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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.
im willing to bet that in soviet russia....you still have trouble installing debian.
By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. -- George Carlin
It looks like Anaconda 0.0.2!! I'm not one of those that demands a GUI installer but, surely they can put together an ncurses app that looks better and less confusing that this abomination? This installer is crude to say the very least.
"In general, I feel graphical installers for operating systems are a bad idea, since you really should not be installing an OS unless you know what you're doing."
Yes, only purified males wearing white robes and possessing the knowledge of secret words and incantations should ever install operating systems.
Just kidding... You make a good point but don't go far enough. For instance, no one should be allowed to drive a car unless they can also tear down and rebuild an engine.
--Richard
"Any sufficiently advanced technology
is indistinguishable from magic."
--Arthur C. Clarke
It's strange to me to hear such elitist thinking coming from a computer geek. I haven't heard any chemists complaining that consumers should know how to synthesize pharmaceuticals before they use them. Or electrical engineers saying that you can't use a power tool because you can't assemble it yourself. Yet somehow you seem to think this is valid reasoning. It isn't. You are in the distinct minority regarding this. You see an OS is a tool, and tools are universally designed to be as easy to use as possible. The fact that Linux is currently the domain of computer geeks doesn't change that. And all the flawed reasoning in the world won't change it either. To prove my point, you woudn't go back to punch cards would you? Why not? You shouldn't be allowed to use a computer unless you can manually punch programs onto cards. See, that's just dumb. If I am a consumer, and I don't want to deal with all the underneath crap that a good OS should handle, how is it that I should be forced to learn or do without? Maybe you feel self important because you can get a particualr distro running when others can't. So what. No one cares, and it doesn't make you better. It just means that distro has work to do.
"The guy commented that you must be doing something wrong, and you insulted him. The Debian network driver for your card does indeed work perfectly."
Ok, first off, how does "/me wonders what's wrong with you?" translate to politely commenting that I "must be doing something wrong"?
Second, dipshit, it's the linux network driver, not the Debian network driver.
And third, I never said the module didn't work correctly. I said that it wasn't loading properly. Which is a totally different thing.
Grow up.
Let's try not to let fact interfere with our speculation here, OK?