Ubuntu 10.10's installer looks rather nice

[Michał Piotrowski]

2010/10/11 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com>:
>
> I installed and played with Ubuntu 10.10 over the weekend (in a VM),
> and I have to say that their installer is very smooth indeed.  It's
> starting to make anaconda look distinctly clunky.
>
> Some of the things it does which are IMHO better:
>
>  - starts disk formatting / copying / installing in parallel
>   with asking user questions
>
>  - downloads updates in parallel too
>
>  - uses IP geolocation to guess the user's timezone and keyboard
>   settings (it's been 100% correct for me each time)
>
>  - suggests a username and hostname based on the user's real name
>   (Mac OS X's installer also does this -- it's a nice touch)
>
> This is in contrast to anaconda (certainly from the live CD install)
> which seems to be a usability no-go area.
>
> Thoughts?

Which of these functions can not be implemented in anaconda?

> Can we switch to their installer?

Does it support text based minimal install?

>
> Rich.
>

Regards,
Michal