On 8/1/07, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Look, for a person who has known the UNIX / Linux environment in his entire life, Debian is a nightmare. I'm not talking usagewise but I'm talking with reference to installation and maintenance.
I think you meant to say "For a person who _hasn't_ know Unix/Linux..." because otherwise it doesn't make sense.
Your point would have made sense if you would have just stuck to initial installation. Installation is lengthier than other systems, but it is definitely not more difficult. It doesn't really ask for your monitor sync and refresh rates anymore (it did for my first time, with woody) so except for the fact that the installaer doesn't look pretty enough, none of it is _difficult_ per say.
Daily maintenance is as easy as Ubuntu, Roshan's already mentioned why. Actually, daily maintenance is unnecessary for a Linux based system (or, I would guess *BSD). You're not really updating your antivirus everyday or trying to defrag your HD are you?