Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:50:25 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why BSDs got no love Message-ID: <200912231450.nBNEoP1q063542@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:38:17 GMT." <4B31D6F9.6040608@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > ... an installer as > a > CLI program that reads in a fairly simple fixed script or language to do > the > installation work, and have separate Curses and/or X based programs to al > low > users to create the installation script interactively. I admit being seduced at times by graphical interfaces, but bland blue screens hide a lot of action & info CLI allows. I was told blind people need CLI, cos Braille output devices do one line of 40 chars, (& expensive; possibly mass production might lower costs / inrease resolution, but Braille is different for different languages, discouraging mass production ). Peer Schaefer <peer.schaefer@hamburg.de> wrote: > BTW, the Debian installer consists (a) of a modular, frontend agnostic > backend, and (b) different frontend "plugins", e.g. a curses-frontend or > a X/GTK+-frontend. This is a modular and very elegant approach (but > surely difficult to implement). Perhaps the way to go is a common table of target defaults eg /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg Which could then be edited by all of Front end CLI (*) Front end curses GUI (*) (*) Maybe these 2 alternatives should be the first question the installer asks ? Front end X11 GUI (for later after main install complete - Shudder, Not that I'd use it, but someone would probably want to write one). vi - for editing, & writing back to new boot media, to auto install on multiple identical new machines. All of 4.11, 7.1 & 8.0 man sysinstall contain: This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and will eventually be replaced. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text not quoted-printable, HTML or Base64: http://asciiribbon.org
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