On 22.02.2015, Chris Murphy wrote: > Windows, OS X installers have maybe 2-3 total layouts between them. > And their installers are completely, totally, bullet proof. They don't > ever crash, or ask the user to create required partitions, they always > succeed in their penultimate goal which is to install a bootable OS.
Frankly, the vast majority of the users of those operating systems aren't even capable of installing them by themselves. > And there are essentially zero user complaints about these installers. > There's nothing at all to even complain about because they don't do > anything except meet their primary requirement. Not even their > developers or testers even complain about the installer, it does one > thing successfully. I see. Maintainability preceeds flexibility by reducing/eliminating user influence at the same time. While it took over 100 years in medicine to reduce "i know what's best for you" and moving towards "shared decision making", it goes the other way 'round here. Fortunately, there are still distributions which let the user have the desired influence. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
