Trying Out Ubuntu's New Flutter+Curtin-Powered Desktop Installer Was Disappointing

[skeevy420]

I love the reason for the error in the screenshot.

Exit code: 100
Reason: -

That pesky hyphen

[mcirsta]

They can of course invest in whatever they want but I was much more interested in their mobile efforts and especially the combination of mobile + desktop on one device.
A new installer based on a new UI toolkit is boring and useless.
It seems though that everyone thinks they need new installers , new desktops and a new build system.
Speaking of which , isn't Ubuntu also working on a new build system.
Good thing we have Red Hat who are actually working on some more useful things.

[tuxd3v]

I love the reason for the error in the screenshot.

Exit code: 100
Reason: -

That pesky hyphen

No...
Exit Code 100... Network is Down.

[StarterX4]

Why not just use Calamares instead of developing another trash that's going to cause a lot of issues, waste time and money?

[Ironmask]

I love the reason for the error in the screenshot.

Exit code: 100
Reason: -

That pesky hyphen

[om26er]

So, they're just reinventing the wheel for no reason, just like how Mir started?

I don't even understand why Canonical uses systemd instead of upstart if they keep acting like this

Don't just throw around words. It's not reinventing the wheel when You are rewriting the software that You created in the first place.

[Paradigm Shifter]

I love the reason for the error in the screenshot.

Exit code: 100
Reason: -

That pesky hyphen

I can't find it any more, but I have a photograph (somewhere) of an error that a spectrometer controller program used to throw up occasionally: "Error! No error."

I always used to assume that something it was doing in the background was supposed to fail, and if it didn't, there was a problem. But the pop up message would always make us laugh. Confused the hell out of users if they ever saw it, though.

As for ZFS at install - it might just need a couple of extra packages installed before the option becomes visible? e.g.: installing libzfs2linux zfs-initramfs zfsutils-linux and zfs-zed allows ZFS-root install for Linux Mint 20.2.

[Particle]

I think my favorite installation method is debootstrap.

[Etherman]

Why don't they improve the Debian installer instead?

[NateHubbard]

Wow, a lot of people seem to hate the idea of them trying to improve their installer.