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No problem then. Don't work on it. |
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-Jeff |
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Mark Bainter wrote: |
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> Jeff Rose [rosejn@××××××××.EDU] wrote: |
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> > Well, I'm glad to see that people are interested. After doing some |
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> > initial research I have some thoughts. First, we should decide on whether |
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> > we want to have a terminal or X based installer. Does anyone know how |
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> You know. I'm sooooooooooooo tired of this topic. Is there |
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> any way we can get this added to the FAQ, with maybe a link |
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> to the oh, 20 or 30 threads about this that have popped up |
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> already on this list? |
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> While it won't stop everyone, more people read FAQs than |
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> search mailing lists before posting I'm sure. At least it'd |
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> cut it down a little right? |
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> > well the generic vesa driver works for X? I personally have battled with |
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> > X so many times that I'm not sure I think its worth it for an installer. |
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> No. It isn't. But not because of battling with it, but because |
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> once you do it you instantly bloat the size of the install CD. |
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> Thanks, but no thanks. -blech- |
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> > (Although we could just use the RedHat stuff for autodetection etc. if we |
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> > want to go that direction.) Besides X we could use ncurses dialog |
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> > widgets or another terminal gui package. I was thinking it would be cool |
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> > to use somethine lighter than X like svgalib. I have no experience with |
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> Ok, I'm going to summarize my opinion on this into just a short |
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> blurb. I'm sorry for not being more verbose, but I just went |
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> through all this not more than a couple weeks ago. |
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> A GUI installer lowers the bar for entry on gentoo. Right now |
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> many people who might want to use Gentoo, but are yet ready for |
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> it do not attempt to use it because the install holds the bar |
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> too high. That's a good thing. If we lower the bar so anyone's |
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> grandma can install Gentoo, anyone's grandma will be flooding |
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> the gentoo lists and forums with worthless questions that should |
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> not need to be asked by someone using Gentoo. |
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> Gentoo is not a newbie distribution, and putting a pretty |
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> installer on the front of it, regardless of its flexibility, |
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> presents a representation of the skill level required to |
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> use and maintain it. |
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> So, once again, I vote NO on a GUI installer. |
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