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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I agree with the author. I much prefer Slackware and FreeBSD installers to say that of RedHat and Mandrake.
I also prefer a ports type system to rpms. I guess that's why after several years of trying out the distros I have settled on a Slackware/FreeBSD system. I find myself recommending these distros to new users too, with just about the same amount of hand holding as taking someone through a Windows install I can walk them through a non GUI intall. Want to really get a new user 'Stoked'? Take the time to walk them through a kernel compile. They are hooked for life.