On 12/17/2009 12:35 PM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:33:22 -0500 > Denis Kobozev <d.v.kobozev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Dieter Plaetinck >> <dieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> did that guy actually say that point and click visual installers >>> are a time *saver* ?? is he out of his mind? >>> >> It seems that most reviews on distrowatch.com come from the standpoint >> that Ubuntu is the ultimate user-friendly system. Arch, Gentoo and >> Slackware users beg to differ, but I guess the most typical Linux user >> agrees and that's who they are catering to. >> > it's not about userfriendliness, which is a very subjective topic. > it's about time duration, which is scientifically measurable. > > I'm pretty sure a scripted automatic installation goes faster then > one where you need to point and click to make it do things. > Isn't the Arch installer always graphical, with a menu and stuff? Just because you use your keyboard instead of a mouse and it doesn't use X doesn't really make it any less user-friendly does it?
