Re: Debian 3.0 for i386 installer ISO based on PGI 1.0.1 available
On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 10:30, Branden Robinson wrote:
> In light of recent negative reviews of Debian in which the installer was
> roundly criticized, Progeny has decided to help critics of Debian pay
> attention to something other than the installer itself, by making it
> possible to install Debian 3.0 using an interface more conventionally
> conceived of as "friendly".
>
> Progeny has made available an i386 Debian 3.0 (woody) installer image
> based on version 1.0.1 of PGI, the Progeny Graphical Installer. This is
> available at <http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/pgi/>.
>
> This ISO image is not a commercial product; it, like the PGI software
> itself, is available free of charge and no registration process or
> similar rigamarole is required to access it.
>
> For a preview of what "Stage 1" of a PGI-based install looks like, see:
> <http://hackers.progeny.com/pgi/screenshots/>. Those screenshots were
> taken using PGI 0.9.6, but the appearance of PGI has not changed
> appreciably since then.
>
I'd like to try it, but my network access is pppoe which, it appears, is
not available in the installer.
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First Impressions are Bunk.
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