Linked by Paul Hankes Drielsma on Tue 15th Apr 2003 06:40 UTC
I can't take anymore comments like "Debian/Gentoo/OpenBSD/etc. are not good/user-friendly because they lack a graphical installer." Searching the web, I couldn't find a comprehensive site describing the good and the bad about graphical installers for various OSes throughout the years, so in this article I hope to debunk a few of the myths on the basis of my own personal and professional experience.
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The most important point that surfaced in the article hasn't been mentioned in the comments at all: Configuration after installation must be easy.
It's true that the Debian installation is actually quite simple and straightforward. The problem is that once the initial install has finished, you're on your own. If you want to go back and change your selections there's really zero assistance provided by the tools. And _that_ is the real problem.