Linked by Tyler Bancroft on Wed 18th Feb 2004 20:35 UTC
I considered reviewing Debian for this article. I downloaded a copy of Debian 3.0r2, making sure to get the disk with the 2.4 kernel. Everything you've heard about Debian being difficult to install? It's not totally true, but it's pretty close. I really wanted to try Debian, though, if only to use the vaunted apt-get system. I'd tried apt-rpm on a previous Red Hat installation, and it was great. Since Debian was turning out to be too difficult to put together, I decided to look for a debian-based distro.
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I don't mean to sound too critical, ...but If your not advanced enough to get Debian going what makes you think that your review of a strongly Debian based distro is valid or helpful. Debian is a bear... but once you get it going it is a grizzly. Your use of Partition Magic also leaves a question about your level of experience being such that you should be passing off reviews of software as if you were informed on the matter. Too much misinformation is spread because people think if a writing is made public that it is valid ("I saw it on the internet...it must be true."). Oh yeah, for a Linux user Partition Magic is useless. Most Linux partitioning tools are better, AND they don't require Windows. Don't get all upset, this is just a question I have, and not a criticism of you as a person.