why ubuntu LTS installs all in a single partition?

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> Has something changed?  It used to be that a fresh install had an option for doing more detailed partitioning

I think he means using the installer's defaults. The option define your own has always been there. I can't see how ppl expect an OS to do things the way they like them to be done when it's such a personal thing: everyone has a different opinion on it.