> > The aim is for developers. Since ATI and nVidia > control the majority > > of the market, we should get your friend's problem > fixed. > > I was able to walk him through the whole process just > fine and it really > came down to a misunderstanding. He saw that basic > GRUB screen and assumed > that graphics support was not going to happen. Makes > sense considering what > he sees everyday with Windows XP and Windows servers > in general. The latest > SUSE Linux looks very slick from the very first boot > of the install CDROM. > He made an assumption and then ended up stuck with a > text based install. > > I walked him through the whole process and he is > running fine. > > Now he wants to start over and do it all himself. > > As far as I am concerned its a win when a sysadmin > from the Windows world > wants to look into Solaris 10 for _any_ reason. > > Dennis
The only thing I see in this is that I don't quite agree with the argument that since the first thing they saw was text, that they weren't going to get graphics. It's been a little while, but isn't the first thing that Windows XP does is boot to a text mode environment and doesn't it do the first stage of installation in that enviornment as well? I see lots of complaints from people about install processes for Linux, Solaris, BSD, etc. -- but not too many people that are willing to admit that the Windows install process isn't a very "aesthetic" experience either. That isn't to say that the installer shouldn't be improved. However, it does mean that certain limitations are very reasonable considering certain market leaders have had the same issues. As far as graphical install -- there's too much hardware out there that just doesn't do graphical installs right. I've always preferred an installer that prompted me up front and picked a reasonable default based on my hardware. -Shawn This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
