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Debian Installer Beta 3 Usability Review

Posted by timothy on from the new-member-of-the-newbie-pantheon dept.

Marcus Thiesen writes "Debian Installer Beta 3 was released two days ago and I wrote a small review concerning the installation part. The new debian installer is good way to set up your favorite distribution. Nontheless there are a few usability things and I thought that it might be a good idea to write a walkthrough from another point of view: Bob 'average' User."

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  1. wow by quelrods · · Score: 0, Troll

    I certainly hope it improves their old installer. Debian installs have to be some of the most frustrating things I've ever come across. Mysteriously not seeing network cards, failing to see the hard drive...UGH! Maybe this will bring it somewhere near where other distros installers were 5 years ago.

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  2. Re:YMMV. Gentoo's easier for me by passthecrackpipe · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yeah, totally with you on that - got really tired yesterday of using Mac OSX (what a sad and pathethic excuse for an operating system that is) and decided to put a real OS on my G4 machine. Tried YDL in the past, and didn't like it, so installed Debian. Even used the Debian Installer Beta 3. Wouldn't work. Wouldn't boot, Wouldn't partition properly. RTFM, and tried again, with a similar lack of success. Decided it was to much like hard work, and insalled Gentoo. Install was flawless, easy, and just a lot of fun, really.....

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