Harald Dunkel wrote: >I did not mean to start a flame war, but to suggest to give openSUSE's >installer a try, just to see how it works. Maybe some ideas (like the >"big" configuration window instead of asking for [OK] or [BACK] on every >screen) can be useful for Debian, too.
I understand that, and did not take it as flaming. I even share a preference for 'parallel' setup screens as opposed to 'serial' questions, but understand some of the constraints of D-I make this more difficult, such as the limited space on a "businesscard" image or the performance penalty of a screen refresh over a serial link. All Linux has much more in common as family than with other operating systems, or even different releases from the same company. However, when you come into the locker room of a football team and express admiration for another team, you should expect some 'trash talk' about their weaknesses as well. Mostly I replied because the Debian Project (which includes Debian Installer) seems to have many goals and constraints that other distros have not shared. This leads to design choices for the installer that make it appear less sophisticated in the eyes of some reviewers, and public opinion about Debian has suffered from that. The fact that installing Linux is increasingly a one-time event for many distros has been lost amid much discussion of how to make this one-time event look good to users of other operating systems, especially those where reboot, reinstall, replace is common. Over the years I have watched D-I go through a gradual process of continuous improvement, and certainly expect more changes in the future. The graphical installer interface, which improved support for some languages and managed to consolidate a few prompts, is one example. If a better presentation can be arranged without hurting the capabilities I mentioned earlier, I'm sure that will be tested and accepted as such contributions have been in the past. --Don -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ss8267ljurqc095ut940minmn3vsod6...@4ax.com
