Linux.com: Review: Debian-Installer Release Candidate 1

[ Thanks to Bruce Byfield for this link. ]

"After four years of development, the first release candidate of the new Debian installer is here. If you're familiar with other install programs, this one may surprise you. It introduces Debian's strengths right at the start, and it goes a long way toward burying Debian's reputation for being difficult to install.

"The Debian-Installer project grew out of the Debian network and boot floppy projects. In fact, it borrows heavily from both these earlier projects. But the Debian-Installer also has the specific goal of making Debian easier to install. 'Debian has been burdened with a sub-par installer for a full decade' comments Joey Hess, the initial designer of the Debian-Installer, 'and it's time to change all that...'"

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