Written by doddo the 15 Nov 09 at 14:44.

When "boring" part of installation starts,

What about spawning a mahjongg program or maybe solitare ? It can be in a small window so you can monitor installation progress at the same time as having fun. Or why not show case the pinnacle of linux gaming: Frozen-bubble?

I figure implementing this one is not too hard and is cheap in terms of system resources, the biggest bottle neck when installing is often reading from the CD Rom.

When "boring" part of installation starts, What about spawning a mahjongg program or maybe solitare ? It can be in a small window so you can monitor installation progress at the same time as having fun. Or why not show case the pinnacle of linux gaming: Frozen-bubble? I figure implementing this one is not too hard and is cheap in terms of system resources, the biggest bottle neck when installing is often reading from the CD Rom.

Written by mikaelstaldal the 16 Nov 09 at 14:03.

Leave the computer and do something else during installation.

Leave the computer and do something else during installation.

Written by Ssdg the 16 Nov 09 at 16:11.

The "install only" mode do exactly what it's told to... And to do something AND install... we can use the LiveCD mode and install from there. Plus it's much better than a single game. it's a whole desktop

The "install only" mode do exactly what it's told to... And to do something AND install... we can use the LiveCD mode and install from there. Plus it's much better than a single game. it's a whole desktop

Written by ActionParsnip the 24 Nov 09 at 18:31.

Click applications -> games

Play some games. Could have the first screen pointing this out.

Click applications -> games Play some games. Could have the first screen pointing this out.

Written by antaveiv the 24 Nov 09 at 19:21.

Just make more clear in the boot screen that the system can be installed in Live CD mode

Just make more clear in the boot screen that the system can be installed in Live CD mode

Written by jfparis the 13 Dec 09 at 22:35.

Display a progress indicator in the top left corner of the screen

Use the remaining of the screen to show slides (including live action screenshots) of free software alternatives to common commercial programs:
* Openoffice as an alternative to MS office
* Openoffice's capability to generate PDF docs
* VLC / Totem / Whatever as an alternative to Windows media player
* Gimp as an alternative to photoshop

These slides could be downloaded from the Internet to avoid using space from the install CD

Display a progress indicator in the top left corner of the screen Use the remaining of the screen to show slides (including live action screenshots) of free software alternatives to common commercial programs: * Openoffice as an alternative to MS office * Openoffice's capability to generate PDF docs * VLC / Totem / Whatever as an alternative to Windows media player * Gimp as an alternative to photoshop These slides could be downloaded from the Internet to avoid using space from the install CD