On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:07:11 -0800
Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:

> Quoting Simon Hobson (linux@???):
>
> > In part, Linux adoption is held back by its perceived
> > difficulty....
>
> Just a brief comment about this in passing, as this is an antique
> debate point ages ago stomped into the ground on comp.os.*.advocacy
> and other places: An operating system one must install (not
> preloaded) will always be perceived as 'difficult' compared to one
> already furnished as a point'n'drool preload.

Ubuntu installs as easily as Windows' first boot nonsense. Devuan isn't
far behind, on most hardware.

What Eric objected to, and I agreed, was lack of proper handling of
proprietary blobs, firmware and drivers, when absolutely necessary,
makes Devuan installation as hard or harder than Arch, Gentoo or Funtoo.

By the way, I disagree with Eric about the degree of badness in leaving
his video cards with non-proprietary software that doesn't handle
resolution as well. Once you can boot your system and run it, the
installer has done its job. If user friendliness is desired, a separate
program can be used to select the right proprietary drivers, blobs and
firmwares.


SteveT

Steve Litt
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