[OS:N:] newbie
anthony baldwin
anthonybaldwin at snet.net
Sat May 29 15:42:28 UTC 2004
Michael H. Collins wrote:
>
>>
>> I've only tried Gentoo on my iBook with a Live CD.
>> It wouldn't give me 1024x768 res, for some reason. I don't know if it
>> had trouble with the LCD screen or what, but otherwise it works quite
>> well. One thing I don't understand is, if these Debian based Knoppix
>> discs can autodetect everything, and if Deb-based Xandros/Corel Linux
>> and other Deb-based distros can have a nice graphical install, why
>> hasn't Debian grown to to include these features?
>>
>> tony
>
> As far as I can tell the debianistas think that "real men don't need no
> stinking autodetecting installers" I have been told that numerous times
> when trying to like debian. I like the debian philosophy but apparantly
> it gets in the way of ease of use.
>
That's really a silly philosohpy when you consider that their pkg mgmt
app is almost the best and easiest to use, some might argue that it is
easiest. I like yum better, though...If real mean don't need no
stinkin' gui stuff, why not manage all packages by dling and compiling
sources?
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Anthony Baldwin
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