Jeff Vian said: [snip] > Of course, but you have to know where to find those manuals. Those of > us who have used Linux for a long time have them as ready reference. New > users don't have a clue. > > If I install MS Winblows, do I also have an online reference manual? Not > that I know of, and thus a lot of new Linux users are not familiar with > finding answers there. They don't even have a hint about the massive > amounts of help that are actually available. There's not a link to a mailing list on microsoft.com, but people seem to find the Fedora list OK. [snip] > For a new user they are worse than arcane. If I was installing Linux > for the first time I probably would expect it to be as easy as Winblows. It > is not, and never has been. Refresh my memory, how many ways does the Windows installer have to partition a disk? One. What is it's purpose? To create the system partition and that is all. IIRC it has no options to create and format anything that isn't a system partition. So by your own reasoning, we need to remove DD complete and just put a dialog that asks where to put / and put everything there. That's it. > This whole thread really has been based on the personal experiences of a > few, but the topic and discussion has been focused on things the > experienced users know and newbies have no clue about. The solution to that is education, not including every possible option and the kitchen sink in every menu, every time. -- William Hooper
