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Mostly about problems because I never got to see a working +system, so the tone is probably more negative than I'd like. + + +On boot, there was a long delay followed by "Loading program" and a +progress bar appearing and disappearing again almost before I had time +to read the message. This didn't seem optimal. + +Choice of keyboard - there was a link to wikipedia in the Help text, but +it gave me an error that there was no network. There are two entries for +US Keyboard with no obvious reason, and a third for US International +(which I chose since I'm not in the US :-)) + +I have 2 disk drives. the installer wanted to use the spare space on my +Windows drive, when the other drive already had Linux. Yes, I could +choose from the drop-down, but it wasn't clear that I was choosing where +to put Mageia. Suggest add, +Multiple disk drives found. Choose which one you want to use for the +main Mageia system. + +The disk was formatted. That was actually what I wanted, in this case, +but please add a warning that data will be lost - most humans on the +planet won't know that. + +There's no indication of how long the formatting will take, or how much +has been done. I'll leave it running for an hour or two (it's a 250G +SATA hard drive) and see if it finishes, or maybe it crashed. +Please add a note that this may take a long time, preferably with an +OK/Cancel/Skip since (1) it wasn't needed here, and (2) users may well +give it a minute or so and then move on to the next Linux distribution +on the magazine, saying "Mageia hung my computer, it's crap." + +Suggest progress bar or at least some quotes from Moliére. + +Note: eventually the bad block scan started giving a progress percentage +on another virtual terminal, but most users won't find that, of course, +even if they wait half an hour or more for it to begin. + +I'm assuming the graphics and ugly font are not final. If they are, the +pink stripes look like an error. Maybe caused by running my monitor +(1920x1200/"deep colour") in 800x600 16-bit mode. + +The long list of packages being installed - would be nicer to show the +name of the current package, and its description, and more slowly to +show a more detailed description of just one program. + +If there was a clear and obvious option to choose the LCD's native +resolution, a font like Matthew Carter's Bitstream Charter Italic would +look more sophisticated and also get more information on a line. + +Choosing a desktop - help said "broken link" + +Choosing a desktop - please add versions, not just KDE, GNOME, Other. + +Also, I might want both KDE and GNOME installed, so I don't want to +choose just one and not the other. If I'll get a chance to install more +desktops later in the installer, please say so more clearly, not buried +in help (once the link to help is fixed)... + +The installer seems much slower than it used to be, but maybe that's +changes in rpm? Three hours to install packages is a long time. Although +having said that, maybe the estimates were just wrong. + +At the end, several hours later, the DVD is ejected and the system tries +to reboot... + +PANIC cannot mount proc on /proc! Compile the kernel with +CONFIG_PROC_FS! + +Hmm. Well, I saw something go by about this on the mailing list so maybe +I can fix it without another 7-hour download of the DVD image. + +Overall, though, the installer needs a huge injection of "slickness". +It's_almost_ there, but in graphic design "almost" doesn't get you a +cigar. + +Liam + + + +-- +Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, <A HREF="http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/">http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/</A> +Pictures from old books: <A HREF="http://fromoldbooks.org/">http://fromoldbooks.org/</A> +Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org freenode/#xml + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="021314.html">[Mageia-dev] df lying? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="021301.html">[Mageia-dev] 3.0 release - some initial notes; failure +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#21227">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#21227">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#21227">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#21227">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |