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Progeny Announces Graphical Installer for Debian Woody

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the gui-but-not-sticky dept.

jdaily writes "In light of recent negative reviews of Debian in which the installer was roundly criticized, this announcement may have particular timeliness and relevance: Progeny has made available an i386 Debian 3.0 (woody) installer image based on PGI, the Progeny Graphical Installer. This is available at Progeny's free software archive." I've installed Debian so many times that I've just learned to cope with the installer, but this is a much needed boost.

3 of 226 comments (clear)

  1. Why now? by mikael · · Score: 2, Troll

    This installer has been available to the Debian developers for how long? 2 years? It's unbelievable that they haven't been using it earlier. No, they had to write it from scratch, and it is still not finished.

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  2. What ? by I'm+not+a+script · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've just learned to cope with the installer.

    What, are you a drooling retard ?
    Do you need big shiny buttons to press ?
    Debian's installer's only problem is no hardware detection,
    otherwise it's the most logical and well laid out one I've seen
    in linux or bsd.

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  3. sometimes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    thinking about natalie portman gives me a woody, then I release my "distribution". It looks a lot like hot grits, but tastes salty.