user, and understands the fundamentals of setting up windows on a PC - to
> >do a Debian install all by himself - I am happy to report that he was
> >successful.
> >
> >People also seem prone to saying "dselect is hard to use" my question to
> >these people is "Have you ever bothered to read the instructions??"
> >
> >This is by no means an attempt to bash redhat, I am just sick of people
> >repeating parrot fashion what they have read without actually having any
> >knowledge based on fact.
> >
> >regards
> >
> >Gary Allpike
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, robert hunter wrote:
> >
> >> Ultimate AbandonWare wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > Hi Everyone,
> >> > I am thinking of venturing into Linux and possibly using Debian 2.0.2
> >> > Does anyone think I should buy that? And if so, from where, and for how
> >> > much?
> >> > What can Linux actually be used for? Will it help me in my computer studies?
> >> > When I go to University, I am planning to do CS, as I am currently getting
> >> > excellent grades at High School. I was thinking of Running Linux of my 800mb
> >> > HD in my Bedroom, and Win95 on the 1.2 gig HD cause I Have 2 HD  in the PC
> >> > in my room. Is it worth me purchasing Linux? What would the advantages for a
> >> > 14 yr old be??
> >> > 
> >> > Yours Daniel
> >> Debian is a bit harder to install than other distributions of Linux,
> >> eg. Red Hat. [Version 5.2] is a breaze.
> >>
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