This image was created by /u/kuebic@discuss.tchncs.de for this comment here: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/21735989. I had encouraged them to post it somewhere, but as far as I can tell, they never did.

Panel 1: “Installing Windows 20 years ago” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
Panel 2: “Installing Linux 20 years ago” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 3: “Installing Windows today” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 4: “Installing Linux today” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons

    • Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Yup. Gosh. HML was about 20 years ago now. Time flies.

      And yeah, as the point being made over and over in the comments keeps saying… we had gui installers even then (and even a decade earlier too).