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On Saturday 24 January 2004 01:47, foser wrote: |
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> 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 |
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> > from other linux distributions. |
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> Yes maybe, probably coming from MDK, RH or Suse, those are usually |
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> pretty fresh linux users. What i really meant to say was that the people |
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> wanting a GUI installer are the same ones that have little actual linux |
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> knowledge (the 'i want it to be simple and just work' people) and not |
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> the more geekish crowd that Gentoo on the other side attracts. Those |
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> like their installs as it is, with the full power that comes with it. |
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> They don't want spiffy UI tools that only hide whats really going on. So |
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> you only have to target the first group. |
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I personally probably would use the installer for installing. I really have no |
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desire for entering all the commands on the command line while a click on a |
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button -> system installed works great with exactly the same result. |
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What might be an alternative would be a splitscreen installer that on the top |
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of the screen offers a roadmap and a description on what to do. On the bottom |
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is a commandline on which the actual commands can be given. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |