[gentoo-user] idea for a installer

2003-11-20 Thread Redeeman
i got this idea for a installer. the livecd should contain X, and then a installer(could be made in pygtk or something) the installer should be like split into 2 areas, on the left side the install doc should be, and on right there should be a terminal thing, and some action buttons, and then you s

Re: [gentoo-user] idea for a installer

2003-11-20 Thread brett holcomb
Check through the mail list archives and Gentoo projects. Someone is working on a GUI installer. On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:11:11 +0100 Redeeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i got this idea for a installer. the livecd should contain X, and then a installer(could be made in pygtk or something) the ins

Re: [gentoo-user] idea for a installer

2003-11-20 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 10:11 AM 11/20/2003, you wrote: i got this idea for a installer. be smart if the system got corrupted or for multiply install just an idea, what do you think? What do we think as in our opinions ?? I've personally got NOTHING against text-mode installers myself. Honestly, what benefit does a G

Re: [gentoo-user] idea for a installer

2003-11-20 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Redeeman wrote: i got this idea for a installer. the livecd should contain X, and then a installer(could be made in pygtk or something) the installer should be like split into 2 areas, on the left side the install doc should be, and on right there should be a terminal thing, and some action buttons

Re: [gentoo-user] idea for a installer

2003-11-20 Thread Oliver Lange
Hall Stevenson wrote: Honestly, what benefit does a GUI installer give over a text one ? Well, a gui installer could: display the whole package tree (optional one large list). Those which are installed are marked, so you'll always see whats going on. When clicking on a packet, all informatio