Mark Shuttleworth wants to build an Ubuntu installer with Electron

Re:Mark Shuttleworth wants to build an Ubuntu installer with... by Insanity on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @10:51AM (#17021274)

So now their installer can be more bloated than the OS! :-)

Jokes aside, I wonder why he feels like he needs to build one in Electron. I think "just cause we can" can be great fun, but I was looking for a more substantial reason but can't seem to find it.

I've been running Linux distros for some time now (and Ubuntu being my standard for some years) and did not feel like the installers were any trouble in the past few years.

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Re:Mark Shuttleworth wants to build an Ubuntu installer with... by kevin_b_er on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @01:49PM (#17022938)

Installer might be ok, because it only has to start once. Otherwise the startup and UI lag times are too high with electron apps.

I'm more worried the installer will lose even more features while adding HTML5 animations.

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Re:Mark Shuttleworth wants to build an Ubuntu installer with... by dman on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @10:55AM (#17021302)

I suspect hiring people willing to write UIs in C/C++ is becoming a challenge over time.

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