Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:23:58 +0200 From: Rolf G Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? Message-ID: <49F46E7E.4000300@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310904260418u4e3b9778i577d56385cb1dfeb@mail.gmail.com> References: <BLU0-SMTP493F2C64E33D39A37EF75DD8740@phx.gbl> <ade45ae90904251645s350689fdj31164457172f6630@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904261300530.10441@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4ad871310904260418u4e3b9778i577d56385cb1dfeb@mail.gmail.com>
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Glen Barber wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Wojciech Puchar > <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> 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. -- Rolf Nielsen
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