From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 22:20:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74ACF106564A for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost0.waddell.com (mailhost0.waddell.com [12.154.38.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AE388FC21 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:20:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost2.waddell.com (mailhost2.waddell.com [10.1.10.30]) by mailhost0.waddell.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3MLWkf6024897; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:32:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost2.waddell.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 597CFB5850; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:32:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wadpexf0.waddell.com (wadpexf0.waddell.com [192.168.204.24]) by mailhost2.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41C89B584F; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:32:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPEXV0.waddell.com ([192.168.204.25]) by wadpexf0.waddell.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:32:45 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:32:45 -0500 Message-ID: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EA60@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Modern FreeBSD Installer? Thread-Index: AcnDj8/GcFlplZs0RJiiyaqSuFdMrAAAaLYQ References: <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com><49EF82B2.2040807@gmail.com> From: "Gary Gatten" To: "Wojciech Puchar" , "Adam Vandemore" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Apr 2009 21:32:45.0750 (UTC) FILETIME=[E04BAD60:01C9C391] Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Modern FreeBSD Installer? 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: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:20:56 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Wojciech Puchar Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:17 PM To: Adam Vandemore Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? >> as better than sysinstall. > Once upon time, there was a Summer of Code projects set to develop a=20 > graphical installer for FBSD 7.x. I don't know what happened to it, but also=20 > agree there is no need for such a thing. Sysinstall may appear intimidating=20 > but it's really quite easy to use once you're used to it. i don't understand WHY something has to be better just because it's=20 working in graphics mode. it doesn't make sense. IMHO numbers and letters look the same in the scary dark place, a TUI, or GUI. Better device detection, faster, more packages, etc. would all be "better" and should be more of a priority than making a GUI installer. I'm a function before form person, so pretty GUI's don't really impress me much. Make it detect my hardware CORRECTLY and install the right stuff fairly quickly and I'm happy!
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