Debian flamewar (was: OpenOffice doc...)

[Neil Joseph Schelly]

On Wednesday 16 February 2005 09:30 pm, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> 1. Partitions. Although it offered to guess partitions for me, it
> presented me with a menu with all the sizes and various options. As much
> as *I* understand, I wouldn't expect anyone else to understand it. It
> should be skipped, or put behind an "Advanced Setup" button so people
> don't mess it up.

I noticed that too.  I think since it's shown as a confirmation page, it's 
probably not a big deal, but people new to Linux still won't want to see it.  
I think that once Sarge is released, the expectation is that people will 
"skin" the installer and make prettier, maybe even GUI interfaces.  I know 
the new installer was designed for that.  Since that's the type of interface 
a non-technical user would likely use anyway, I hope that won't be an issue.

> 2. Resolution - The monitor came up with a default 800x600 resolution.
> I had to edit the xfree config file manually to get it to work. (The
> monitor is a 15" LCD, which goes up to 1024x768.) I know as a user, I'd
> be pissed off at that.

I'm curious how you did monitor selection?  Did you maybe select 24bit color 
and not have the video memory to support that bit depth and resolution? Or 
did you let it do everything automatically. I haven't had an issue yet, but 
I'd like to know what to look out for.
-N