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First Look at Debian's Next Generation Installer

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. in Soviet Russia by caston · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Debian has trouble installing you

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    1. Re:in Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      aaaah I wish I had mod points left...cmon guys laugh

  2. OLD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    once again slashdot does it, news that was on OSNEWS.COM yesterday

    Slashdot News from Other Sites, Stuff that everyone already talked about

  3. infinite look at creators' newclear power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this stuff is already automatically installed in all of us, is unbreakable, & wwworks on several (more than 3) dimensions.

    Two programs got the nod, so far. The top priority is planet/population rescue. Other goals mandated include the permanent disempowerment of unprecedented evile, & assurance that the planet/population is around to enjoy the gnu millennium of open/honest communications/commerce. Your grandchildren will survive to produce additional uses for the powers that are rescuing us from the greed/fear/ego based life0cide, as the lights come up...

    consult with/trust in yOUR creator... get ready to see the light. there's never a cover charge/subscription fee. see you there? tell 'em robbIE?

    even more corepirate nazi schemes eXPosed?

    & what dispositions are to be considered for the felonious payper liesense softwar gangsters as they are rendered invalid, & more&more of their phonIE stock markup scams are known? maybe they'll 'release' linus, & put fuddles et ALL, in prison.

    then, let's say fuddles IS the greed/fear/ego based massturdmined softwar gangster bankrolling the phonIE ?pr? ?firm? scriptdead attacks on the hobbyist dogooders. can we say fud wants more, has a conscience deficit, & no regard for the public/his hostages? we could easily say that.

    talk about fauxking wags?

    nothing gnu about this phonIE ?pr? ?firm? softwar gangster scriptdead crud:

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8& oe =UTF-8&q=microsoft+%22bill+weisgerber%22&btnG=Goog le+Search

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8& oe =UTF-8&q=microsoft+%22sanjay+ahuja%22&btnG=Google+ Search

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8& oe =UTF-8&q=microsoft+attacks+linux+open+source&btnG= Google+Search

    wag on at: http://www.trustworthycomputing.com

    felonious softwar gangster execrable hired goons?

    what else could it be?

  4. linux magazines by lifebouy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Does anyone else remember when the US linux magazines were more than 4 pages? Both Linux Magazine and Linux Journal are really just monthly pamphlets now. Originally I could justify paying those high prices because there was a lot of content, but now its mostly adverts, with maybe two good articles buried within them. No thanks. For the same price, I'll take the paperback on the next shelf. Or skip a couple of issues and use the money for a reference book.

    If these magazines are in trouble, its because they are asking WAY more than they are worth. For the content level currently in each issue, $3.50 max. The idea is, you make enough money to keep afloat long enough to get the advertizing. Then you maximize readership by lowering prices and make your money off advertizing. Thats not a difficult concept. Look at Woman's Day, and Family Circle: $1.50. They are the most popular magazines in America. Learn something from them.

    Sorry if this was OT. It had to be said.

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  5. mynuts won: va lairIE/robbIE's fauxking PostBlock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (tm) devise, breaks again?

    from a post meant to be titled: don't meNTion that WE are the hostages of the corepirate nazi execrable cesspools.

    Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, comment posting has temporarily (permaneNTly, if we could fix the PostBlock devise) been disabled. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner. If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down like with fuddles' ?pr? ?firm? bouNTy hunter scams. If you think this is unfair, we don't care.

    y'all can cypher IT/robbIE out from here/there?

  6. Congratulations on your fanboy faggotnes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Congratulations on your fanboy faggotness.