Re: Graphical Installer ?
On Sat, 07 Oct 2000 13:21:45 Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 12:29:47PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote:
> > Thus spake Marcus Crafter (crafterm@dresdnerbank.de):
> >
> > > I wanted to ask everyone about their thoughts about creating
> a
> > > graphical installer for Debian. I have some ideas - is there
> > > interest in hearing them ?
> >
> > I personally am a bit sceptical about a graphical installer: you'll
> > probably have technical difficulties in getting X running (will it fit
> > on a disk, for example), while IMO there are no real advantages of a
> > graphical installer over a curses-based one.
>
> as am i, i have yet to meet an X based installer i didn't hate.
>
Take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/stormpkg
It is a GTK frontend to apt, made by the people at stormix.
Compiles and runs fine on woody.
Short review with screenshot at
http://pa4tu.penguinpowered.com/php/index.php3?single=9+index=1
> --
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
>
Joop
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