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Idea #28138: Add option to edit what programs are installed from a Live CD

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #23490: Configure Ubuntu Programs During Installation.
Written by mihalybaci the 17 Jun 11 at 16:29. Related project: Live CD installer. Status: Not an idea
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Whenever I have to do a fresh install of Ubuntu, the first thing I do, before even updating to new packages, is remove programs I don't need or use (Bluetooth, gwibber, empathy, etc.). This doesn't take too much time, but it is fairly annoying and I worry that I don't also remove all the different bits and pieces of each program even after apt-get autoremove.

Why do I have to install these programs in the first place?
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Solution #1: Add option to enter software center-like app to change default install.
Written by mihalybaci the 17 Jun 11 at 16:29.
I would like to see something like this. After all of the computer settings are entered (name, password, etc.), the Live CD would go to a screen which says, "Would you like to alter the installation?" or some such thing. Then there would be two button options "No, perform default install" and "Yes, I would like to edit programs". "No" would do a standard install, "Yes" would open a software center type application where you could edit default programs, replace empathy IM with pidgin IM, or, allow you to not install any program, remove bluetooth without installing a replacement. Packages that would change the system to a higher degree (e.g. switching kernels) would NOT be included as users with more advanced knowledge could just to a minimal install and edit from there.

This setup would be easier for newer users than a minimal install, but allows them to remove software they know they don't want.

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Vahan Harutyunyan (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 17 Jun 11 at 16:47
Idea #6929: "Choose applications during install"
Idea #23490: "Configure Ubuntu Programs During Installation"

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 17 Jun 11 at 17:27
Seems like you have questions about how package management works. I encourage you to ask those questions in the forums.

There are two anserws to your question 'Why do I have to install these programs in the first place?'

1) You don't. The question indicates you have outgrown the limitations of the LiveCD, which is intended for new users to try Ubuntu. Advanced users should use more advanced and flexible tools. The minimal installer, the alternate installer, and other install methods do already let you safely customize your install. They also tend to be faster and download much less. Try them.

2) The specific reasons that the LiveCD is all-or-nothing: First, the LiveCD is intended for new users. New users won't know what to choose, so it's quite rude to ask them a lot of questions they won't know the answer to. Second, the same new users expect the installed system to be just like the live system they tried, again without pestering them with unanswerable questions.


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