From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 26 15:07:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65985106566C for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:07:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beni@brinckman.info) Received: from lrelay02.edpnet.net (lrelay02.edpnet.net [212.71.1.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93768FC1D for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:07:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beni@brinckman.info) Received: from bsdaddict.localnet (213.219.158.218.adsl.dyn.edpnet.net [213.219.158.218]) by lrelay02.edpnet.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3QF70m0017502 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:07:00 +0200 From: beni To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:06:58 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (FreeBSD/7.2-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.2.2; i386; ; ) References: <4ad871310904260418u4e3b9778i577d56385cb1dfeb@mail.gmail.com> <49F46E7E.4000300@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <49F46E7E.4000300@lazlarlyricon.com> X-Face: $,~&QrDrInYiH(ZUXjNH_0r4q\`w83!}&; +8c.K[`NnZwV|m$5N{NCkWesaR.9|yqIC[)g=a;93dz2mP7iv)LLzBd;6^Y:=*>@U;_\+4( MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200904261706.59497.beni@brinckman.info> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92.1, clamav-milter version 0.92.1 on lrelay02.edpnet.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on lrelay02.edpnet.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: beni@brinckman.info List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:07:03 -0000 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 > > > > wrote: > >>> software installation CPU/RAM needs), run the dialog(3) interface. If > >>> 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. It is about a > > graphical installer. If 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 wrong with some eye candy ? Guys, please, wake up, we don't live in the 70's anymore ! I'm using pc-bsd. Why ? Cause of the easy and nice installer. It's as simple as that. And before anyone says "do it yourself", "get a sponsor" or something down 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.