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Re: Towards a graphical installer?
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Towards a graphical installer? |
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Sun, 24 May 2020 22:17:43 +0200 |
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Hello,
Mathieu Othacehe <address@hidden> skribis:
> I think switching to a DE based installer could:
>
> * Allow the user to browse for some questions or contact #guix while in
> the installation process.
>
> * Bring better control of network connection, with a dedicated tool such
> as NetworkManager applet.
I think the Connman-based option we currently have is pretty good
(modulo the WiFi bug we had ;-)) and has the advantage of being well
integrated, no?
> * Make easier to add accessibility support to the installer.
Really? Text-based interfaces tend to lend themselves well to
accessibility support, I think, with things like BRLTTY. I would think
that using a graphical DE is more challenging because one has to know
how to navigate between windows, how to query the currently-focused
window, etc., which requires a screen reader like Orca or similar, which
is not really a panacea.
I also wonder whether the extra hundreds of megabytes for “just” running
a terminal under X11 are warranted. It would be a different story if
the installer itself were graphical. But at any rate, I think closure
size is an issue.
Thoughts?
Ludo’.
Re: Towards a graphical installer?, dftxbs3e, 2020/05/12
Re: Towards a graphical installer?, hamzeh, 2020/05/12