Carl Fink wrote:
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 02:29:50PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:Carl Fink <carlf@fink.to> writes:The only real difference from the older boot-floppies is autodetection of hardware, which almost works some of the time.That's not true. debian-installer will also allow for more than just the ncurses interface for the but-it-doesn't-have-a-GUI lusers, among other things ...<geek snobbery> Advantages, Paul. Not decorations. </snobbery>
While you're at, could somebody explain to me why it is concidered to be lame asking for a gui installer? I have never quite understood why it is 3l1te to keep on using a commandline/ascii installer. It is just what the general public is expecting these days. So, if you want to make your product mainstream, what I suspect is what the Debian developers would like it to be, then trying to avoid a graphical installer isnt very much a very todays point of view. For me it doesnt matter much. If a clear text based installer is used, it is fine with me. I prefer a good ascii installer over a poorly designed gui
-Patrick