Re: [Computerbank] Debian PGI Installer

[David Lloyd <dlloyd@microbits.com.au>]

Daniel,

> I don't see why a GUI is necessary.

No, you don't.

> Remember, point-and-click doesn't make something easy to use.

No, it doesn't.

> Sometimes it's just easier to use the arrow keys. Good UI design makes
> stuff easy to use, not a cutesy little pointer. Can you name a current
> BIOS which has a GUI? Not really; they all have tried and tested, good
> UI design. Which doesn't involve a mouse.

I stuffed up in my original post. I meant to say:

 * creating a graphical and text interface...

You don't *have to* use the GUI.

> If you have any problems with the installer, why has no-one heard
> about them until now?

Now that's an amusing assumption.

> I think Desktop Penguin is the best build for
> Computerbank. While it may not be suitable for Microbits, Computerbank
> builds a great deal of machines with a huge amount of repetition and
> very, very little variance, which means something like DP is perfectly
> suited to the task.

Maybe so.

However, one can build PGI in a number of ways. For example:

 * ask trillions of options
     - if you that's what you need
 * got hundreds of machines, all same spec?
     - build a no frills, stick in CD (or do over network) install no
       questions asked
  * install the trillions of options version ONCE and then use
    Ghost4Unix to ghost it to other machines

:-0


DSL
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