Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:18:27 -0500 From: "Lakey, Jeremy # IHTUL" <jeremy.lakey@ndchealth.com> To: "'freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <4242F92CA015D5119B9600600834014201255504@claven.cistech.com>
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Hmm.. At 10, I could've compiled it myself from source and installed, and the number of 10 year olds that can do that these days is growing. On that note tho, someone writes an installer, that's fantastic, but who says EVERYONE MUST USE IT?! You still have the option of doing it your own way, pre-installer, eh? -----Original Message----- From: Paul Robinson [mailto:paul@akita.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 8:15 AM To: Bill Moran Cc: Wes Peters; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral To me, the point seems to be that to increase the userbase an installer that a 10 year old could use is a Good Thing. However, there should be an option before the installer starts up to go to a more traditional install (/stand/sysinstall is still fine for me, because I'm used to it), or whilst in the "magical fairies do it all for me"-installer, there should be the ability to get a detailed amount of status information and an "Advanced" option on the dialogues to be able to allow people to have more control if they need it at various points. The idea of more packages being installed and configured as a default is probably a good one too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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