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 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.
*Boggle*
And what reality do you come from?
Please tell me you aren't saying a Slackware install is as simple for a newbie as a Windows install. No wait, please do tell me that's what you mean. I haven't laughed hysterically yet this morning.