No, no, this is the peak OS installation menu:
😜
Reminds of Windows 98 installation
I think people here are don’t know and understand how customizable is opensuse’s installer.
No, Ark Linux (not Arch) had Tetris in their installer, so we could play while we waited. It has been discontinued unfortunately.
Yeah it’s alright. I’ve been using Tumbleweed on my Desktop PC for the last few months and I gotta say it’s mid. They do hard drive unlocking in Grub instead of in the initfs which means that only LUKS 1 and with that only the not-so-secure PDKDF is supported, instead of argon2id which is the modern KDF you want to use. This is a small and annoying oversight in the distros security which is why I will not be using it in the future
Well there was also gobo Linux, which would let you play Tetris while the installation did its thing.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Help, why does this picture feel like it’s ever so slightly tilted?
I bet it’s something to do with the drop shadow. Seems like the center of mass is shifted, eh?
With Gentoo, you can choose any live-iso, open a terminal and start installing. (:
Just because of the loading bar? You’re easy to please 😁.
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
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 :-PNo shame in that, I also get the warm fuzzies when I see a nice installer.
Arch has a better installer in my opinion
