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First Look at Debian's Next Generation Installer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the oohs-and-aahs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Over at LinMagAu There is an interesting look at the new beta version of the Next Gerneration Debian Installer. Putting aside the fuss around Ian Murdock, Progeny and Anaconda, this is how Debian is constructing the future of what is known to be it's Achilles heel. It's a well done beginning." While still not a graphical installer (and the article does a good job of explaining why that's not a priority) the installer now autodetects hardware, streamlining module selection, which was previously one of the more confusing parts of the install for newbies.

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  1. Re:Silent switch to Dvorak? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just installed Debian Woody and so far it's jiasm hfnns wjeucvn xmswjh wpcmsn oewmdn ekncow!

  2. Re:A good graphical installer... by niko9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The other day I found an old pic of me tearing the wrapping off Mandrake 7.2, which was a refreshing change...

    You take pictures of yourself unwraping the latest Linux distro? My GOD man, you are a ture Geek! /chants/ We're not worthy, we're not worthy.....

  3. Re:Silent switch to Dvorak? by Miles · · Score: 3, Funny

    On a qwerty keyboard, that's:
    cga;m jyll; ,cdfi.l bm;,cj ,rim;l sd,mhl dvlis,!

    I'm don't think that means what you thought it meant.