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I agree with you on that, but I think that in order to appeal to the |
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less...linux saavy, or to gain the support of those good with |
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computers but new to linux, I think a clean gui would be nice in a |
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different edition maybe. Maybe have on livecd for enterprise, cut and |
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dry automation, nothing special. And then have a livecd for first |
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time users or home users, that has a more fedora type install with the |
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slideshow and with a "What kind of system would you like?" I mean, |
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maybe I'm thinking of the wrong audience, but I always thought gentoo |
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was for everyone...not just those who need enterprise functionality... |
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-Dave |
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On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 13:08:10 +0100, Buttchereit, Axel (XLsigned) |
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<xl@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> David Longo wrote: |
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> > Hello Everyone, |
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> > I have been installing various distros in virtual machines to check |
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> > out their installers and I came across one thing. With Windows and |
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> > Suse and a few others, there is a pretty slideshow that tells all of |
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> > the benefits of their system...instead of that, what about if Gentoo |
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> > were to have a slideshow of a lesson on linux. I mean, one of the |
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> > points of the 40-page manual text-based install is for users to learn |
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> > linux...so if we're replacing it, we could at least talk them through |
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> > linux...What do you think? |
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> It depends on the "target group" of the "installer". |
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> If you are thinking about "gentoo-linux" for "home users" |
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> it might be a good idea to have such a slide show during installation. |
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> If you are thinking about "gentoo enterprise linux" you should focus |
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> on fully automated (silent) setups. |
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> My daily business is the later case (but for Win32 platforms) and I |
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> have to say that all those "pretty GUIs and slide shows" |
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> (OS Deploy, Software Packages) are quite annoying... |
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> Nothing is more comfortable then having "configuration templates" (XML-Files) |
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> that are applied automatically (and silently) during setup. |
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> Much more important than a "GUI" might be |
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> - "Recovery in case of errors", |
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> - "Backup of existing data", |
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> - "Reporting of installation success and errors", |
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> - "Database backend for the templates/profiles", and |
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> - "Launching the setup from PXE" |
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> -Axel |
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