On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 11:41 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > I installed and played with Ubuntu 10.10 over the weekend (in a VM), > and I have to say that their installer is very smooth indeed. It's > starting to make anaconda look distinctly clunky. > > Some of the things it does which are IMHO better: > > - starts disk formatting / copying / installing in parallel > with asking user questions > > - downloads updates in parallel too > > - uses IP geolocation to guess the user's timezone and keyboard > settings (it's been 100% correct for me each time) > > - suggests a username and hostname based on the user's real name > (Mac OS X's installer also does this -- it's a nice touch) > > This is in contrast to anaconda (certainly from the live CD install) > which seems to be a usability no-go area. > > Thoughts? Can we switch to their installer? > > Rich. > Comparing the Ubuntu 10.04 DVD installer (which I use a couple of weeks ago) to Fedora 13 DVD installer is like comparing the Cessna to a Boeing 747. Sure, both can accomplish the same task. Read: transporting people from one airport to another, but lets see you try transporting 400 peoples from London to NY using a Cessna... The same logic applies to the Ubuntu installer: As long as you require a fairly basic -desktop- configuration (Read: No fancy storage, no LVM, no fancy setup source [nfs, dvd, http], -very- basic encryption, standard software set and repository selection, etc), the Ubuntu installer is a great tool, but once you need something complex, you're screwed. - Gilboa -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
