Hello, Mathieu Othacehe <[email protected]> skribis:
> I think switching to a DE based installer could: > > * Allow the user to browse for some questions or contact #guix while in > the installation process. > > * Bring better control of network connection, with a dedicated tool such > as NetworkManager applet. I think the Connman-based option we currently have is pretty good (modulo the WiFi bug we had ;-)) and has the advantage of being well integrated, no? > * Make easier to add accessibility support to the installer. Really? Text-based interfaces tend to lend themselves well to accessibility support, I think, with things like BRLTTY. I would think that using a graphical DE is more challenging because one has to know how to navigate between windows, how to query the currently-focused window, etc., which requires a screen reader like Orca or similar, which is not really a panacea. I also wonder whether the extra hundreds of megabytes for “just” running a terminal under X11 are warranted. It would be a different story if the installer itself were graphical. But at any rate, I think closure size is an issue. Thoughts? Ludo’.
