Two Reviews of Debian 3.0

FrankNFurter writes "Debian Planet features a review of Debian 3.0 from a user's perspective. Time for a reality check, debianistas." And twstdr00t writes "Linuxwatch.org has posted their review of Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody. 'The package managment system is nice and easy to use. But the lack of good configuration and installation takes that all away from Debian.'"

Two reviews?

[Anonymous Coward]

That's almost a Beowulf cluster of Debian reviews!!!

• Damn... [slashdot.org] by brsmith4 (Score:1) Sunday October 20, @10:09PM
  
• Who needs a Beowulf cluster of these? [slashdot.org] by SexyKellyOsbourne (Score:1, Funny) Sunday October 20, @10:10PM

Bad Metaphor Time

[xxSOUL_EATERxx]

From the article:

Just look at Gentoo, a hideous installation process, but a system equivalent to a Honda Civic with added spoiler, exhausts, alloy wheels and, of course, go-fast stripes.

You mean it's ugly, noisy, and you have to tune it up every 200 miles?

Clearly he has never install OpenBSD

[Tester]

Reading how people think that the debian installer is the worst. Those people clearly have not installed OpenBSD... But hey, for them its a security feature, only an expert can install it!

Re:install system

[Anonymous Coward]

The article does discuss the Progeny Graphical Installer, which is being included in the next release.

..and I look forward to using it, Fall 2006.

Like Standard Transmission

[cyber_rigger]

Debian is for people who like to shift the gears themselves (and occasionally pop the clutch). :^)

Catch 22-and-a-lobe

[MegaFur]

Debian: not for newbies. Higher learning curve than others. Worth learning if you want more control over your system.

I do want more control over my system. But how the hell am I supposed to learn Debian if I can't install Debian?

I guess the only viable solution would be to to find a Debian expert and rip off their head and eat out their brain, there-by gaining their knowledge and experience.
...

Oh wait, that was the comic book solution. In the real one I have to substitute "ask them lots of questions" for "rip off...their brain". Much less exciting and much slower. Oh well.

Re:Dselect rocks.

[tps12]

Assume that for every person, there is one package that, if he knew about it, he could use it to radically change his life, find real happiness, acquire great personal fortune, etc. What if he NEVER finds out about it, because he doesn't know what the nature of it is and he doesn't know what to look for? What if he NEVER finds it, because he silently downloads its package listing with an apt-get update but never looks at the description? His life has been impaired, possibly forever, out of ignorance.

Okay, I'm sold, where's a mirror?

Wait, dselect does support women, right?

Re:Dselect rocks.

[G-funk]

Sometimes a new package that I'd never have found out about with dselect will radically change my life

In which case you should probably get out more ;-)

Re:Interesting review

[Permission Denied]

the developers see my PhD and know that I mean business and they usually agree with my complaint and say they'll fix it.

Oh. My. God. Moderators on crack.

This guy is a troll. Look at his previous posts [slashdot.org]. Look at this one [slashdot.org] and this one [slashdot.org]. Now, look at this guy's [slashdot.org] posting history.

Read his comment again. Does it contain any content? No, it does not. It makes a few obtuse, generic, meaningless comments with no specifics. He gets a +5 for claiming to have a PhD?

Well, I have an IQ of 156, a PhD, a JD, an MD, a CCIE, and I've been using Linux since before kernel 0.01. I like dselect. Moderate away.

Even a chicken could install Debian....

[NetFusion]

It has been said even a chicken could install Debian since most of the work requires just tapping enter. These reviewers must not satisfy the minimum species requirement. Please replace user with more evolved lifeform and try again.

Re:Dselect rocks.

[Phouk]

But don't they say "follow your bliss"? If you get off on learning about new and exciting Debian packages, isn't that just as valid (for you) as sex is for someone who gets off on sex?

You could try it out sometime, and then tell us about it: "Debian and Sex Compared - The big review for those who know only one or the other."

It's sure to be featured on Slashdot.

Re:Poorly focused reveiws

[geekoid]

"Besides what percentage of Windows users have actually installed their own OS?"
100%...eventually. ;)