* Paul Gress ([email protected]) wrote: > Michael Schuster wrote: > > Fredrich Maney wrote: > > > > > >> I want Sun and the Solaris and OpenSolaris communities to realize that > >> they have, bar none, the best OS on the planet > >> > > > > You're preaching to the choir :-) > > > > it's the people who aren't in these communities that we want to convince, > > and - or so I understand - giving them something (a lot of) them are > > familiar with (even if it's "inferiour" to what many of "us" know) was seen > > as a valid step in that direction. > > > > thx for the support! > > > > Michael > > > > I've been reading this thread for a while now. Some of my thoughts are > why can't you deliver both. In the install, just ask which > personality/flavor you want "solaris classic or gnu". It's just a > simple PATH variable to have it. If you really want to get creative, > give a third choice, a mix to your liking, just link which binaries are > chosen to a different directory, then put that directory first in the > PATH variable. If you keep a text file of these links any future > updates can read this and accommodate the new personality. One could > even create a gui configuration to map out the personality that future > updates can read. > > Now you have Opensolaris that can satisfy any user.
The problem with this approach is one of usability. The Install experience needs to be as simple as it can be. Asking questions of a user that they can't understand (anyone remember the kerberos question in the old installer?) merely confuses people. Making a newcomer to OpenSolaris understand what 'solaris classic vs gnu' is during installation is not easy from a UI standpoint imo. Not to mention confusing. Merely having a toggle for instance is not nearly informative enough to explain it to someone who has never used Solaris and thus has no idea what enabling 'solaris classic' would get them. And I'm not convinced that adding something more than just a toggle necessarily solves the issue either. On the other hand, people who know what 'solaris classic' is can probably figure out pretty easily how to get that behaviour after the install. My .02. -- Glenn _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
