[Mageia-dev] deprecate text installer

[Liam R E Quin]

On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 04:11 +0100, Johnny A. Solbu wrote:

> If we deprecate and remove the abillity to use a text installer, we
> are effectlively blocking blind users from beeing able to install the
> system.

The reason that I first started using Mandrake Linux years ago was that
it was the first whose installer ran to completion out of 6 I tried, and
which was neither red hat nor debian.

There were problems with the default X configuration on that system; I
always had to use "startx" on it, too, for that matter.

One place where Linux-based systems do well is in catering to minority
needs, not just the 70%. Languages (e.g. Icelandic or Welsh), unusual or
older hardware, and people with individual needs, all can be included.

Liam

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