Linked by Adam S on Sun 6th Apr 2003 17:18 UTC
This is my reaction to Tsu Dho Nimh's "Migrating to Linux not easy for Windows users" featured on Linuxworld.com recently. It's not a response, I'm not challenging his opinions, which I feel are not only valid, but mostly right, it's just a reaction.
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You compare two different things here. Inserting the CD and running the installer means that you already have the newest version on CD.
If you have a Debian stable CD set, you won't have the new version on it, as it is newer than your CDs. Yes, you have to tell apt to use a "testing" mirror. But this is the same as acquiring a new CD.
And "the amount of effort it takes for a first-timer to get Debian up to the point where you can even start throwing apt-get commands at it in the first place" should be nothing, because you have already set up apt during the installation.
Oh, and BTW, the command is "apt-get install mozilla".