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Re: [Plug] Debian Install Problems
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On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 08:07:25AM -0400, John Nolan wrote:
> Which version of Debian was this?
2.1
> Yup, it's similar to vi. First time users might find it
> exceedingly frustrating (I sure did). You need to spend
> a good bit of time learning the keystrokes before you become
> comfortable with it. It's not intuititive.
It's definitely an interface only a vi user could love.
> Capital "I" toggles through this, IIRC. But all these keystrokes
> are explained in the help screen & the manpage.
I must have gotten "i" and "I" confused.
> Yup, I agree with you there. There is one prompt in partucluar,
> (it comes up during the install process just before you are
> about to select packages), which wins the prize for
> the most poorly-worded user prompt I've ever seen on any system.
Which prompt was that?
> In spite of this, I am still planning to use Debian when
> I mothball my current (Slackware) Linux system and get a new box.
Why?
Walt Mankowski
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