On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:44:10 +0200, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:28:55 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas > <keram...@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: >> I think this is a reasonable approach to the problem of which >> installation mode to launch. The default is `user friendly', [...] > > No, the default is GUI. That's a big difference because it entirely > depends on the user. Imagine a bline user. Is GUI user friendly for > him? No, because he has zero output on his Braille line. The installer > does something and he doesn't even notice. [...] > You have 30 seconds to make a selection. If no selection > is made, the text mode installer (fail-safe mode) will > be launched.
This is a reasonable choice too. I wasn't very clear but I tend to favor text mode installations. This is also why I used quotes around `user friendly'. My main point was that if there *is* a GUI installer, it should only _one_ of the options, and text-mode installation should remain with us for all users who want it (including me). _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
