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To be clear, all of the installers below are fine pieces of software\nand I do not want to talk anyone out of using them.  This comparison just\nlists the reasons why they aren't used by instantOS and the advantages that\ninstantARCH has over them that make it fit for the project.\n\n### Architect\n\nArchitect might seem similar at first glance but you quickly realize that it is\nmade for people who would have been capable of installing arch the arch way\nanyway. The level of knowledge required is almost the same and has the same\nroom for error.  It has the possibility of executing a step twice, erasing the\nprogress of other steps and you can absolutely end up with a non-bootable\nsystem. All of these things would be pretty big flaws for a normal setup wizard\n(which architect is not trying to be which makes it unfit for instantOS).\n\n### Calamares\n\nCalamares is probably the project closest to being fit for instantOS.  The user\nexperience is clear and straight forward, all user input is asked for\n**before** the installation and it can well be used even by people without a\nlot of experience. It is still not used over instantARCH for several reasons:\nThe hardware requirements are above those of the OS itself meaning it would\nprevent installation on machines that are well capable of running the OS.  It\nis also far more complex under the hood, meaning extending it with more\nfunctionality would be a substantial amount of work. Finally only amd64 is\nofficially supported, porting instantOS to other architectures (which is\nplanned) would mean leaving the official support of Calamares developers.\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Finstantos%2Finstantarch","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Finstantos%2Finstantarch","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Finstantos%2Finstantarch/lists"}