Re: [Glug-nith-discuss] Installing Debian from Windows

[Rakesh Pandit]

Hi

>     Yes but that Ok and Cancel will work only for the install but what about
> using
>     the distro later on. It will have no Ok or Cancel. If you mean ease of
> install then it
>      works out fine but logic of Ok and Cancel does not.


Now you don't see the humor, I don't  mean people have just to click
"OK" and "Cacel" and install with defaults on. I refered to people
using proprietary OS which don't allow them to change the way they use
it.


>     >Slowly these people look yar these free software people have done a gd
> > >job and it is more of ethics to use free software. Installer is under
> > >GNU GPL so nothing to worry, another exe which provides a way into
> > >free binary executables with /usr/src/<files> with you.
>
>
>     Exactly but I never  said that the installer should not be there and its
> useless.

Read the mail again I didn't replied to your lines.

> > >Have you thought about those people who are there in post office
> > >making you help poting ur speed post, people in banks, people out
> > >there in shops calculating bills. There are many more if we go on
> > >counting. This is for them. They have been traped by proprietary OS
> > >gost long ago.

>     I know but how does install.exe fit out here. If you mean that these
> people do not
>     know to install a GNU/Linux distro then let me remind you in most of
> these
>     organisations they a person using a computer does not install it on his
> system
>     install Windows its goodbye time for him.
>     See I am not saying that install.exe is useless what I meant in my
> earlier mail was

>     how it fits in.

You seem to be confirmed that its goodbye time for those who only know
how to install Windows. I don't see you are getting the context when I
wrote those lines. Quoting YOUR LINES which got this reply are :
"""
> > Exactly why would anyone want to run the installer from Windows itself when
> > if you want to install you will have to download the installer and then run
> > it unless you really want kicks for kicking Windows from within it.. I checked
"""

>     install.exe is not the only option for people in the test cases.
>     Here in the example you gave you have diverged from the topic of
> install.exe and

You never said that it is an option. You questioned about this option.
And good you know about many other ways for these people.

>     himself there are SysAdmins for the job and if a SysAdmin only knows how

SysAdmins are not for each person and organisation. Look for people
around you. I have seen people spending lot of efforts in getting
things getting right.

>    I had mentioned ShipIt in a lighter tone. Please get the humour.

I am too poor at getting humour, never heard anything (tones) while reading.

--
Regards
Rakesh

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