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From: "Riyad Kalla" <rsk@u.arizona.edu>
To: "'Jeff Rose'" <rosejn@Colorado.EDU>, <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:25:13 -0700
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Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] GUI installer
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Jeff there is an installer in the works called Cursing Cow, I forgot who
was working on it, but I'm sure they'll reply soon enough...

Best,
-Riyad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Rose [mailto:rosejn@Colorado.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 4:04 PM
> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-dev] GUI installer
>
>
> Hello,
> 	I'm pretty new to gentoo, but I am an instant convert.
> Just a few months of emerge bliss and now I'm an avid
> supporter.  Anyway, I'm thinking about starting a summer
> project and I'm pondering the idea of a gui installer.  I've
> been looking around a bit and it doesn't look like anyone is
> working on one.  Is that true?  If there isn't already a
> project then I think I'll give it a whirl.  I know, I know,
> gentoo is so great because it allows you to customize and
> tweak the hell out of everything. That is completely true.
> So, an installer would have to allow just as much but it
> could take care of the mundane details for those who aren't
> interested or knowledgable enough.
> 	I haven't been around to see what people discuss in
> terms of the installer so I'm sorry if this is all stuff that
> you have gone over hundreds of times.  Even more minimal than
> a gui installer, have you thought about adding more scripts
> to do the standard directory setup, download, chroot... type of stuff?
> 	What do you think?
>
> -Jeff
>
>
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