Re:I would have to agree, but... (Score 1)

But that doesn't matter, because you only need to do it once. This isn't your daddy's Windows that need to be reinstalled every six months.

I am sorry, but yes it does matter. How on Earth do you think that Debian would get any more users if the installation procedure is so horrific that it only discourages everybody who otherwise would have been interested of Debian. Apparentely Debian wants to stay as distribution to obnoxious geeks who despise people who don't want to spend days tweaking their computer, just to make it work properly.

Mind you, I've installed Debian various times and didn't find installation procedure too difficult, but I knew what I could expect after experimenting with *BSDs.