Am 11. Sep, 2003 schw=E4tzte Alan Dayley so:

> Well, not having used Debian I may be blowing hot air here, but it
> doesn't have the reputation for a newbie distro.  Nor can I usually walk

This is for the install, which is why they're showing up to the InstallFest=
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Once installed debian, I believe, has the best features for what newbies
need.

Maybe having apt-get and similar packages for Red Hat ( or other distros )
will tip the scale.

Features I think the distro needs, in no particular order:

1. security only feed
2. easy to use upgrade device that works and automagically gets dependencie=
s
3. stable
4. a good desktop environment

1 is important. newbies should only worry about security updates until
they're a little more familiar with GNU/Linux. It would be best if we could
have a way to automagically get and install security updates. Maybe do it
via a big red button on their desktop.

2 is important for 1 and is important as they transition to mediumbies or
find new packages they want/need.

3 is obviously important :).

4 is also obviously important for newbies.

I think it's also good if the distro has a good upgrade path and a track
record of that working.

The apps not being as stale as the c-rations is also a good thing :).

ciao,

der.hans
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