But that doesn't matter, because you only need to do it once. This isn't your daddy's Windows that need to be reinstalled every six months.
I am sorry, but yes it does matter. How on Earth do you think that Debian would get any more users if the installation procedure is so horrific that it only discourages everybody who otherwise would have been interested of Debian. Apparentely Debian wants to stay as distribution to obnoxious geeks who despise people who don't want to spend days tweaking their computer, just to make it work properly.
Mind you, I've installed Debian various times and didn't find installation procedure too difficult, but I knew what I could expect after experimenting with *BSDs.
Computer games appeal to some people. Some of these people are women and some are men. Why there are more men who like playing computer games than women is extremly complicated issue that spands to culture, expectations for different genders and far beyond.
Here's a woman who likes computer games and has always liked them. Not only Tetris or Sims or other "female" games, but Doom, Quake and many other first person shooter games. I've spent hours and hours playing Starcraft, Warcraft, Max Payne and State of Emergency with my boyfriend and other male friends.
How many of you who are saying stupid things like "women are different species" or "they don't have instict for violence" have actually showed a computer game to a woman? Well, I have. Many of my female friends, who are not into computers, have been horrified in the beginning (like any healthy person not being exposed to ultra violence before), but after a while have really got into it.
It's all between your ears, in your attitude. There was one time working in otherwise all-male environment. Guys were having game nights, playing networking games, never inviting me, although they were asking most of the other ones to join. I was very good terms with them so that wasn't the case. I put up that for a while, until seemingly offended asked that why am I not ever invited, and the response was something along lines "but you are a girl and girls can't be interested in computer games". I bet there are plenty of women like me, who do find computer games interesting, but can't express their interest because then they wouldn't be "real women".
Sorry for the long rant.
Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.
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I am sorry, but yes it does matter. How on Earth do you think that Debian would get any more users if the installation procedure is so horrific that it only discourages everybody who otherwise would have been interested of Debian. Apparentely Debian wants to stay as distribution to obnoxious geeks who despise people who don't want to spend days tweaking their computer, just to make it work properly.
Mind you, I've installed Debian various times and didn't find installation procedure too difficult, but I knew what I could expect after experimenting with *BSDs.
Computer games appeal to some people. Some of these people are women and some are men. Why there are more men who like playing computer games than women is extremly complicated issue that spands to culture, expectations for different genders and far beyond. Here's a woman who likes computer games and has always liked them. Not only Tetris or Sims or other "female" games, but Doom, Quake and many other first person shooter games. I've spent hours and hours playing Starcraft, Warcraft, Max Payne and State of Emergency with my boyfriend and other male friends. How many of you who are saying stupid things like "women are different species" or "they don't have instict for violence" have actually showed a computer game to a woman? Well, I have. Many of my female friends, who are not into computers, have been horrified in the beginning (like any healthy person not being exposed to ultra violence before), but after a while have really got into it. It's all between your ears, in your attitude. There was one time working in otherwise all-male environment. Guys were having game nights, playing networking games, never inviting me, although they were asking most of the other ones to join. I was very good terms with them so that wasn't the case. I put up that for a while, until seemingly offended asked that why am I not ever invited, and the response was something along lines "but you are a girl and girls can't be interested in computer games". I bet there are plenty of women like me, who do find computer games interesting, but can't express their interest because then they wouldn't be "real women". Sorry for the long rant. Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.