Hi all, with the publication of the new homepage, the Calamares Installer came to my notice. I was not aware of that before.
Should we mention it on the website a little bit more? I gave it a try these days, and it looks like a good alternative to our debian-installer, at least for some user groups (for example unexperienced end-users or people, who are new to Debian). Of course, it only supports only a subset of all architectures (since we only have live images for i386 and amd64, at least ATM). (Also, I have already proposed to mention the Calamares Installer in the release-notes for Bullseye as well, that's https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=977417). I prepared a first proposal (attached). Thoughts? Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
diff --git a/english/CD/live/index.wml b/english/CD/live/index.wml index fcd145815fc..c792008c4b4 100644 --- a/english/CD/live/index.wml +++ b/english/CD/live/index.wml @@ -11,20 +11,24 @@ from the contents of the image. <p><a name="choose_live"><strong>Is a live image suitable for me?</strong></a> Here are some things to consider that will help you decide. <ul> <li><b>Flavors:</b> The live images come in several "flavors" providing a choice of desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Cinnamon and MATE). Many users will find these initial package selections suitable, installing any additional packages they need from the network afterwards. <li><b>Architecture:</b> Only images for the two most popular architectures, 32-bit PC (i386) and 64-bit PC (amd64), are currently provided. +<li><b>Installer:</b> Starting from Debian 10 Buster, the live images contain +the end-user-friendly <a href="http://calamares.io";>Calamares Installer</a>, a +distribution-independent installer framework, as alternative to our well known +<a href="$(HOME)/devel/debian-installer">Debian-Installer</a>. <li><b>Size:</b> Each image is much smaller than the full set of DVD images, but larger than the network install media. <li><b>Languages:</b> The images do not contain a complete set of language support packages. If you need input methods, fonts and supplemental language packages for your language, you'll need to install these afterwards. </ul> <p>The following live install images are available for download:</p> <ul> diff --git a/english/distrib/index.wml b/english/distrib/index.wml index 5e3a1e4918f..63ec0819580 100644 --- a/english/distrib/index.wml +++ b/english/distrib/index.wml @@ -53,21 +53,23 @@ And, the release notes can be found <a href="../releases/stable/releasenotes">he <ul class="quicklist downlist"> <li><a title="OpenStack image for 64-bit Intel and AMD Qcow2" href="https://cloud.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/current-10/debian-10-openstack-amd64.qcow2";>64-bit AMD/Intel OpenStack (Qcow2)</a></li> <li><a title="OpenStack image for 64-bit ARM Qcow2" href="https://cloud.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/current-10/debian-10-openstack-arm64.qcow2";>64-bit ARM OpenStack (Qcow2)</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2><a href="../CD/live/">Try Debian live before installing</a></h2> <p> You can try Debian by booting a live system from a CD, DVD or USB key without installing any files to the computer. When you are ready, you can - run the included installer. Provided the images meet your size, language, + run the included installer (starting from Debian 10 Buster, this is the + end-user-friendly <a href="http://calamares.io";>Calamares Installer</a>). + Provided the images meet your size, language, and package selection requirements, this method may be suitable for you. Read more <a href="../CD/live#choose_live">information about this method</a> to help you decide. </p> <ul class="quicklist downlist"> <li><a title="Download live torrents for 64-bit Intel and AMD PC" href="<live-images-url/>/amd64/bt-hybrid/">64-bit PC live torrents</a></li> <li><a title="Download live torrents for normal 32-bit Intel and AMD PC" href="<live-images-url/>/i386/bt-hybrid/">32-bit PC live torrents</a></li> </ul>
