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When Ubuntu came out, Debian was notoriously difficult to install. The joke was that Ubuntu was the African word for, "can't install Debian."

• jbverschoor 6y ago
  I’ve never had any issues with installing Debian. Before that I was on FreeBSD, and before that I was in Slackware. All were always fine What does “difficult to install” even mean?
  • alrs 6y ago
    fighting with XF86Config, hoping not to fry your monitor.
    • jbverschoor 6y ago
      Well, that was with any dist, and not really a Debian issue. Besides, last time I ran a GUI on linux was probably over 20 years ago.
      • alrs 6y ago
        What complicated it is that usually when you were coming to Debian you were coming from Slackware or a BSD, so everything you knew about init systems and software distribution went out the window. Where's rc.local? Why did ./configure && make && make install destroy my system? Also: we're talking about 20 years ago: everything was harder then.
        • int_19h 6y ago
          If you came from a BSD, then you (were supposed to) already know why make install is not a good idea. Although Debian package management was not particularly similar to FreeBSD ports and packages, the fundamental idea was the same.
  • zwaps 6y ago
    No gui
    • jbverschoor 6y ago
      I never wanted a GUI on servers.