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Re: graphic installation to debian



On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 02:29:21PM +0100, Brett Parker wrote:
> Markus Åkerman <makerman@abo.fi> wrote:
> > i suggest a raphical insallation to debian, one is soon coming ro gentoo.
> 
> But *why*? I see little to no advantage over what we've currently got,
> fine for a desktop install, but what on earth do you want something
> firing up X for a simple server setup?

A graphical version of d-i will be optional.

> Or even using framebuffer?

Note that the current installer already uses a framebuffer, in order to
provide decent rendering of text in languages that aren't just ASCII.

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]



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