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On 27/05/2013 00:27, Dirk Engling wrote:
> Still, thanks for pointing all that out, but I rather wanted to look at
> the installer from another angle, as it is supposed to provide everyone
> from FreeBSD novices to experts with a comfortable way to do things the
> right way and yet be flexible enough to avoid abandoning the tool once
> the requirements differ.

I'd like to see an option of different front-ends for the 
installer/configurator to cater for different users - at least an X11 
application, but there was also an idea of having a http-based 
installation UI.

-- 
Bruce Cran