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== Trivia == It is a common misconception that the graphical installer is X11 based. It is no longer for quite some time. It is based on Direct FB and GTK. |
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 [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/11/msg01289.html worked on], involves adding a ["GTK"] ["frontend"] to d-i. Demo images have been produced of a working installer using this new frontend.
[http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=486&slide=1&title=debian-installer+screenshots A typical debian installation process, performed in English]
[https://debian.polito.it/downloads/d-i_gtk_snapshots_nonlatin/ Some screenshots of non latin scripts]
If you want to give the graphical installer a try, you can download experimental images (comparable with regular daily builds) that boot up using the graphical frontend by default and install Etch:
Intel x86: [http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/gtk-miniiso/daily/i386/ mini.iso] [http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/gtk-cd/debian-testing-i386-gtk-businesscard.iso businesscard CD]
AMD64: [http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/gtk-miniiso/daily/amd64/ mini.iso] [http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/gtk-cd/debian-testing-amd64-gtk-businesscard.iso businesscard CD (old)]
PowerPC: [http://people.debian.org/~cjwatson/d-i/powerpc-gtk/daily/powerpc/gtk-miniiso/ powerpc images] [http://people.debian.org/~cjwatson/d-i/powerpc-gtk/daily/powerpc64/gtk-miniiso64/ powerpc64 images]
The PowerPC graphical installer has been tested on Pegasos and on 32bit newworld ?PowerMacs. They should work also on IBM RS6K machines, and on 64bit machines (G5 pmac, IBM POWER), altough this later may expose 64bitness issues. Oldworld powermacs should also work using bootx, but untested. In any case, since the initrd is 18MB, i think a minimum of 64MB if not more of memory is needed.
Plans for beta 3 of DebianInstaller include merging the graphical installer into regular ISO images (see: ["?DebianInstaller/EtchBeta3Prep"]).
For an overview of open issues and things we'd like to see done, see ["DebianInstaller/GUIToDo"].
If you're interested in building by yourself a debian-installer with GUI please have a look at the ["DebianInstaller/GUIBuild"] page.
If you want to build your own udebs, have a look at ["BuildingUDebs"].
Reviews
Here is a list of articles/review about the graphical installer which appeared around the web:
[http://osdir.com/Article7765.phtml OSDir.com]
[http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/17/1825228 linux.com]
Games
It would be nice for g-i to have some games to help kill time during lengthy install sessions.
Candidates for inclusion need to have a limited set of dependencies, preferable only those that are already included in g-i, use directfb for graphics, eventually using SDL, sound should be optional, and not need more input device than already detected by g-i.
This excludes c++ implemented games linked against libstdc++, or other language whose runtime is not-available in g-i, as well as all those that link with the gnome libs or other such. A preliminary list follows, out of them, icebreaker sounds like a very good candidate. It is only depending on libsdl, easy to understand, using only the mouse and not the keyboard, and not controversial in any way.
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/airstrike airstrike] - 2d dogfight game in the tradition of 'Biplanes' and 'BIP'
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/atris atris] - tetris-like game with a twist for Unix
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/barrage barrage] - Rather violent action game
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/black-box black-box] - Find the crystals
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/bomberclone bomberclone] - free Bomberman-like game
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/bugsquish bugsquish] - Bugs are trying to suck blood out of your arm!
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/bumprace bumprace] - 1 or 2 players race through a multi-level maze
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/bygfoot bygfoot] - soccer (football) manager game featuring the most important European leagues
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/circuslinux circuslinux] - The clowns are trying to pop balloons to score points!
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/dangen dangen] - shoot 'em up game where accurate shooting matters
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/icebreaker icebreaker] - Break the iceberg
[http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/sdljump sdljump] - Jump up in a sinking tower (a first [http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-games-devel/2006-February/000349.html unofficial (and untested) udeb] was already made by Bas Wijnen <shevek at fmf.nl> )
Trivia
It is a common misconception that the graphical installer is X11 based. It is no longer for quite some time. It is based on Direct FB and GTK.