On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 02:03:23PM +0100, spear wrote: > Hi there ! > > I was wondering : a few weeks ago, i contacted Steve Schaffer from Progeny, > about the graphical installation process of the Progeny Debian, wondering if > they would let it to our community ... > He said yes ... > > So, did anybody hear about it's amelioration, and, maybe, future integration > in our favorite distribution ? > > Even if, once you installed it many times, it seems easy, i force myself not > to forget how lost i felt when i installed it for the first time (not very " > inspiring " procedure when you come from Mandrake). > > So, let's have the choice of installing by the old way we know (and i'll > keep on using it), but open our Debian to a more " end user " world by > helping people to join our community " more easily " ... > > What do you think ? Does anyone know if our developers intend to put a > graphical install one day (not criticizing, they work har, just wondering) ? What exactly does make a GUI install easier?
It is a lot more hassle, and not much use.
I agree that installer can be made more userfriendly proably for some
people, but there can be a nice Curses based install.
I think many people on this list share this point of view :-)
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> Mathias
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