Re: Whats with this new Debian installer?
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 11:58:57PM +0200, Patrick Donker wrote:
> 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
>
First design a good txt based installer (Takes less work on the
encapsulation). If it is properly designed (and the claim is that it is)
then it should be easy to slap a gui on top of it afterwords.
> -Patrick
>
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