kubuntu installer
While I am still pondering a good topic for my next CS oriented post, I thought I would finally take the time to promote and show off some of the changes I have been making to the Kubuntu installer, Ubiquity.
Ubiquity is basically split into two parts: the wizard backend which talks to d-i and debconf (allowed the reuse of d-i as I said before) and then frontends that just have to implement certain methods and show the right screens to the user. This design makes it easy to share one backend and have different frontends (one for Gtk/Ubuntu, Qt/Kubuntu, and Mythbuntu). I, being the Kubuntu user, obviously was interested in the Qt/Kubuntu frontend and do most if not all my work there.
beautification
After a successful Jaunty release with my updates, which were mostly keeping feature parity with the Ubuntu side, I began thinking about how to improve the installer. The main problem I had with the installer was its appearance. To me, it looked like just a regular boring application floating around on the desktop. Many of the screens had long lists (like you see in the welcome/language selection screen above) and in general were not very captivating. I really felt that the installer experience had to differentiate itself from every other application the user might encounter because the installer is the first glimpse of the system for the user. On top of that, KDE’s appearance was also changing and I wanted the installer to reflect more on what the desktop would look like once the user was done installing. Basically, I didn’t think the installer was pretty enough.
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