Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)

[Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com>]

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:58:10 -0500
> Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
> > Andrei Popescu wrote:
> >     
> > > On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:06:11 -0500
> > > Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > Where is the graphical installer, anyway? I'd love to try it out
> > > > myself, I haven't got the chance (I just used NetInstall's default
> > > > curses installer).
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > Just boot with 'installgui' or 'expertgui'.
> > >
> > > I've had bad experiences with Kubuntu myself. I convinced my
> > > brother to try it, but it would freeze at loading KDE. He was
> > > pretty disappointed and gave up. Now I want to give it another try
> > > with etch as I am more experienced and I know Debian much better
> > > anyway.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andrei
> > >   
> > >       
> > Ah, that's pretty cool. I found a screenshot here:
> > http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/debian-testing-gui-installer-paritition-disks-2.png
> >
> > Is expertgui a seperate GUI from curses? I can't seem to find
> > anything on google about it (And I don't have the Debian NetInstall
> > CD to boot at the moment)
> >     
>
> The gui (expert or normal) is separate from the ncurses installer.
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
> P.S. Please don't CC me, I read the list.
>   
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