Ubuntu 10.10's installer looks rather nice

[Bastien Nocera]

On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 11:41 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> 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?

Could somebody send in bug numbers for the RFEs they filed already?

>   Can we switch to their installer?
> 
> Rich.
> 
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