[Bug 121517] Re: Live CD should recommend alternate CD on slow computers

[Brian Murray]

** Tags added: usability

** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

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Title:
  Live CD should recommend alternate CD on slow computers

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  On computers at, below, or even a bit above the minimum spec for the
  main installer CD (live CD) for feisty, getting as far as the live CD
  desktop is horrendously slow. The solution is to use the alternate
  install CD, but no-one knows this (you get an option to download the
  alternate CD but don't get told *why* you might want to). Can the main
  CD either check specs on bootup or time how long it's taking to boot
  and then, if that time is over a certain threshold value, put up a
  message saying "this machine is probably too slow to use this live CD
  installer, although it will be fine to run Ubuntu: we recommend that
  you download and install from the alternate CD, available from
  http://wherever/".

  For extra bonus points, on the download page, attempt to time the
  computer that's about to do the download with a bit of JavaScript and
  if it looks like it's going to be too slow, say "If you're going to be
  using this CD to install Ubuntu *on the computer that you are on now*,
  then we'd recommend using the alternate CD because this machine might
  be slow using the ordinary CD." This obviously isn't a perfect test
  but it should help at least some people not download the wrong CD
  first time!

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