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Re: graphic installation to debian



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Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote:
> 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.

Ah, that's alright then :)

> > 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.

I did really know that, but we're not really using all the features that
the framebuffer really has to offer, are we? It's still ncurses based
and "just works" (tm).

Thanks,
- -- 
Brett Parker
web:   http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/
email: iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk
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