Re: [SLUG] older computers

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Wed Dec 07 2005 - 10:20:38 EST


On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:35:53AM -0500, SOTL wrote:

> On Tuesday 06 December 2005 10:28 pm, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:33:54PM -0500, SOTL wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 06 December 2005 01:46 pm, Eben King wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > > I don't see why an older machine would take any longer to set up than a
> > > > newer machine, assuming the "older" machine is sufficiently recent that
> > > > much of its hardware is PnP. I mean, one driver takes as long as
> > > > anther to haul off the CD. These aren't S-100 or NuBus machines being
> > > > talked about, after all.
> > >
> > > Why does Debian take sufficiently longer to set up than Mandriva et?
> > >
> > > Simple it is the installation program
> >
> > Sorry, no. It's the operator. If you allow the defaults in Debian, it
> > installs in minutes. I recently did this on a machine, using Sarge and
> > the new installer. Piece of cake. That said, an installation of Debian
> > _normally_ takes me hours; I pick and choose packages to install for
> > hours. But as I said, if you take the defaults, it's quite speedy.
> >
> > Paul
>
> Sorry Paul last I heard Debian required one to manually set up drivers from
> the command line.
>
> Has this changed?
>

Yes, the situation has improved. Probably not perfect, and some Debian
derivatives probably do it better (Mepis et al). But it has definitely
improved. I didn't have to spec anything in particular when I installed.

Paul
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