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737 ,

Arch has a better installer in my opinion

redempt ,

I mean, archinstall is pretty nice! it’s certainly not flashy but it’s a great tool that gets you up and running very quickly with no hassle

falx ,

Really good! Reminds me a bit of Mandriva Linux installer’s look and feel. Yes, I am as old as rocks.

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/4c3248d2-9a7a-4196-9bbc-5600f87b343e.jpeg

grimacefry ,
@grimacefry@aussie.zone avatar

https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/76eb90e0-afd4-4820-ab4a-2c6003c18e5a.jpeg

moonpiedumplings ,

There is a reason for this: yast.opensuse.org

en.opensuse.org/Portal:YaST

Yast is opensuse’s configuration/setup tool, and it’s used in the installee.

elevenh ,

I think people here are don’t know and understand how customizable is opensuse’s installer.

poinck ,

With Gentoo, you can choose any live-iso, open a terminal and start installing. (:

princessnorah ,
@princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

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.

glasgitarrewelt ,

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.

princessnorah ,
@princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

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.

the_third ,

If it’s in muscle memory, I think you should look into automation.

princessnorah ,
@princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Why? I don’t need to do it that often, and I kind of enjoy the flow. It’s not exactly long or complex either. Not everything needs to be automated, I think all the detritus clogging up the web these days is evidence enough of that. I already use a custom iso with a bunch of preferred packages and things like the docker repo added.

shotgun_crab ,

You could’ve shown a better screenshot I guess

Ephera ,

There’s some decent screenshots here: opensuse-guide.org/installation.php

RalphFurley ,

Reminds of Windows 98 installation

Sanctus ,

This might just be me but I hate those bars. It better come with some sort of text output so I can see what’s actually going on.

MenacingPerson ,

At least it tells you remaining packages

possiblylinux127 ,

To each there own

MenigPyle ,

Top bad it fucked my EFI so my NixOS can’t boot 🥲

The_Zen_Cow_Says_Mu ,

Debian: boring installer, bare-metal install completed in about 10 minutes

Almalinux: nice installer, bare-metal install completed in about 10 minutes

Opensuse: nice installer, bare-metal install completed in about an hour. WHYYYYYYYY?

mholiv ,

It because zypper is incredibly slow. They’ve been slowly working on the features needed to make it faster but they haven’t come together yet. I would guess early 2025.

bjoern_tantau ,
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

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”.

Pacmanlives ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1bf5730d-e09c-498b-8b0f-2272b7f2800f.png

thanksforallthefish ,

Much better

QuazarOmega ,

Help, why does this picture feel like it’s ever so slightly tilted?

nawordar ,

I didn’t see it until I read your comment

Rai ,

When I look at it as a thumbnail, it looks like the installation box is popping out of my phone. When I fulllscreen it, the illusion vanishes for me.

QuazarOmega ,

Yes, I guess it’s just an illusion, zoomed too before to check, but after zooming out, I still see it wrong lol

Tlaloc_Temporal ,

I bet it’s something to do with the drop shadow. Seems like the center of mass is shifted, eh?

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