[TriLUG] Debian installation.

Neil Roeth neil at occamsrazor.net
Thu May 22 23:35:11 EDT 2003


On May 22, Ken Wahl (ken at kenwahl.org) wrote:
 > Yes, thanks for the headsup.  This may not float well with the Debian
 > enthusiasts but it was my understanding that Debian support forums
 > aren't very..um..well.(ahem)..supportive.  "What? You moron..You didn't
 > see that in page 1256 paragraph 27 subsection B?  RTFM already!  Besides
 > you could've written a simple 900 line shellscript to fix that.."
 > 
 > [Reaches for fire extinguisher..]
 > 
 > I jest but you get my point.  I would be wary of seeking support for
 > debian regardless of version unless I had googled for weeks and read
 > every man page, every info, and every readme I could find under the sun
 > and even then only with some trepidation.

It's not that bad on the user oriented mailing lists, e.g., debian-user,
debian-laptop, but debian-devel is most suitable for those with a hide like a
rhino. :-)

-- 
Neil Roeth



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