** Description changed:

  Whereas ubiquity has a way to install third-party proprietary drivers,
  such as for Broadcom wireless chips or NVIDIA graphics, Calamares does
  not. As it stands, Calamares offers no warning about this, leaving
  installs in potential unusable states without additional packages being
  installed. Graphics issues can most likely be circumvented with virtual
  terminals but the process of dealing with a wireless chip is much more
  difficult, unless ethernet is readily available.
  
  Solving this will likely require a new Calamares module to be created to
  deal specifically with this. Whether or not it would have any value to
  other distros is a question, so we lump this with the more unique
  package calamares-settings-ubuntu which also includes our unique
  automirror module.
  
+ Meanwhile the workarounds:
+  1. Use ethernet and the `ubuntu-drivers` command or the tab in 
`software-properties-qt`, through virtual terminals if needed
+  2. Figure out the right package with the drivers you need (a much larger 
topic in and of itself), find someone with an internet conneciton, download the 
deb files and all their required dependencies, transfer those files to your 
computer (e.g. thumb-drive) and install them with `qapt-deb-installer` or 
`plasma-discover`
+ 
+ Lubuntu is tracking a resolution here:
+ https://phab.lubuntu.me/T68
+ 
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: calamares-settings-lubuntu (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-generic 5.0.1
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu25
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Wed Apr 17 21:41:15 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-09 (8 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190407)
  SourcePackage: calamares-settings-ubuntu
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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  Calamares installer lacks a way to install proprietary drivers

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