One thing I've been thinking would be good for quite some time is creating separate / and /home partitions by default. So when a user selects "Use entire disk", it would create a /home. And certainly when a user creates a / and then creates another partition, it should be /home by default rather than /boot (which I believe it is now).
On Jan 8, 2008 9:44 AM, Evan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also like the concept of setting the language and keymap at boot. The > other minor adjustments in wording etc. also look good. > > IMHO one of the most important possible adjustments to ubiquity would be > to recognize partitions by OS installed, and label them that way. I don't > know the code structure, but I imagine that it would be possible to > integrate the same OS detector that is used in the files&settings import > manager. > > Considerably more complicated would be to determine the mount points of > partitions without OSs on them. A possible example then would be: > > Windows XP - 25GB > Ubuntu 7.04 - 25GB > (Windows D:) or (Ubuntu /home/data) - 150GB > > I know the mount point detection is difficult (at least for non-linux OSs; > reading fstab shouldn't be too tricky), but the OS detection is far more > important. > > Just my two cents. > > On Jan 7, 2008 3:05 PM, Jonathan Musther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Agreed. I don't know why gparted was abandoned, it provided a more user > > friendly way to do things. I like the proposal here too! > > > > > > On Jan 8, 2008 9:00 AM, Mackenzie Morgan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Wow, that's very thorough. I particularly like the partitioning > > > suggestions, since that seems to be the hardest thing to explain, and > > > Partman (that's what's in the new installer right?) feels uncomfortable. > > > Switching from GParted to Partman resulted in a more geeky interface, IMO. > > > I partition with GParted before starting the installer to avoid having to > > > use Partman now, but that thing where the live system auto-mounts the > > > partitions after you make them (which you showed in there) is really > > > annoying since it often fails on making the filesystem because of it (I'm > > > always racing to unmount the partitions as fast as possible). > > > > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2008 2:16 PM, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > I did a walk-through and compiled issues, suggestions and several > > > > mockups regarding the Ubuntu installation: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/ubuntu_installer_thorwil.pdf > > > > > > > > Any comments welcome. I'm willing to refine things where and if > > > > there's > > > > interest. I could file requests if that's deemed helpful. > > > > > > > > The document is actually a bit older, but I decided to wait past the > > > > holidays ;) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Thorsten Wilms > > > > > > > > thorwil's design for free software: > > > > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > > > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mackenzie Morgan > > > Linux User #432169 > > > ACM Member #3445683 > > > http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff > > > apt-get moo > > > -- > > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Slingshot - a unique game everyone enjoys - and it's free :-) > > http://www.slingshot-game.org > > -- > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > -- Slingshot - a unique game everyone enjoys - and it's free :-) http://www.slingshot-game.org
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