From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15977 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2004 14:55:02 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 24 Jan 2004 14:55:02 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AkPBd-0000Zx-PF for arch-gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:55:01 +0000 Received: (qmail 15686 invoked by uid 50004); 24 Jan 2004 14:54:59 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-desktop-research-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 6105 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2004 14:54:59 +0000 From: foser To: gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <401181A7.3050300@chartertn.net> References: <200401200954.58818.pauldv@gentoo.org> <1074790970.1942.6.camel@localhost> <200401222145.23118.pauldv@gentoo.org> <40101891.3050107@chartertn.net> <1074816425.27013.1.camel@montu> <1074873463.18854.20.camel@rivendell> <40117298.9080803@chartertn.net> <1074905264.32318.20.camel@rivendell> <401181A7.3050300@chartertn.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1074956105.28722.10.camel@rivendell> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:55:05 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] Installer's Target user group X-Archives-Salt: 9fa03cc9-f600-440c-8665-3dee086e9740 X-Archives-Hash: 956922c809b73f8cd08693575a856615 On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 21:18, Scott Koch wrote: > Maybe saying Mdk, RH, Suse type users isn't the best description. There > is a vast range of skill levels amoung there users. Thinking back I > used mandrake without haveing a clue of how to do anything in linux. Is > this more the direction we are heading in. Have an easy but > customizable setup for computers to do mainly the basics (web, mail, > documents, multimedia, games?) in the fast gentoo way. Is this a question ? We must not confuse things here, if you say 'is this the way an installer should be heading?' i say yes. If you mean if this is the way Gentoo is heading, no. In my opinion the installer should be aimed at the lower skill levels, because the higher skill levels appreciate the power and hands-on feeling that the current install process gives them. - foser -- gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org mailing list