[GRLUG] Distro's - was GRLUG test comment

[Topher]

> Hey Topher...  I don't want to beat you up any more than I've already 
> done ;)
>
> Just wanted to mention that Ubuntu uses the Debian installer, mostly 
> unmodified (the partitioner is the same).
>
> I find it very easy to use, but that's me.  A GUI it aint, but for 
> inexperienced users, it has very sensible defaults.

Yeah, I should say some things about what I was doing.  It was in class, 
and they already had the general idea of how paritioning was done, so I 
wasn't looking for defaults, I was pushing every button to see what it 
did.

I was expecting Ubuntu to be "easy for beginners".  What I found was 
"relatively easy after you've done it once or twice".  I say that because 
if you know what you're looking for, and you know what the buttons all do, 
it's total cake.  If you've never installed Linux before, it's kind of a 
mess.

That said "relatively easy once you've done it once or twice" is 
light-years beyond where we were 5 dark-years ago.

Topher
Manager of Internet Services
Cornerstone University Radio

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