How Goes it with Breezy?

David Woyciesjes woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net
Wed May 11 18:07:26 UTC 2005


Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
>>Are graphical installers and boot splash screens really a priority for
>>the breezy release?  
> 
> 
> Well as far as I can gather, they were already planned for Warty, didn't
> make it, then for Hoary, again didn't make it. So either we get them for
> Breezy, or we officially give up on them forever and concentrate the
> resource on making all the H/W and under the hood stuff work perfectly.
> But since the people who do the graphics stuff may not be the ones who
> do the under the hood stuff, then there is no sense in stopping one, as
> it won't help the other at all anyway.
> 
> 
>>I really am not eager to see ubuntu turn into
>>another distro like suse where the installer is really crazy
>>looking... 
> 
> 
> Yes, I remember trying to install Suse 9.1 once, it all looked great,
> but the installer was so confusing that I cancelled the install, for
> fear of screwing my data and/or partitions.... :-/
> 
> 
>>during an install i want efficiency.
> 
> 
> Well, I don't see what a graphical version of the Ubuntu installer would
> remove in the usability/efficiency department ? Efficiency is achieved
> by design, it is not dependent on the nature of the user interface. If
> you have a crappy text installer, turning it graphical will only make it
> pretty but still as crappy an installer, no ? Whereas turning the nice
> Ubuntu installer graphical, will only make it prettier (if done with
> taste of course...). But why would it remove any of the efficiency ?
> just the opposite, it will make it better. Instead of using the keyboard
> only, you will have the possibility to use the mouse as well. More
> flexibility means more people will feel confident/happy using it, hence
> more people using Ubuntu :-)

	How about giving the user a choice as to which installer to use? Have 
grub give them a choice of either the new graphical installer, or the 
standard proven text one?

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