[TriLUG] RE: [trig] different versions of 7.2 for sale]

[Vestal, Roy L.]

This is where the Windex folks like me might differ. I agree, one question
per page is a bit much, but I'd rather get most, if not all of my questions
up front so I don't have to try and figure out what happened, even though
the installation worked.  Maybe add a new install option: Novice ??

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Parkhurst [mailto:mparkhurst at ebnetworks.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 10:08 AM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] different versions of 7.2 for sale]


Roy,

Thanks for asking.

I use both Red Hat and Mandrake.  For my tastes the Mandrake installer takes
to many steps to install.  They ask single questions per screen, while the
Red Hat installer asks several related questions on the same screen.

However, I think this thread has lost focus.  The primary purpose of an
installer is to install a functioning copy of an OS.  When judging an
installer, my first criteria is does the system work when the installer is
done.  Does it boot?  Does the network work?  Do my applications work?  For
example, on my laptop ( Compaq Armada M700 ) Mandrake 8.anything does not
set up the PCMCIA Ethernet card correctly, but Red Hat 7.2 does.  That to me
is MUCH more important than the colors of the install screens.

My only nit to pick is that my laptop has a corporate approved windows
partition that must be preserved, at almost any cost.  During the
partitioning phase, I couldn't tell if the auto-partition option would
preserve or destroy my windows partition.  For me it was no big deal as I
just used one of the manual options.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-admin at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org]On Behalf
Of Brent Fox
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:33 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org; Vestal, Roy L.; 'trilug at trilug.org '
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] different versions of 7.2 for sale]


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.
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