Sarge (was Re: [Gllug] Strange download effect)

[Simon Morris]

On 20 May 2005, at 12:28, Steve Nelson wrote:
> On 5/20/05, Sharon Kimble <sharonm63 at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Friday 20 May 2005 10:25, Chris Bell wrote:
> > >    That looks plausible, given the initial download rate each  
> time. There
> > > should be plenty of mirrors for Sarge once it is released,  
> taking the load
> > > off Phil.
> > >
> >
> > Is Sarge going to be shipping with the new graphical installer  
> please? If so,
> > is it actually easier to install than the present one?
>
> Take a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer
>
> This has been available for use for absoutely ages, and is very  
> easy to use.
>
> I'm not aware of a graphical installer (if by this you mean pretty
> pictures and mouse) on the cards,

The very first Linux I installed (circa 1999/2000) let me play Tetris  
whilst the installer did it's stuff.

I haven't seen that in a distro for ages... maybe I should submit a  
request to Debian and ask them to delay the release of Sarge until  
they put it in :)

I think that distro was Caldera.

~sm
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