On 12/18/2009 01:40 AM, Jonathan Temple wrote:
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:50 PM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Seriously, I like the Arch installer just fine, but I can tell you that the Ubuntu/SuSE install rating most likely come from the fact that the gui installers they employ are easy on the eye and they have put a lot of effort into automating the difficult parts of the install procedure that most new users don't understand --> the partitioning.
This begs the question: does arch really want users who can't get
through the current installer? Isn't the user base Arch Linux is
catering to one that /should/ understand this?
All depends on what the ultimate goals for the distro are. Me? I wouldn't change a thing. I like Arch the way it is and I hope it stays like this until I'm old and gray (sh... I'm getting there ;-)
I don't think Arch should try to keep up with the Jones' or worry about what distro watch says. But, in the alternative, if the goal is to see just how far and how widely accepted Arch can become in hopes of selling out to someone like Novell, Corel, etc.., then it might make sense to look a bit harder at what makes the rating meter tick.
Personally, I don't think all the money in the world would be worth sacrificing the niche Arch has carved out for itself in the Linux community...
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