Thanks for your support Colin!

I am actually of the same opinion as Robert : when the 1st-stage GUI is ready, we use it, but we should still offer the USETUP text mode as an alternate replacement (this choice can be simply implemented via a bootloader menu entry).

Also, you need to think about the possible future usages of ReactOS, like remote or headless installations (in the headless case you would have a text terminal plugged but then, some text-mode interface would be needed). Or the need of a text-mode installation for a text-mode only ReactOS distribution (or fork threof, like some kind of “GNU-NT” constituted of the NTOS base + the GNU utilities ported as native NT applications…) etc... etc…

Cheers,

Hermès

De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] De la part de Robert Naumann
Envoyé : dimanche 21 mai 2017 20:49
À : ReactOS Development List
Objet : Re: [ros-dev] About the recent USETUP improvements in the branch

I'd say it should stay as fallback solution.

Am 21.05.2017 18:27 schrieb "Colin Finck" <colin@reactos.org>:

Hey Hermès,

Great work on the setup components! I especially like the library that
paves the way for a feature-rich graphical installer :)

Am 18.05.2017 um 20:02 schrieb Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAÏTO:
> P.S.: Using a 8x8 font for the installer quickly hurts the eyes (and it
> has been like that since ages). It would be great to use a more readable
> resolution / font size…

Oh yes, I'm all for a good looking installer with nicely readable texts
in all languages. Which brings us to the GUI installer and to the
question what we would still need the text-mode installer for when the
GUI one is perfect?


- Colin

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