Hi! On 2015-09-17 10:24 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hi subscribers to the ubuntu-quality mailing list, > > I posted the following comment about the Startup Disk Creator after a > reminder today, that bug #1325801 is still alive. > > --- > The poor Startup Disk Creator has been suffering from many bugs for many > years now, and in spite of great efforts, our developers have not > managed to make it work properly. There are still several bugs and > strange features.
Care to elaborate what the many bugs are? I use it every single day for testing security updates on real hardware and since bug 1279987 got fixed it's been working great for me. > > At the Ubuntu Forums we started a discussion about replacing the Ubuntu > Startup Disk Creator with another tool. See these links, > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2289225 > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2291946 > > I suggest that we look for a tool that is > > - reliable > > - easy to use for a beginner > > - easy to maintain, for example more likely to work without tweaks (or > with few and simple tweaks) between Ubuntu versions. Ideally it would also have both gtk and kde frontends, like usb-creator currently has. Marc. > --- > > Best regards > Nio > > Den 2015-09-15 kl. 16:22, skrev Nicholas Skaggs: >> Nio, I agree now is the time to get the conversation started; don't wait >> until UOS. You should certainly plan on having a discussion at UOS, but >> I would start the discussion now. You'll want to talk to the -desktop >> folks as you are really asking about replacing a default application. I >> would think feature parity amongst other things would be important to >> them. Plus documentation changes, etc. The sooner you get notice to >> everyone, the better chance you will have with this. Good luck! >> >> Nicholas >> >> On 09/14/2015 10:00 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>> Hi Nicholas, >>> >>> In the Ubuntu Forums we are discussing tools for making USB boot drives, >>> that can replace the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator, SDC, in the next LTS. >>> The number and severity of bugs in the SDC has made us start this >>> discussion. >>> >>> I suggest that we have a session about making install media and making >>> it easier, particularly for beginners, to install Ubuntu (and the Ubuntu >>> family of operating systems). >>> >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2289225 >>> >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2291946 >>> >>> Right now Unetbootin has the highest score in a poll, but the poll is >>> only one criterion for what to select. It is important to listen to >>> people who know several tools and can tell the difference between them >>> and to consider which tools are reliable as well as easy to use. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Nio alias sudodus at the Ubuntu Forums >>> >>> Den 2015-09-14 kl. 15:36, skrev Nicholas Skaggs: >>>> The next UOS is coming, and it will be for an LTS. UOS is the Ubuntu >>>> Online Summit we hold each cycle to talk about what's happening in >>>> ubuntu. Now's a good time to think about what sessions would be helpful, >>>> and to plan to attend. >>>> >>>> Those of your who might be wondering what UOS is can also check out the >>>> last summit and FAQ page: >>>> >>>> http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1505/ >>>> http://uds.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/ >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Nicholas > > -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality
