[openbeos] Re: on SoftwareValet for OBOS
- From: "Mark Douglas" <uk_marky_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:48:44 -0000
Ideally, the process should be simplified to the point where a computer
newbie can sit down and use the system (installing OS or some app) with as
little faffing around as possible. I'm with the KISS method, as as well as
making life easier for the newbies out there it makes my life easier as
well, which is a Good Thing. I don't really want a Linux-alike ./configure
&& make && make install for every little thing.
Also, could your mum navigate the RedHat installation proc? Mine would fall
over before the hard-disk partitioning... : )
-Mark
>
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Mikael J. wrote:
>
> > >Just a bit of user input here....
> > >
> > >From a user point of view, the Windows method is quite good - if we
> > >could use that approach but make it work we'd have a winner.
> > >
> > >The installers in Linux and QNX are way too complex for newbies,
> > >K.I.S.S, can you imagine your mother using it?
>
> My mother can't install the mac os, so I don't see the point in aiming
> toward her at all.
>
> I guess you didn't mean kickstart cd for red hat, where you put cd in and
> restart computer, which is something that my mother could certainly do.
>
> Fred Ollinger (follinge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> CCN sysadmin
>
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