Where's the Debian we all knew?

[mdlbear]

Debian Etch is not ready for release

When etch was installed we wanted to access the USB disk in order to move some pieces of the backup to the new system. It was pure horror. After plugging the cable into the USB slot, an icon appeared on the screen and after clicked caused the system to mount the first partition on the external disk. It worked. Out of the box. Without tweaking anything. That's so non-Debian...

I also noticed a while ago that a USB mouse with a scroll wheel was also simply recognised by X.Org in etch and just worked. Huh? That's not how Debian is supposed to react.

Where are the hours of fiddling around how to properly add USB stuff to the system? Where are the evenings you needed to debug such stuff? Nowadays it just works? Where's the Debian we all knew?

(from Debian Weekly News #38)

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[capplor.livejournal.com]

Now can ye be sayin' all o' that in Pyrate speak?