On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 09:21:08 -0600 (CST), jamey@??? wrote in
message <54290.192.168.250.61.1483629668.squirrel@???>:

> > Il giorno Wed, 4 Jan 2017 15:11:36 -0800
> > Rick Moen <rick@???> ha scritto:
>
> >> There is obviously a happy middle ground.
>
> > Yes, it's called: "let the user decide". Level (0) menu:
>
> > A) Let the install program choose all the required settings (basic,
> > no-frills,
> > automatic install, zero questions asked) [Default]
> > B) Customize the system at install time
>
> I kind of like:
>
> A) Beginner

..this needs nice safe paranoid defaults that protects beginners
from bad etc 3-letter etc dudes etc... blunders and not.

..both https://tails.boum.org/ and https://www.qubes-os.org/ are
endorsed by Edward Snowden, despite running systemd... go figure.

> B) Experienced
> C) Expert
> D) NetGod
>
> The questions asked would depend on the various levels - Beginner gets
> networking set up asking the fewest possible questions, Experienced
> gets asked "Do you want to set up a default recursive name server?"
> Expert gets to pick from the list, and NetGod gets a commmand line to
> set up the name server system the way they want it.


--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.