Ubuntu 10.10's installer looks rather nice

[Josh Boyer]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> 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?  Can we switch to their installer?

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.

josh