foser wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 20:14, Scott Koch wrote:
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>>I think the target should be users that are "new to Gentoo" switching 
>>from other linux distributions. 
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>Yes maybe, probably coming from MDK, RH or Suse, those are usually
>pretty fresh linux users. What i really meant to say was that the people
>wanting a GUI installer are the same ones that have little actual linux
>knowledge (the 'i want it to be simple and just work' people) and not
>the more geekish crowd that Gentoo on the other side attracts. Those
>like their installs as it is, with the full power that comes with it.
>They don't want spiffy UI tools that only hide whats really going on. So
>you only have to target the first group.
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>- foser
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Maybe saying Mdk, RH, Suse type users isn't the best description.  There 
is a vast range of skill levels amoung there users.  Thinking back I 
used mandrake without haveing a clue of how to do anything in linux.  Is 
this more the direction we are heading in.  Have an easy but 
customizable setup for computers to do mainly the basics (web, mail, 
documents, multimedia, games?) in the fast gentoo way.

-Scott


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