[H-GEN] Debian install floppy boot problem

David Seikel won_fang at yahoo.com.au
Mon Apr 21 22:21:34 EDT 2003


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 --- Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net> wrote: 
> [1] I don't know why people write installers that want to be
>     clever with the display.  Plain text installers are easy to
>     use and don't leave you in the middle of a dialogue about

It's part of the effort to make Linux "ready for the desktop".  I suspect
that means, graphical OS installers, graphical app installers, graphical
configuration, plug and pray, task bar, start menu, and compatability with
Microsoft Office.


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