UbuntuExpress's questions

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:33:13AM +0100, Juan Jesús Ojeda Croissier wrote:
> I've been working on the UbuntuExpress and I was thinking about to
> eliminate some questions. The reasons are they are not really necessary
> and:
> - questions = + easy = happier user ;-)
> 
> My idea is to eliminate questions about language, keymap, timezone and
> network.

There was never a question about the network in the original spec, and I
don't think that we need one.

> The user already configures the language, keymap and timezone at the
> start of the Live CD, so it's no point to ask again. And if the network
> is not configured by the live system (casper or whatever), probably the
> user does configure it in order to test well the system.

The live CD does not ask the user for a time zone; it assumes UTC.

> So I propose not to ask those things but copy the config from the live
> system to the target installation.
> 
> The UbuntuExpress (installer from the live CD) sequence would be:
> 1- Welcome
> 2- Ask for hostname, user's fullname, name and pass.
> 3- Partitioning
> 4- Progress bar (formating partitions, copy the system, copy the configs
> and extra postconfig)
> 5- Goodbye
> 
> 
> Anyone against this proposal? Comments?

The prototype demonstrates my thoughts on which questions should be asked.
The inputs to the backend are:

- Mount points
- Time zone
- Keymap (pending LiveCDPrompts conclusions; I think this should be removed
  now and the live CD selection used)
- username
- password
- full name
- hostname

-- 
 - mdz