[Bug 1638156] Re: Users should be warned when using a non-persistent installation
Brian Murray
brian at ubuntu.com
Tue Nov 1 14:52:27 UTC 2016
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Title:
Users should be warned when using a non-persistent installation
Status in casper package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Users should be given a warning when using a non-persistent "Try
Ubuntu" USB stick.
I had about eight hours of work thrown away because I started doing
work on a Ubuntu USB stick and didn't realize it wasn't persistent
until I rebooted and my work was gone. I'm an experienced software
developer -- if it could happen to me, it would definitely happen to
the average user.
The problem is that with every normal OS setup a user has ever used
(Windows, MacOSX, ...) when you save a file to "disk", the change is
persistent. Because of this the expectation, even when booting from a
USB key, is that changes will be persistent.
A warning dialog box on boot, and/or a warning wall-paper would help
prevent others from losing hours as I did.
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