On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:52:10AM -0600, Seth Goodman wrote: > > From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:35 PM > > <...> > > > 4. incorporate the hardware detection of derivative distros > > (like Knoppix). This would probably be possible only for the > > i386 branch (maybe also ia64/amd64?), but this branch is also > > the one that will receive the most newbies. > > I would put a +1 on this, as it would help everyone, not just noobs. > There is no reason for any distro to _not_ do the best job of hardware > detection possible. > Knoppix _was_ using a port of Red Hat Anaconda. I'm not sure what is used now. The Etch installer is significantly better than the Sarge installer - I used a daily build from http://cdimage.debian.org the other day to rebuild a machine and was pleasantly surprised.
Do bear in mind, though, that Debian needs to support more architectures than anyone else. Consistency across the installer for e.g. Sparc and Alpha has made my installs on those architectures so much more straightforward. It's also necessary to support hardware which has no mouse or graphics card, for example, and to support serial console: > -- > Seth Goodman > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
