From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 20:13:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE6C616A403 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 20:13:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBC213C441 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 20:13:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com [192.168.2.61]) (SSL: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:13:18 -0500 id 00056447.459C0E5F.0000DB1E Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:13:18 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: "Peter aka SweetPete" Message-Id: <20070103151318.92e9b0c2.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.0 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installer vs RedHat Linux Fedora Core 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, 03 Jan 2007 20:13:20 -0000 In response to "Peter aka SweetPete" : > Hello, I used to be on this mailing list several years ago, and have > recently rejoined. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/using-sysinstall.html > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/main1.png > > vs. > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/en/ch-beginninginstallation.html#sn-booting-from-disc > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/en/figs/bootprompt.png > > Could I begin a thread (now) about a comparison (and relatively > inferiorness) of the following two installers please?? I WOULD run > FreeBSD at home instead of Fedora if the installer were more .....erm, > """Microsoftly.""" > > Do you among the developer circle hear this kind of thing from time to time? This seems to come up over and over again. About every other month. The developers are aware of it. The general consensus is that "yes, our installer could be nicer/prettier/easier/etc" However, until someone either takes the time to write a better one, or foots some cash to get a better one written, or blackmails a developer in to doing it or something else, we still have what we have. I think the biggest problem is that the installer is "good enough" -- so nobody is particularly interested in rewriting it until it's not good enough any more -- even though it could be better. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.