well of course you can do a large amount of the gentoo install from another computer over ssh. Try that with a gui installer!
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 15:21:08 +1300 Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 17:18, Gareth Williams wrote: > > Why do people assume that gui install == easy and text install == hard? It's > > the same, just that you choose your options with a keyboard, not a mouse. > > Because they don't know better and - to be frank - don't want to know > better. This is the way people are. Now, is it going to be easier to > re-educate all the users or write a GUI installer? The only text-mode > installer most novices will use these days is one like Knoppix (a Debian > distro btw) where they don;t actually have to type anything. And indeed, > why should they? > > OK, get writing :) > > Vik :v) > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz
