[TriLUG] different versions of 7.2 for sale]

[Brent Fox]

Hi Roy,

    I work for Red Hat on the installer (and various config tools), and I'm 
curious as to what people like better about the Mandrake installer.  At the 
end of every release, I do a comparative analysis on the installers for many 
other OSes (various Linux distros, Solaris x86, various Windows versions, 
etc.) to try to determine areas in which we are lacking.  I do this because I 
want our installer (and our OS as a whole) to be the best one available.

Specifically, how is Mandrake's installer easier to use?  How does it help 
you better understand what you are installing?  

So I guess the question isn't just to Roy, but to everybody:
  What can we do to make the Red Hat Linux installer better?


Cheers,
  Brent


On Wednesday 24 October 2001 10:42 am, Vestal, Roy L. wrote:
> Being one from the Windoze world, I can say that I like the "bloating" in
> the install. I'm learning this from experience as well as books.  I don't
> have the *nix background like alot of the folks in TriLUG. Being used to
> bloat from the master himself, Mr. G., it does help some.
>
> I do have one request, if any of the RH folks are reading, the installer
> from Mandrake is a lot easier to use for those of us that are learning this
> way. There is a lot of front end, and the install takes longer, but it
> helped me understand what I was installing. I personally WANT to use RH
> Linux, since I'm a homegrown NC boy, I prefer RH to any other. Call me a
> hick, or a good ol' boy, but I plan on hanging on.