Bug#1068092: www.debian.org: Website states you could install using a live system which is misleading

Andrew Benbow <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID <3a8dc10b-e951-42cb-9855-f2c5186f4df5__32041.3060298719$1739832169$gmane$org@posteo.com>
I have opened a new pull request that alters the language of this page 
by specifying that only the standard environment lacks a GUI installer, 
but all others are safe to use if the user wants a Calamares installer.

The second half of this bug seems to have been resolved already. The 
text "...as an alternative to our well know Debian-Installer" is no 
longer a part of the page, as of last check.

See: https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/-/merge_requests/1030

On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 14:09:09 +0100 doak <[email protected]> wrote:

 > Package: www.debian.org
 > Severity: normal
 > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
 >
 > Dear Maintainer,
 >
 > the website at [1] states that "The live images contain the
 > end-user-friendly Calamares Installer, a distribution-independent
 > installer framework, as alternative to our well known
 > Debian-Installer.". This is imho misleading in two ways.
 >
 > First, the Calamares Installer is not available in the standard live CD
 > since it requires a graphical UI.
 >
 > Second, it sounds like the Debian-Installer is an alternative in this
 > manner, i.e. it can be started from a running live system as well which
 > afaik is not the case. You need to start the installer from bootloaders
 > menu.
 >
 > Would be nice to find a better, still dense, wording for this.
 >
 > Regards,
 > doak
 >
 >
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