Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:14:50 -0400 From: Daniel Underwood <djuatdelta@gmail.com> To: beni@brinckman.info Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? Message-ID: <b6c05a470904260814m67c8b74bv18d0c814499e955b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200904261706.59497.beni@brinckman.info> References: <BLU0-SMTP493F2C64E33D39A37EF75DD8740@phx.gbl> <4ad871310904260418u4e3b9778i577d56385cb1dfeb@mail.gmail.com> <49F46E7E.4000300@lazlarlyricon.com> <200904261706.59497.beni@brinckman.info>
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I didn't say a graphical installer has less functionality. I said it has no more. On Sunday, April 26, 2009, beni <beni@brinckman.info> wrote: > On Sunday 26 April 2009 16:23:58 Rolf G Nielsen wrote: >> Glen Barber wrote: >> > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Wojciech Puchar >> > >> > <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >> >>> software installation CPU/RAM needs), run the dialog(3) interface. = =A0If >> >>> it's >> >>> a fast 686, default to a X environment. >> >> >> >> nonsense. please stop this stupid discussion at all. >> >> >> >> just use linux or windows (maybe PC-BSD) if it's important for you. >> > >> > This discussion is not about Linux or Windows. =A0It is about a >> > graphical installer. =A0If you are not going to contribute anything >> > useful to the discussion, close your email client. >> >> And why is a graphical installer needed or even wanted? As several >> people, including, I believe, Wojciech, pointed out, it would just make >> the installation process slower without adding anything useful to >> functionality. Concentrate on function and flexibility instead of eye >> candy. And I tend to agree with Polyptron about language. I have several >> friends who wouldn't dream of using a system that's English only. Simply >> because they do not understand it well enough. > > Why should a graphical installer have less functionality ? And what is wr= ong > with some eye candy ? Guys, please, wake up, we don't live in the 70's an= ymore > ! I'm using pc-bsd. Why ? Cause of the easy and nice installer. It's as s= imple > as that. > And before anyone says "do it yourself", "get a sponsor" or something dow= n > those lines : if it is all about choice, why not give the people/user the > choice ? Now I don't have any choice : sysinstall or pc-bsd... > I'm for both : text and graphical :-) > > -- > Beni. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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