If there's one thing I would concentrate on, it would be making the installer absolutely bulletproof. I think the installer is already very good, yet I had problems with each of my two installs. One was a mess about which partition actually would be the target of the install. I could have deleted the old Windows partitions first and avoided the uncertainty, but that shouldn't be necessary, or at least should be mentioned during the install, and a summary screen of exactly what the installer is going to do before you sign on the dotted line is a must.
On the second install I had video problems, whereby the display was divided into four columns and the welcome screen was about 4 times as large as the screen (14" laptop). I had to search the Web to find the nomodeset flag to add to advanced boot options, which solved the problem.
There should at least be a built-in help page on the installer to help the user know about these options if something goes wrong or if there is confusion. He should know exactly what's happening without searching the Web.
The installer has already come a long way, but especially if you're targeting new converts from Windows, and your goal is to provide them with a turnkey alternative, it really is important to make the installer failsafe.
Blessings,
Paul
On the second install I had video problems, whereby the display was divided into four columns and the welcome screen was about 4 times as large as the screen (14" laptop). I had to search the Web to find the nomodeset flag to add to advanced boot options, which solved the problem.
There should at least be a built-in help page on the installer to help the user know about these options if something goes wrong or if there is confusion. He should know exactly what's happening without searching the Web.
The installer has already come a long way, but especially if you're targeting new converts from Windows, and your goal is to provide them with a turnkey alternative, it really is important to make the installer failsafe.
Blessings,
Paul