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Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO: Graphical installers (was: ISO generation [back on-topic])
- From: "David Kowis" <dkowis AT shlrm.org>
- To: "Seth Alan Woolley" <seth AT positivism.org>
- Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO: Graphical installers (was: ISO generation [back on-topic])
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:17:16 -0600 (CST)
<quote who="Seth Alan Woolley">
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 08:38:06PM +0100, Karsten Behrmann wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:21:48 -0600 (CST)
>> "David Kowis" <dkowis AT shlrm.org> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> > Thinking about nice installer scripts, that framebuffer gtk deal. I
>> need
>> > to make the current installer script functions able to be called from
>> that
>> > so that it's easy. I'm not even sure that would be a good idea. It
>> might
>> > be easier then to write a graphical installer in perl with perl
>> installer
>> > functions.
>> Hey, why is everyone starting to talk about graphical installers?
>> Sure, they're nice, but consider,
>> how many people use vcast or xsorcery? (I know 90% of the people who
>> read
>> this don't even know what I'm talking about)
>> All of sorcery is console-based, I think it would be a little
>> lying-on-the-package if the installer was graphical.
>> If they get a text-based installer on the ISO, they know what to expect
>> on the installed system.
>> Just my 2 cents about graphical installers
>> So Far,
>> Karsten
>
> Agreed!
>
It was just a thought I was playing with, and I believe it was mentioned
by someone else (I don't remember whom) that it would be possible with
framebuffer gtk and ruby/perl/python. It doesn't matter that much.
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Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic]
, (continued)
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Andrew, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], David Kowis, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], David Kowis, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], David Kowis, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Andrew, 01/27/2005
- [SM-Discuss] ISO: Graphical installers (was: ISO generation [back on-topic]), Karsten Behrmann, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO: Graphical installers (was: ISO generation [back on-topic]), Seth Alan Woolley, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO: Graphical installers (was: ISO generation [back on-topic]), David Kowis, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO: Graphical installers (was: ISO generation [back on-topic]), Cory S, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Andrew, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], David Kowis, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Karsten Behrmann, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], David Kowis, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ISO generation [back on-topic], Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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