Timezone is taken care of by GNOME Initial Setup. We'd like to remove the duplication. On Tue, Jul 11, 2017, at 09:54 AM, Aaron Honeycutt wrote: > I'm curious on why you want to remove timezone selection. All the other > changes sound great as I would like a better partitioning setup for encrypted > machines as I feel the current one is not the best (not sure if my issues are > just with our KDE/Qt one or not).> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017, 11:47 AM Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]> wrote:>> > Thanks Carl for starting this conversation! I'm forwarding this to >> ubuntu-devel for you so that this discussion can reach a wider >> audience. >> >> Thanks, >> Jeremy Bicha >> >> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Carl Richell <[email protected]> wrote:>> >> > System76 would like to use GNOME Initial Setup for user configuration.>> >> > Currently, there is duplication with Ubiquity. >> > >> > >> > We propose changing Ubiquity to add a “minimal” mode, triggered by a >> kernel>> > parameter (a flag similar to how OEM install is triggered now). >> This enables>> > flavors to use whichever version makes sense for them. >> System76’s Pop!_OS>> > and the elementary OS team are interested in using >> “minimal”. Minimal might>> > be attractive to Ubuntu w/ GNOME as well. >> > >> > >> > “Minimal” will contain the least amount necessary to install the OS. We >> also>> > prefer off-line installs with minimal which would remove options >> to download>> > updates or install 3rd party software during install. This >> requires adding>> > language packs to the iso when using minimal. >> > >> > >> > Minimal screens: >> > >> > Welcome/Language Select - change: add KB Layout [1] >> > >> > Installation Type - change: move hostname here [2] >> > >> > If full disk encryption is chosen, Choose Security Key screen. >> > >> > --Timezone: we’d like to remove timezone but Ubiquity is crashing when we >> do>> > so. More investigation is necessary. >> > >> > >> > [1] KB layout currently comes after “Installation Type”. Users can’t >> set>> > their layout before typing a full-disk encryption password. Moving >> KB layout>> > forward would fix this. However, Ubuntu uses the first >> Welcome Screen to>> > display both language and “Try Ubuntu” or “Install >> Ubuntu”. A couple of>> > ideas: >> > >> > >> > Boot to a live environment with a “Install Ubuntu” icon on the desktop.>> >> > >> > For a “complete” Ubiquity install, move KB layout after the Welcome >> Screen.>> > >> > >> > [2] Hostname is currently on the “Who are you?” screen. It uses the >> username>> > and DMI information to populate the hostname. We propose using >> the same DMI>> > information, adding 4 hexadecimals to the end (a checksum >> of the MAC address>> > “Galag-Pro-A8F3”), and moving the hostname up to the >> “Installation Type”>> > screen. This enables “minimal” installs to set the >> hostname and business>> > customers can install the OS on multiple >> machines, with automatic or custom>> > hostnames, then give the computer to >> their user for account setup.>> > >> > >> > Current Ubiquity “Complete” Screens >> > >> > Welcome w/ Language Select and “Try Ubuntu” or “Install Ubuntu” >> > >> > Preparing to Install Ubuntu w/ Download Updates and Install 3rd Party>> >> > checkboxes >> > >> > Installation Type w/ drive setup and full disk encryption >> > >> > If full disk is chosen, Choose Security Key >> > >> > Timezone >> > >> > Keyboard Layout >> > >> > Who Are You? w/ user account setup and hostname >> > >> > >> > Proposed Ubiquity “Complete” Screen >> > >> > Welcome w/ Language Select and “Try Ubuntu” or “Install Ubuntu” >> > >> > Keyboard Layout >> > >> > Preparing to Install Ubuntu w/ Download Updates and Install 3rd Party>> >> > checkboxes >> > >> > Installation Type w/ drive setup and full disk encryption ADD hostname>> >> > >> > If full disk is chosen, Choose Security Key >> > >> > Timezone >> > >> > Who Are You? w/ user account setup REMOVE hostname >> >> -- >> ubuntu-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel> -- > Aaron Honeycutt > - Ubuntu Fl Loco South Lead > - Kubuntu Council Member
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