What about the first anaconda screen having a selection of Default and Custom install radiobuttons for example, where if you choose default, you get a default fs layout, default desktop packages, you just setup the location and root password, and if you want to customize, you choose Custom. We could have a short explanation under each radio button explaining what is the "default" stuff, and what can you customize if using custom/expert. -- Martin Gracik ----- "Chris Lumens" <clumens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For F-14, I would like to see the number of > > installation screens reduced, thus making the installer more > > friendly for less experienced users. > > Always a noble goal. > > > 1) Add an "advanced" cmdline option, and when this is not present: > > * Do not ask for advanced storage use > > * Do not ask what sort of installation (workstation / development > machine / > > server) to do, simply do a default install > > * Maybe hide "review partitioning" and "custom layout" partitioning > options > > > > I know people don't like this, but since we target a rather wide > audience > > from beginning users to people who want to use SAN's, I really > believe we > > need to differentiate between the two, and as has been argued before > adding a > > UI to differentiate between the two will only lead to everyone > simply selecting > > advanced as they are afraid they will miss out on some choices, so > moving this > > to the cmdline where power users will be able to find it, seems like > a > > possible answer to me. > > Having been down this path before, I'm not really excited about > adding > back in an expert command line option. But, I think there's value in > exploring this concept. > > Elsewhere, using install classes have been mentioned. This is how we > used to offer workstation/laptop/custom options in the installer, and > we > had a screen that let you pick which you wanted. Install classes are > really quite flexible, and we're starting to use them more and more > for > RHEL which means they're getting testing once again. > > All this makes me wonder - would it be better to approach this > selection > at a higher level? So, instead of picking in anaconda what kind of > install experience you wanted, should your install experience be a > function of what spin of Fedora you downloaded? > > Under this idea, the default spin of Fedora (GNOME desktop, > basically) > would be equivalent to your above description. It wouldn't ask about > advanced storage, perhaps hide custom layout, whatever. Then other > spins could provide their own install class that un-hid certain > steps. > Some hypothetical Server or Enterprise spin could un-hide everything > to > provide the full confusing installer experience. > > What do you think? > > - Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
