The Debian installer is very accessible and fairly easy to use. Just press the s key when the installer boots. The installer is neither a GUI nor command line. It is menu driven. You have to type in the number of your selection. I have installed Debian stable on 3 machines in the last 24 hours. I find that interface quite easy to deal with. It may not be ideal but what do you want for free?_______________________________________________
PS: You are saying you can't find an accessible rolling release for Linux but that would be true for Windows and MacOS too. Those operating systems don't even have rolling releases. The Ubuntu LTS installer is approximately as easy to use as the Windows 10 installer. Of course, Ubuntu and Debian had accessible installers long before Windows did and for about the same time as MacOS.
On 9/3/20 1:52 PM, orca-list gnome org wrote:
Hello,
All of these command-line installers, Arch, etc, take much more effort to install than a simple gui installer, which is what I'm looking for. In recommending an individual to give Linux a try when they have been used to a platform such as Windows, there is quite a leap forward to installing something like Arch. While I am all on board with cli tools, it is a shame that the graphical user interface side of the various distros seems to be getting much less accessible. I stated that, in trying a number of these, the installers aren't accessible out of the box. The Debian testing installer won't work with Orca, I can't get Fedora rawhide talking, I haven't tried Solus, and as I say, I am really looking for a distro which provides a rolling release, although I have recently seen issues with users trying to install the latest iteration of Ubuntu, so it just seems that the latest installers from many distros simply aren't accessible. There is a pretty recent forum thread discussing the inaccessibility of OpenSuse and Yast, so that seems out as well. Really quite a shame, and would be great to get work on this, as it would be great to have GUI alternatives to Windows/Mac which simply work.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 10:44 PM Janina Sajka <janina rednote net> wrote:
I have also found installing Arch very straight forward, so I'm a bit
befuddled by what the problem might be. In fact I did an install on a
mew machine just earlier this summer using an iso image from:
https://talkingarch.info/
Note there's another Arch installer with Speakup here:
https://tarch.org/
The biggest complication I can think of is networking. If you use a
wired connection, things should proceed smoothly. If you try to use
wifi, things can get complicated quickly.
Once upon a time, many years ago, I maintained a howto install Fedora
using Speakup document. That process was far more complicated than the
process of installing Arch today, imo.
My bottom line on this topic -- If Arch is too hard, stick to one of the
spins that provides a functioning desktop off the DVD or USB stick.
Mostly, these support copying the working environment to a fixed disk.
Example: You can get a functioning Debian from grml.org rescue
environment to install to a fixed disk. Of course that doesn't provide
Orca and a graphical desktop.
Best,
Janina
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> Yes a few years ago when arch uses the setup tool it was easy
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> I don't recall that Arch took much effort to get everything working
> when I last installed it. I am currently running Arch, and the
> maintenance is fairly straightforward.
>
> I have also used Debian Unstable and Debian Testing in the past. My
> advice is to be prepared to deal with the occasional update problem,
> but for the most part, Debian Testing should be reliable - assuming
> that they're keeping up the quality for which they have a strong
> reputation.
>
> On 9/1/20 6:43 AM, Nimer Jaber via orca-list wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
> No arch because it takes lots of fiddling about to get anything
> working, and I unfortunately don't have the time for that. I am looking
> for a system that works, but I do want a rolling release.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 12:55 AM Jeanette C. <[6]julien mail upb de>
> wrote:
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> Hey hey Nimer,
> Sep 1 2020, Nimer Jaber via orca-list has written:
> ...
> > I am not interested in Arch,
> I am not trying to be difficult or to start a fight. Why not Arch?
> Maybe
> the answer further helps to narrow down solutions.
> ...
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> Jeanette
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