From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 11 15:06:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F5F16A417 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:06:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F8C943D77 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:06:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 724 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2006 01:06:47 +1000 Received: from 124-168-25-250.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.168.25.250) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 12 Sep 2006 01:06:47 +1000 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:06:44 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Jonathan McKeown Message-ID: <20060912010644.4547c1ad@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200609111626.33353.jonathan@hst.org.za> References: <004001c6d5a0$43ab6ef0$0c01a8c0@DELL8400> <1157982973.13127.270627049@webmail.messagingengine.com> <200609111626.33353.jonathan@hst.org.za> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installer (was Re: Newbie Experience #2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:06:49 -0000 On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:26:33 +0200 Jonathan McKeown wrote: > On Monday 11 September 2006 15:56, Jud wrote: > > everyone who uses FreeBSD knows that a "better" (meaning, > > at least to many folks, more simplified and graphical) > > installer would be nice > > Perhaps as an option. The problem is that you need to install a graphical > environment to run a graphical installer. Simplicity means different things > to different people, too. absolutely. but you don't need to "install" anything to "run" a graphical installer. And, ideally, you wouldn't be forced to have only the graphical installer option, you'd still be able to use the good old ncurses or hack your own -serial one :) _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A language that makes it hard to write elegant code makes it hard to write good code." Eric Raymond I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.