Kristoffer Grundström wrote: > For newbies I think it's a great idea to make the installer easy to > understand. > > Therefor I'd like to suggest that the installer would function like a > questionaire-form. > > For instance: > > Do you intend to install Mageia on a: > > 1. Desktop. > 2. Laptop. > 3. Mobile >
This is already auto-detectable by the MDV installer. > What arch does your CPU have? > > 1. i586. > 2. x86_64 > This too. Of course, the MDV installer currently decides which you get by which boot.iso or isolinux you use, but that dates back to x86_64 not working on all x86_64 chips, in order to allow those systems to install i586. Not sure if this is still needed or desirable. > When it comes to the development of the unstable version, why not do > nightly build-isos? > > That would help users to install Mageia by NOT using the netboot-iso > or by upgrading from the stable which isn't recommended today & to see > where there are any issues. Sometimes the netboot-iso won't install > 'cause the mirror isn't answering properly. > I'm afraid that the reality is that you need a stable network connection to a mirror and decent bandwidth to be able to follow cooker effectively.
