** Summary changed: - Unable to skip network access during installation + Quicker , user-friendly Installation
** Description changed: - When installing Ubuntu desktop on a computer with a slow Internet - connection, the "Configuring Apt" stage of the installer sits at 82% - while 'apt-get update' runs in the background. The user cannot see it - running and therefore cannot cancel it if they know the update will take - a very long time. + Currently, the installer stalls at 82% with no user-freindly instructions or feedback about the download progress. + This takes a considerable amount of time with slow connections and new users often wonder if the installation has stalled. + + Present dialogue : + + Configuring apt + [ 82% ] + Scanning the mirror.... + + New users dont know what apt or mirror actually means! + + Suggestion: + Explain the process better and allow users to skip this step. + + Downloading language packs (N Mb) ... + [ 82% ] + Language packs are essential for better localization of the Ubuntu install. + + Skip this step + + + --------------Old Description------------- + When installing Ubuntu desktop on a computer with a slow Internet connection, the "Configuring Apt" stage of the installer sits at 82% while 'apt-get update' runs in the background. The user cannot see it running and therefore cannot cancel it if they know the update will take a very long time. While having the network update during installation is quite convenient, it can also take a very, very long time for those of us who want to install first and update later. I think there should be an option somewhere in the installation that asks if the user would like to connect to the Internet to get updates/activate repositories. For the record, the update takes about 10 minutes on a DSL line that gets 20 kB/s (~256 kbps?). -- Quicker , user-friendly Installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/172879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
