• @Raptorox@sh.itjust.works
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    201 month ago

    Why people can’t just use <name> and stop reinventing the wheel?

    This is a really dumb take. If you don’t like it, don’t use it. They got an idea and implement it? Good for them And what does that even have to do with switching to Linux?

    • beleza pura
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      -21 month ago

      i’d usually agree, but in this case, it feels like a cost-cutting measure. webdevs are cheaper and more available, so it’s cheaper for them to just rewrite the installer in electron than pay more expensive desktop developers to maintain their existing installer

      • @ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        Assumptions are assumptions. The server is written in Rust, the idea is to be flexible with control and the optional UI. It has a big focus on Enterprise and things that were difficult with YAST are easier with Agama, such as unattended installation and using Ansible. For a simpler use case you can boot it up on your headless server and connect to https://agama.local/ in a web browser and continue the installation.

    • @20nat@feddit.it
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      -81 month ago
      1. Instead of wasting time on something that has already 1k iterations, they could redirect that effort on something beneficial to Linux.

      2. Any person contributing to this new installer is a person less contributing to something distro agnostic, which is a loss for everyone.

        • @20nat@feddit.it
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          11 month ago

          Never used arch but I share the same feeling for distro sometimes. A linux distro can either:

          • Introduce a new way of doing things, or some big novelty
          • Being a complete waste of time and effort The vast majority is the second case, but sometimes we are lucky and we get something new.