Linked by Og Maciel on Tue 25th Jan 2005 20:24 UTC
In my never ending search for the ultimate challenge, I decided to remove Gentoo Linux from my trusty laptop and install something else that wasn't as resource starving. Thus, Debian was selected.
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it doesn't have a nice GUI instalation interface, which would automatically label it as “non user-friendly” by many people. That is when the challenging bit comes in.
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you still have to know some important information about partitioning your disks and selection of kernels, etc…
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boot: expert26
Well, duh. He selected an expert install and wanted it to be n00b-friendly? How about trying to just hit enter at the boot prompt?
Its not the prettiest of installers, but the default install mode is fast, lightweight, and easy to use. At the same time, it gives you the option of what kind of packages you want installed (i.e. graphical desktop, web server, db server, etc... and it picks the packages for you). So the author chose not to install any packages (i.e. make it a desktop installation) and he wonders why he gets a pretty command prompt at the end?