On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 20:49 +0100, Dieter Plaetinck wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:40:03 -0700 > Brendan Long <korin43@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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? > > no. it can also do fully automated installations. > > but it's a quite recent feature so I don't blame anyone for not knowing > it. (take my previous reactions with a grain of salt and some humor ;) > > Dieter It does fully automated? Haven't looked at the installer since installing (go figure). Ubuntu's installer goes much faster though, if the benchmark is 'to a working gnome system', especially for those of us with slow internet connections who aren't able to download half a Gb here and there at the snap of a finger. Nothing to do with the point-and-click, more about the fact that with Arch you do have to download pretty big files, and multiple times (sort of like, install xorg and related packages, wait.... configure, install alsa/sound related packages, wait... configure)
