Ubiquity Proposal - Add "minimal" setup with kernel parameter

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Carl Richell <carl at system76.com> wrote:

> 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”. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
> UbuntuExpress/GnomeUserInterface>
>
>
> I probably didn't explain what I meant well. With what's changed since
> moving to Unity, and now coming back, particularly GNOME Initial Setup,
> Ubiquity does more than is necessary. That's only because we like GNOME
> Initial Setup and the out-of-box experience it provides to customers.
>

How does ubiquity do more than necessary? Which steps do you think should
be removed? Is it simply a matter of "it does more than we need if GNOME
Initial Setup will run afterwards"?


> Our idea is a Ubiquity that only installs the operating system leaving
> user configuration to GNOME Initial Setup.
>
>
That's a fair idea, but I think the Ubiquity OEM install option is what
would work best for you *right now*; meaning that it already does only
install the operating system and leaves the configuration to the end user
(just not using GNOME Initial Setup). I know it has issues and is generally
not as well tested as the main install path; but this is fixable. If people
really care about the OEM install, then they test it, file bugs, and we fix
them.


Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu.tl at gmail.com>
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