• Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    5 months ago

    I don’t like that it doesn’t give you a live image by default. It’s kind of hard to find them on the website.

    I think my ideal installer would be one that boots into a desktop and by default installs that and copies everything you’ve done there onto the installed system. Like “here you can start using your system right away, we’ll ask you a few questions and then do the pesky installation stuff for you in the background”.

  • noughtnaut@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Well there was also gobo Linux, which would let you play Tetris while the installation did its thing.

    • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
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      5 months ago

      Not just loading bar it’s everything about the aesthetic in the menu, logo on the top, installation steps on the side and loading bar on the middle just enough to fill the screen while not being too crowded or overwhelming

      • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
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        5 months ago

        Was just kidding 😁 Keep that feeling, it’s a great one ! I love to see other people enjoying such simple but powerful brain flooding dopamine ! That awwwwww moment is really enjoayble, for others and yourself !

        Hope you will have fun with openSUSE ! I’m also thinking to switch from Debian to OpenSUSE for my daily drive. Debian as server is fantastic, but got some quirks running it with backports and testing.

        Maybe a skill issue? Probably, but trying something different will give me the necessary boost to find out 😄

      • qwesx@kbin.social
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        5 months ago

        And then there’s the installation options that look and behave exactly like a regularly themed Qt application (which it probably is). Wonderful!
        Okay, I’m coming from Gentoo and Debian, cut me some slack, I’m easy to please regarding installers :-P

      • rollingflower@lemmy.kde.socialDeutsch
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        5 months ago

        It is also a lie as the installer doesnt know any percentages.

        But afaik Debian installer, Calamares, Fedora Anaconda and more all have loading bars

      • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        You apparently haven’t tried Ubuntu in 20 years? Canonical has had a very clean Windows-ish experience forever, though even back in the day, Suse always had a pretty decent one as well.

  • falx@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Really good! Reminds me a bit of Mandriva Linux installer’s look and feel. Yes, I am as old as rocks.

    • redempt@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I mean, archinstall is pretty nice! it’s certainly not flashy but it’s a great tool that gets you up and running very quickly with no hassle

  • elevenh@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I think people here are don’t know and understand how customizable is opensuse’s installer.

  • poinck@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    With Gentoo, you can choose any live-iso, open a terminal and start installing. (:

  • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    If we’re being honest every release without this status bar being the tail unfolding OR the tongue extending to catch a fly is a waste.

  • barbara@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    I also like that it installs the apps right after first boot in microos. That’s awesome. Unfortunately I like the image based system of fedora a tiny bit more.

  • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Give me the Debian TUI anyday. Clean, simple, to the point. Has become just muscle memory thanks to all the server VMs I’ve installed it in.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Why? I don’t need to do it that often, and I kind of enjoy the flow. It’s not exactly long or complex either. Not everything needs to be automated, I think all the detritus clogging up the web these days is evidence enough of that. I already use a custom iso with a bunch of preferred packages and things like the docker repo added.

    • glasgitarrewelt@feddit.de
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      5 months ago

      I am impressed, creating btrfs sub-volumes in a debian installation with muscle memory would look like magic to me (as a linux-beginner).

      The partitioning and filesystem stuff feels very unsorted and confusing for me.

      But if all the standard settings are ok for you and you only have to hit enter, I guess the installer is ok.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I mean yes, generally the standard settings are fine for my deployments so that’s what I’m talking about. I agree the partitioner leaves something to be desired though.

      • qaz@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        I know some Minecraft mod packs used to have pong integrated in their loading screens.

        • ElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Small history lesson for those interested: the reason we didn’t see much of this sort of thing is because Namco actually had it patented, up until late 2015. Originally, you could play Galaxian while you waited for Ridge Racer to load! (At the expense of everyone else being able to have little loading screen games…)

  • Petter1@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I still prefer archinstall‘s TUI install script (I just wish that it would offer to install yay as well)