Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:07:14 -0700 From: Greg Skafte <skafte+freebsd-chat@trollkarl.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Nicest OS installer to date Message-ID: <20001214110714.A2958@trollkarl.skafte.org>
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I've been a die hard BSD biggot since 2.0.5, but last night at our local unix user group, I saw probably the nicest install program for an os in a long time. It's from a new linux distro call MaxOS, very nice, very simple, very clean. As long as gnupartit can resize the windows partition it was only 3 or 4 mouse clicks to install. If partit gets confused its a couple of extra clicks but not many....... It is currently intended to be a windows "Desktop" replacement OS, and there functionality is geared toward that. They make some base assumptions and install the "200" most used apps with kde 1.1.2, Star Office and Netscape 4.7x. Don't get me wrong I'm not changing from the BSD world if I can ever help it .... but this was a very impressive display of simple technology. FWIW, the company that creates it is a small canadian that did an IPO to raise the capital to create the installer technology, and market it. The installer in my guesstimate probably took a couple hundred k canadian of programming dollars. -- Email: skafte@trollkarl.net ICQ: 93234105 #575 Sun Life Place * 10123 99 Street * Edmonton, AB * Canada * T5J 3H1 -- -- When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the simplest thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex. (Janet Morris) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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