On May 8, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Przemek Klosowski wrote:
It seems to me that the main objection against a prominent
'install to disk' button is that it is not part of a normal desktop workflow---if
someone would just routinely use a Live CD, it seems rude to show them an irrelevant
'install' button.
I agree, but I'm willing to let it go for F17. The one complaint I still have is that
the window is really huge. I mean, it's taking up, what, 80% of the desktop real
estate?
A good time and place to offer an 'install' option might be
on startup (e.g. via a notification popup), and on shutdown (by an 'install' menu
option next to 'reboot', and by another popup notifification 'you are about to
shut down the system; do you want to permanently install to disk?')
I dunno. I think if there are concerns by the anaconda team about the machine state for
running from within a live session, that state is even less known on shutdown than on
startup. I'd sooner encourage a reboot. Another reason why I prefer the options: Live
vs Install, at either bootloader menu or login.
Chris Murphy