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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What are you talking about? What text mode installer do you have to give obscure options to? Are you confusing the OS installer with package installers or something?
What are you talking about? What text mode installer do you have to give obscure options to? Are you confusing the OS installer with package installers or something?