Re: [OS:N:] newbie

"Michael H. Collins" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.open-source-now
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> 
> I've only tried Gentoo on my iBook with a Live CD.
> It wouldn't give me 1024x768 res, for some reason.  I don't know if it 
> had trouble with the LCD screen or what, but otherwise it works quite 
> well.  One thing I don't understand is, if these Debian based Knoppix 
> discs can autodetect everything, and if Deb-based Xandros/Corel Linux 
> and other Deb-based distros can have a nice graphical install, why 
> hasn't Debian grown to to include these features?
> 
> tony
As far as I can tell the debianistas think that "real men don't need no 
stinking autodetecting installers"  I have been told that numerous times 
when trying to like debian.  I like the debian philosophy but apparantly 
it gets in the way of ease of use.

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