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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quote: I don't mean to sound too critical
Critical? A little. Condescending? Yup. There's nothing wrong with using Partition Magic if starting with a Win-installed drive. The only problem is when you have a drive with an existing Linux partition that isn't a ext2-filesystem (unless the newer version of PM supports ext3...not sure about that).
What I take exception to is your point that unless you are an expert, your review/opinion is usless. However, assumedly as *you* are an expert, I don't have much to say about *your* opinion.
quote: Don't get all upset, this is just a question I have, and not a criticism of you as a person.
Then phrase it as a question, and don't question the person's intelligence and then turn around and say it's not personal. Sheesh.