Ubuntu daily build still hasn't shipped new installer

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nadebula.1984
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A rejoint: 05/01/2018

Now it's less than a week until its scheduled feature freeze. It's very unlikely that they could reach such a milestone within few remaining days. We could expect that Ubuntu loses even more users. (But, according to statistics, most ex-Ubuntu users switched back to proprietary operating systems, i.e., Losedows or OS X. This is the problem.)

Calamares has been available since Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, but rumor has it that Ubuntu insisted on using ubiquity "for freedom's sake", i.e., that ubiquity offers users options to accept or reject non-free drivers/firmware/codecs, etc., whereas Calamares (as in Lubuntu) not.

andyprough
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I argue with Ubuntu users on the Phoronix website sometimes. Many (most?) of them hate libre software and the Linux-libre kernel, think that it would get in the way of them using Ubuntu to play Steam games with. They will definitely go back to Winsux or Crapple if they can't get Ubuntu to play all their proprietary games.

andyprough
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They are not converts to software freedom. They will destroy the software freedoms of others if they feel it will benefit themselves and their proprietary games.

nadebula.1984
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One day, I was playing SuperTuxKart. Someone was so surprised that "how could there possibly be a game playable without Internet access", i.e., every legally published game must require certain online verification. Thankfully, I wasn't foolish enough to purchase a single game on Steam.

nadebula.1984
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Update: The Feature Freeze deadline has been reached, and the daily build still used ubiquity installer. There is no need for me to continue monitoring its daily builds until next year.

andyprough
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That's too bad. Did you try MX's installer on EFI yet?

nadebula.1984
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Either Debian Installer or Calamares (launched from Debian Live) works perfectly on most (if not all) UEFI systems.

My suggestion is that since ubuntu-desktop-installer probably wouldn't come with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Trisquel 11's base), we'd better switch to Calamares as early as possible.

The last meaningful ubiquity update occurred in 2015, when there was no Calamares. Then Canonical dismissed the community team later. Earlier this year, Canonical frantically re-summoned the community team, but it seems that the development process has been laughably inefficient.