On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 23:12 -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 17:42 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:19:21PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote: > > > I'd agree that it's an extreme situation, but technically any connection > > > would be. For instance, my ISP or company would have a high likelyhood > > > that I'm running Ubuntu by watching for this. For those who are > > > concerned, I don't believe the alternate installer does this check. > > > > I'm not sure that counts because there is significant top-down pressure > > to stop supporting the alternate installer. > > Interesting, I wasn't aware. Personally, I'd support a feature of the > standard installer to put it in a silent mode. I don't think it should > be a check box, but as perhaps a "Ctrl+P" type thing. Then we can argue > about whether it's "Privacy Mode" or "Paranoid Mode" ;-) That way those > who really care would be likely to know it, but it wouldn't complicate > the more standard installs.
Installing without having the network cable plugged in would be a better way of doing this...I'm pretty sure the installer does other network stuff besides the initial network connectivity check that can be used to determine if you're installing Ubuntu. Marc. -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
