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For six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul

Sunday, September 30, 2001

Regarding Debian Linux I feel that using Debian would be The Right Thing but the simple truth of the matter is this: The development of this OS occurs at a glacial pace and they are just too far behind right now to be taken seriously anymore. Furthermore, Debian will not install on a machine like the Dell L400 (which can only have a floppy or CD-ROM drive installed, and not both simultaneously) without some seriously partitioning and prep work. In other words, you can't just boot the Debian CD and install Linux on a machine without having a floppy drive, it just doesn't work. It's frustrating to think how much time I wasted on that.

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