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James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> writes: |
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> Gentoo needs an easy to use, graphical installation CD, period. What I |
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> would do is lower(simplify) the goals of what that installation CD |
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> accomplishes. Once you get a drive prepared, kernel installed and the |
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> basic tools installed (binary or compiled). At that point, it's fairly |
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> straightforward to turn the box into a server, firewall, or |
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> workstation. |
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That is as long as the hardware has graphical capabilities. A text |
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(curses) based installer would also allow installation on systems with |
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serial consoles (like traditional *nix system). A well designed curses |
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application is just as easy to use (though does not offer the eye candy) |
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as a graphical WIMP based one, and it takes less room on the install |
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media, does not need the complexity of auto-detecting the graphics |
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hardware, monitor capabilities etc. |
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