From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: [GSoC] Draft proposal for an Install Wizard for Guix Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:20:57 -0700 Message-ID: <87pouf9l86.fsf@gmail.com> References: <56F1AEF0.60304@mtu.edu> <871t6ypuuk.fsf@gnu.org> <56F55DE4.4000505@mtu.edu> <87mvpl31uk.fsf@gnu.org> <56F78298.7060806@mtu.edu> <86zitjg4e9.fsf@gmail.com> <20160327232554.GB19614@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akQXz-0004YP-Sr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 02:21:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akQXv-00015E-5u for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 02:21:07 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::229]:36769) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1akQXu-000158-VL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 02:21:03 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-x229.google.com with SMTP id u190so130152524pfb.3 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:21:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160327232554.GB19614@jasmine> (Leo Famulari's message of "Sun, 27 Mar 2016 19:25:54 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, myglc2 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Leo Famulari writes: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 02:30:22PM -0400, myglc2 wrote: >> Thomas Ingram writes: >>=20 >> > On 03/26/2016 07:39 AM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> >> Personally, I would like to view the =E2=80=9Cwizard=E2=80=9D as a he= lper, and not as >> >> something that hides everything and turns people into =E2=80=9Cend us= ers.=E2=80=9D >>=20 >> Wow, Ludo, what do you have against "end users"? > > Speaking for myself, one thing that I like about Guix and GuixSD are > that they make it relatively easy to learn and alter the system, at > least compared to some other GNU / Linux operating systems. > > By encouraging users to learn how to alter their system, they will > unwittingly become computer programmers, which I think is beneficial for > software freedom. I'd prefer that to a world where only 1% of people > have the ability to effect change in software (the current situation). > > I understand the situation is not a dichotomy; our system should not be > unnecessarily difficult to use. I couldn't agree more! =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJW+M1MAAoJEN1AmhXYIkadumIQAL5IAYS4uzPM2g7PHaOfad6h Ow6yWsQJxl0HKKOo3iM4pCyRWCqcAyV+vRlsTn798o23W1tRmEvfbNhFh0tcBEte XormwTT6ZdMv6j8TGevYMzzHwuJs/Lpl6SE2qLMiStE209pKUikbOk8rvk+fh0lx YOQq45NGciin4HM9fBUwxllPrTrPHgWMHSwMRPqUMYlyrkCcTY3kjwFPy6goDeo1 thTg75BT+i1v6ofWwDTy5r4fAWHvuymEzmSL01oE7+mxXIlJnj4VFc+forU0VhsN w6mdUgZxbfxoBteEEiAmMDcgM5wEWjoQlwzGRGXADEUKKAZw80fFdwm3N7Ccfi3A vQQCI7JevpMPsYwCVRcpTDNtGL/4mjiVRDIdQkmlBWXOZ5LjPABRcF/bKRD3tVH+ DuC4I4CfwT/TG4zyOp7nSCyRXY/j69MN7ZGSNRNhtvIcWN6CNg9kL5djZABGyDH8 bX7/3Z/OhwCPH+gnMvTDBzZXBUJ+BK0HxWAbNHvBdqZ5DlCJdNRt+qZ1E38q2Gng 26i8TqQHzbt89P5bxhTv6FIVxCNG//NHtU8C3hZxHYYu5L3QBGIrfMGS6zruQ66u tPB20EKSW6DRZ/cuO/9MVi+oOAIY1tgdt3jlL3n6GUhSH441KyaxEun3BUn4vrOC OOe/50kdgCYVobNNtptO =HUKf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--