Ubuntu 10.10's installer looks rather nice

[Adam Jackson]

On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 15:21 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 09:51:41AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > I would like to see you create a Fedora Remix spin with this change to
> > illustrate the benefits.  That way we can evaluate feasibility and
> > overall value add before we dive head first into it across the whole
> > project.
> 
> Proving what?  You can just imagine what a rebranded Ubuntu installer
> that installed Fedora would look like.  My point anyway is that we
> could look at Ubuntu for ideas, because the first point of contact
> with users is now very smooth and (maybe) first impressions matter.

We do.

Porting Fedora to the Ubuntu installer would be rather more work than
just adding those features to anaconda.  You might get a more favorable
reaction by phrasing your RFEs positively ("this is a neat thing that
these guys are doing, we should look into it") rather than negatively
("we should throw away what we're currently using and switch").

- ajax
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