2010/10/11 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > 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? Which of these functions can not be implemented in anaconda? > Can we switch to their installer? Does it support text based minimal install? > > Rich. > Regards, Michal -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
