I agree. I think fdisk is easier to work with than the default partitioner suggested by the beginner's guide (parted I think?) so I use that now. Getting X and its associated drivers to start along with your DE is also a bit of a hurdle. Neither are so bad after a couple of dry runs in a virtual machine though. I also recommend watching a youtube video install or two first. DO NOT follow a video tutorial as your instruction set as it is unsupported but getting a chance to watch someone doing it a couple of times before going to the beginner's guide on the wiki does help to give a feel for what's going on and what needs to be looked out for.