Re: [GSoC] Draft proposal for an Install Wizard for Guix

[Chris Marusich]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 02:30:22PM -0400, myglc2 wrote:
>> Thomas Ingram <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > On 03/26/2016 07:39 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> >> Personally, I would like to view the “wizard” as a helper, and not as
>> >> something that hides everything and turns people into “end users.”
>> 
>> 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!

-- 
Chris

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