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Date:      Mon, 10 Nov 2025 06:57:34 +0000
From:      void <void@f-m.fm>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Notes on improving the installer
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 01:35:45AM +0100, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
>I have added idea for "Migrate to FreeBSD" to the wiki :-) As people
>with decent computers cannot upgrade to Win11 there is a very strong
>push in looking for alternatives. For sure Linux is the first choice
>but it may be leveraged to migrate to FreeBSD and bring new crowd of
>users :-)
>
>https://wiki.freebsd.org/ImproveInstaller
>
Suggestion:

Have a graphical live cd that the user can test with and install from,
like pc-bsd did and linux mint does.

Like
1. tui
2. graphical

The "cd" being any of cd, dvd, bd, memstick

I'm thinking this gui installer would be for amd64 only
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