Re: Towards a graphical installer?

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On Mon, 11 May 2020 18:29:09 +0200
"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 03:27:29PM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> > A way to move forward with the installer could be to propose an ISO
> > image starting a desktop-environment by default. […]  
> 
> Thank you for investigating.
> 
> I suppose keyboard input method (IME) support is a reason why someone
> might wish to use an Xorg-based installer.  Are there other reasons?
> What are the reasons for a real desktop environment; is the goal to
> offer a live image?  Previously I would have thought a virtual console
> is more likely to work everywhere, but kmscon has the same
> requirements as Xorg and without kmscon we’d lose i18n.
> 
> Regards,
> Florian
> 

Can the TUI installer be used with a screen reader? AFAIK it can't but
I'd love to be proven wrong.
Anyway, there are also other accessibility options that are useful. High
contrast, magnifier, sticky keys, etc. GNOME provides these.
Even if you aren't blind or disabled in general, you might just have to
install an operating system without a working screen one day.