[ 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…'”