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== FAQ == How to retrieve the screenshot :: Read |
Installing Debian Using A GUI
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After much hard work, the d-i team [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/11/msg01289.html announced] that the upcoming Debian release, Etch, boasts a new graphical (GTK+) frontend which allows installing Debian in many new, previously unsupported, languages. |
The graphical installer has been widely tested and is available for i386, AMD64 and PowerPC and the regular [http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ CD images] for i386 and amd64 include an option to boot the graphical installer by booting with installgui.
Also available is a small (~10MB) miniiso image, which allows you to boot the graphical installer by just pressing ENTER at the boot prompt and is very useful for testing/debugging purposes. This image can be found under "other images"; look for netboot/gtk/mini.iso
For the powerpc architecture currently only the gtk-miniiso images are available (and are also available as part of official releases under "Other images"):
[http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc/daily/powerpc/netboot/gtk/ powerpc images] [http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc/daily/powerpc64//netboot/gtk/ powerpc64 images]
For an overview of open issues and things we'd like to see done after Etch is released, see ["DebianInstaller/GUIToDo"].
If you're interested in building yourself a debian-installer with GUI or just want to dive into its internals, 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]
[http://www.yepthatsme.com/2006/07/08/debian-graphical-installer-excellent-work-guys/ Barry Hawkins' blog]
[http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/83025/index.html lxer.com]
Partitioning tool
As part of a university (?) graduation project, Xavier Oswald has started work on a partitioning tool (based on gparted) that could replace partman in the graphical installer. This work is currently unfinished. Last known status is given in this [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2006/06/msg01358.html mail].
Desktop
For common work, see DebianDesktop .
Trivia
It is a common misconception that the graphical installer is X11 based: it is based on [http://www.directfb.org/wiki/index.php/Projects:GTK_on_DirectFB DirectFB and GTK+].
FAQ
- How to retrieve the screenshot
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