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Status as of Sep 17, 05: [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/09/msg00507.html Posted on debian-boot mail list.] Status as of Sep 17, 05: [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/09/msg00507.html Posted on debian-boot mail list.]  Few more notes at d-i [http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/d-i/irc-meeting-20050917/minutes meeting minutes.]

DebianInstaller


Installing Debian Using A GUI

The last attempt to make a GUI for DebianInstaller, which was inactive for a long time but is now once again being worked on, involves adding a GTK frontend to d-i. Demo images have been produced of a working installer using this new frontend.

[https://debian.polito.it/downloads/d-i_gtk_snapshots/ A typical debian installation process, performed in english]

[https://debian.polito.it/downloads/d-i_gtk_snapshots_nonlatin/ Some screenshots of non latin alphabets]

While this frontend seems to work since complete and working debian installation can be currently performed, help is still needed in polishing and prettifying the frontend and providing fonts needed for non latin languages. We need a font package that cover most of the unicode character set, while not being tto big.

If you want to give a try to the graphical installer, you can download an experimental Etch [https://debian.polito.it/downloads/debian-testing-i386-20050918-GTK-netinst.iso netinst image] that boots up using the graphical frontend as default option.

Status as of Sep 17, 05: [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/09/msg00507.html Posted on debian-boot mail list.] Few more notes at d-i [http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/d-i/irc-meeting-20050917/minutes meeting minutes.]