Thu 19 Jan 2006 02:04:16 AM UTC, comment #3:
I really like ams' ideas.
>> Use GNU now -- Just boot into the LiveCD.
I think it would be important to have a fully featured LiveCD to play with for those wishing to play with the system before installing it--also, for some this could serve as a diagnostic and recovery tool. For the LiveCD, I think it would be nifty if we could make it possible to have X on there too.
>> If this was in X, I think the there could be a pretty little menu on the left side that is a tree, where you more or less get the above.
I think it would be best to keep it simple as possible at first and to only have an ncurses installer. Perhaps at a later time we could offer the option of an X installer.
It would be fantastic if we had a very simple-worded and straight forward installer that even a monkey could use. Of course, I'm in support of having a more customized advanced option for installation.
Further, though more design-oriented, I think it would be nifty if we made the installer scriptable, per ams' idea. I mean, have some sort of script file that could be used for any installer; this way we don't need to have the installation functions changed in the installer source. Moreover, if we ever go for an X installer, we would not have to make functionality changes to both the X and ncurses installers.
So, these are my thoughts. What does everyone else think?
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