[nzlug] favourite distro

[cr]

On Monday 07 January 2008 20:27, yuri wrote:
> On 07/01/2008, cr  wrote:
> > Every time I
> > try to install a Ubuntu it crashes.   Half the Knoppixes I've tried have
> > crashed as well.   Back in the days when Mandrake was said to be the
> > 'easiest Linux', every Mandrake I tried crashed on installation too.    I
> > don't know what it is about me and 'easy-to-use' flavours of Linux but we
> > seem to be mutually incompatible.    OTOH, I find Debian very easy to use
> > and it gets easier to install with each version.   (That's probably
> > pushing my luck, saying that - just wait till my next install.... )
>
> When Debian is as easy to install as the others, it will crash your
> computer. Maybe all these crashes are due to a common cause. Hardware
> detection in the installer comes to mind.
>
> Yuri

But it is*.    And it doesn't**.    

Yeah, agreed, hardware detection is often a problem but the Debian installer 
seems to get it right.   Dare I say it 'just works' (TM)   (cross fingers, 
touch wood).

* as easy.
** crash.

cr