Bug 18549

Summary:	All live disks should recognize where install can be started from the desktop or first level of the menu
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Dick Gevers <dvgevers>
Component:	Release (media or process)	Assignee:	ISO building group <isobuild>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	mageia, marja11, sysadmin-bugs, tmb
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	6sta1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	All live disks	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Dick Gevers 2016-05-26 17:29:13 CEST

Description of problem:

Certain types of desktop do not have desktop icons (but can have them enabled, if so then they must be in live mode) and/or Live install needs to be in the first view of the main menu, not one or more levels down for the user to search and get exasperated.

The purpose of the live disk is to have the newbie user try (Mageia) Linux and be able to install it easily.

A user not finding it in the desktop or base menu may well give up.

Please don't answer "it has been like this for so... long" that's the very reason it should have been fixed earlier and why newbies don't use (Mageia) Linux after seeing Live at work.

I am quite sure this can be fixed easily before M6 final, so kindly aim for that.

Dick Gevers 2016-05-26 17:29:22 CEST

Keywords: (none) => 6sta1

Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2016-05-26 17:39:51 CEST

What do you mean ?

Gnome has the installer Icon in the launcher menu on the left side
Plasma have it in the "favorites" menu that is the first one shown if you click on the "K" start menu button

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 2 Dick Gevers 2016-05-26 18:21:38 CEST

I had a hard time finding it in the plasma menu.

When I click on  the menu button I don't see it right away.

And I heard it is easy to put it on the desktop with Plasma, so let's do that!

Marja Van Waes 2016-05-26 19:24:25 CEST

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 3 Thomas Backlund 2016-05-26 19:32:27 CEST

Yeah, we used to put it on Gnome Desktop too, but I dont remember if we stopped doing that for mga5 or if it is a post mga5 issue...

Shouldnt be too hard to fix.

Comment 4 Dick Gevers 2016-05-26 20:23:30 CEST

Great :))

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Samuel Verschelde 2016-10-31 15:15:46 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => isobuild

Comment 5 Martin Whitaker 2017-03-08 21:39:45 CET

It's on the desktop for both Plasma and Xfce LiveDVDs

GNOME 3 doesn't normally display icons on the desktop, and generally we try not to change the DE defaults on the Live DVDs. The installer is the top item in the Applications launcher, so pretty easy to find.

Is this good enough?

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 6 Dick Gevers 2017-03-08 23:16:12 CET

That's exactly what I meant. So now it is fixed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED