> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 18 July 2003 13:51, sdesseaux wrote: > (...) >> Moreover, i've an idea of project but before, i'd like to have your >> point of view. The installation of gentoo is long and a bit hard for >> newbies (most of people says to me that it has taken a long time >> before having a Gentoo which run without any problems). So, in my >> mind, i think it would be a good thing to create a graphical >> installator (like traditionals's linux (mandrake,redhat....) for >> Gentoo and giving the choice of installation (graphical or text mode). >> According to me, it would be a useful tool for Gentoo and for the >> users. >> >> So, give me your opinion. > > Sounds like a great idea! > > Did you ever program using curses? > > The ncurses lib is great for such tasks: easy to make thinks look like > good old SAA/CUA 'standard' or like the way old textmode SuSE YAST looks. > > And there are lots of good curses tutorials on the web... > > IM(h)O having a stable textmode installer would be more valuable than > having a GUI installer - but of course that does NOT mean that a GUI > installer would be wasted time: I just would not make this /before/ the > textmode program is running and stable. ;-)
Have you guys heard of the Gentoo Linux Install Script project? Take a look at glis.sourceforge.net. It's a text-mode installer--a la Slackware--but it is pretty impressive. -brian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
