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Originally Posted by bendsley
Debian doesn't have the best record for installation or configuration? How can you say that if you're new to linux and mean it? Debian doesn't have a graphical installer to accompany it, but then, do you really need one? Debian installs what you want and only the basic stuff needed to run well.
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All I know is that I've heard from many different sources that Debian is difficult to install and is not user friendly. I don't have any first-hand experience, but I figured that multiple sources couldn't be wrong. I don't need a graphical installer, I don't even need something like ncurses. I'll push a number to select what option I want. Eh, maybe blindly trusting the internet isn't the best idea, but you're experienced at linux. Perhaps you're so used to wrangling with the (relative) complexities of linux that you can't see them any more. Or perhaps I'm just rambling...
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Ubuntu is going to go out and grab a lot more packages than stock Debian does because they install a GUI by default, and Debian doesn't
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Fine by me. I was just surprised by it. I was raised on Windows, so life without a GUI is scary to me. Take as many packages as you need.
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Slav: if you have issues, holler at me and we'll go through it.
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No issues right now, except for the touchpad and the sound problem. From what I've heard, sound is fixed in the next release, and I can live with using a USB mouse. Oh, that was something else I liked, hotplug USB support. I wasn't sure whether I could expect that or not.
If my post seemed to be a rant/attack against Debian/linux, sorry. It wasn't meant that way at all. And I expect to have fewer problems with this than I did with my ill-fated Mandrake installation; I can access the internet.