Star Debunking Some Myths About Graphical Installers
Linked by Paul Hankes Drielsma on Tue 15th Apr 2003 06:40 UTC
Graphics, User Interfaces I can't take anymore comments like "Debian/Gentoo/OpenBSD/etc. are not good/user-friendly because they lack a graphical installer." Searching the web, I couldn't find a comprehensive site describing the good and the bad about graphical installers for various OSes throughout the years, so in this article I hope to debunk a few of the myths on the basis of my own personal and professional experience.
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Installing an OS is using an OS.
by Garbrand on Tue 15th Apr 2003 07:18 UTC

I don't agree. As concluded in the article, "A GUI enhances the user experience and is generally more newbie-friendly. "

Installing the OS is as much part of using it as running it. The text-age should come to a close now, time to move on and conquer the desktop.

All those people who think Linux is already there are just holding it back.

But that's just my 2 ct.

-- G.