Re: Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

2017-07-25 Thread Carl Richell
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017, at 11:28 AM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Carl Richell wrote:>> __ >> Hi Mathieu, >> >> >>>> >>>> “Minimal” will contain the least amount necessary to install the OS. We >>

Re: Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

2017-07-25 Thread Carl Richell
Hi Mathieu, >> >> “Minimal” will contain the least amount necessary to install the OS. We also >> prefer off-line installs with minimal which would remove options to download >> updates or install 3rd party software during install. This requires adding >> language packs to the iso when using m

Re: Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

2017-07-25 Thread Carl Richell
Hey Matthew, That is not the case: Ubuntu has been using Gnome continuously since 2004, and when I designed the first iteration of Ubiquity in 2005 we referred to it explicitly as the “Gnome User Interface”. I probably didn't explain w

Re: Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

2017-07-13 Thread Carl Richell
So in the design spec, I took a different approach: “The ‘Keyboard layout’ screen should appear immediately before whichever is the first keyboard-requiring step. This might be, for example, ‘Connect to the Internet’, ‘Allocate disk space’, or ‘Where are you’.” Unfortuna

Re: Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

2017-07-11 Thread Carl Richell
of Ubiquity and not the > main one current? I ask as part of Kubuntu since we don't use the GNOME > setup.> Though I think we have whole another UI setup for our KDE/Qt install > frontend.> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017, 11:58 AM Carl Richell wrote:>> __ >> Timezone i

Re: Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

2017-07-11 Thread Carl Richell
t; ubuntu-devel for you so that this discussion can reach a wider >> audience. >> >> Thanks, >> Jeremy Bicha >> >> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Carl Richell wrote:>> >> > System76 would like to use GNOME Initial Setup for user configura

Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

2017-07-11 Thread Carl Richell
System76 would like to use GNOME Initial Setup for user configuration. Currently, there is duplication with Ubiquity. We propose changing Ubiquity to add a “minimal” mode, triggered by a kernel parameter (a flag similar to how OEM install is triggered now). This enables flavors to use whichever