Debian Installer Beta 3 Usability Review

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."

Comments

omg teh pwn

[Anonymous Coward]

omg bare did it again with dem first prostages lols omg PWNT HAHA OMG httP;//lvoeandhope.faithweb.com

Re:omg teh pwn

[Anonymous Coward]

OMG MOD PARENT UP that informative link is spelt wrong http://loveandhope.faithweb.com
^^Correct URL

nothing to see here, move along

[Anonymous Coward]

this is not the first post.

Firstvs Postvs

[Anonymous Coward]

What the subject says.

wow

[quelrods]

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.

MOD DOWN TROLL

[Anonymous Coward]

"This seemed to come out of Taco's anus" -- how is this informative?!?

Debian is....

[Tuxinatorium]

...wait for it...




not dying!

Hello bare.

[Anonymous Coward]

FUCK YOU, WHITEY!

Fields of Athenry

[Anonymous Coward]

By a lonely prison wall I heard a Taco callin'
Michael they have taken you away
For you stole CowboyNeal's porn
And withered him with scorn
Now he sits and questions if he might be gay.

(Chorus) Low lie the profits of VA
Where once we watched dividends pay
Our careers were on the make, we had shares and stocks to take
Now Taco sits and questions if he might have failed.

By a lonely prison wall I heard a young man calling
Nothing matters, Taco, when you're free
Against the threat of anal rape
From Linux coders I escaped
Now you must take the pain with dignity.
By a lonely harbour wall he watched the penguin falling
As that crap OS fell down next to XP
For he'll live in hope and pray
For his masters in VA
It's so hard to see that open source has failed.

Re:Muhammad "average" User

[Anonymous Coward]

Boohoo, Debian doesn't support terrorism. Get over it

its open sores

[Anonymous Coward]

so make your own lunix distrobution:

call it Rag Head Lunix

Re:its open sores

[Anonymous Coward]

come on! This should get atleast +1 for being funny! that'd even it out quite nicely at 0.

GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD FUNKING TEABAGGER!

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:In reply to many....

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess this is sort of a reply to many people, not meant to be a troll or flamewar type of comment... but you are a FUCKHEAD!!!!

with the first line there, this should get modded to +3 Informative immediately.

FUCKING SLASHDOT MODERATORS SUCK (cowboy kneel's) ASS!

Re:Moving from RH to Debian

[Anonymous Coward]

whoopty fucking shit.

Re:YMMV. Gentoo's easier for me

[passthecrackpipe]

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.....