Ubuntu
ubiquity package

Ubiquity installation says "You can try Ubuntu without making any changes to your computer directly from this CD

Focal (20.04)
Bug #1854601

Bug #1854601 reported by Bill (franksmcb) on 2019-12-01

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This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Medium	Unassigned
	Focal	Triaged	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

When booting from an iso all Ubuntu and flavours have the option to Install or "You can try <distro> without making any changes to your computer, directly from this CD"

This should be changed to something other than "directly from this CD" I would recommend something like "directly from this iso" since many users will no longer try or install from a CD or DVD.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-18.19-generic 5.3.1
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.432
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Dec 1 01:11:27 2019
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20191127)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Bill (franksmcb) (franksmcb) wrote on 2019-12-01:

#1

Casper.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (932 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDm.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (128.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Bill (franksmcb) (franksmcb) wrote on 2019-12-01:

#2

VirtualBox_UM-20.04_30_11_2019_18_24_29.png Edit (70.9 KiB, image/png)

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Barbara Harris-Pruitt (thepiper) wrote on 2019-12-01:

#3

This affects me, too.

Bill (franksmcb) (franksmcb) on 2019-12-01

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
tags:	added: ubuntu
description:	updated

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2019-12-01:

#4

Thanks for your suggestion.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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Anthony Harrington (linuxchemist) wrote on 2020-01-10:

#5

A workaround I've seen has been to say 'Installation Media' rather than DVD/CD. Bug report raises a good point given the move away from these by default.

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Anthony Harrington (linuxchemist) wrote on 2020-01-10:

#6

In this same vein, there are some strings referencing how some problems with the live installer can be caused by the person's disk/DVD/CD needing to be cleaned or burned to a slower speed. Might be time to alter or scrap these as well.

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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote on 2025-02-22:

#7

Thank you for taking the time to submit this bug report. Ubiquity is now unmaintained, and is replaced by either the Ubuntu Desktop Inser or Calamares starting with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Therefore, this bug is being closed as Won't Fix. If you believe this was done in error, feel free to re-open the bug. If yave any general questions about Ubuntu, please open a topic on the Ubuntu Discourse instance: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Won't Fix

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