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    [DESKTOP] Minimal Install not so minimal

    So a few days ago I decided to try the 20.04 version of Kubuntu.
    Q-Is there a more suitable place to point out errors. Or is the forum good enough?

    I didn't want to dual boot, so I went for a minimal install on a virtual Machine.
    After selecting "minimal" install and DEselecting updates and third party drivers, I let it be. After a reboot I was shocked at the following

    1. LibreOffice was install Despite the instructions to the contrary, and worse of all, it wanted 200-300 Megs of frigging updates.
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    This was "needing Updating" from Discover. I had to manually unselect multiple things, then decided to just command remove and purge LibreOffice, which resulted in the Kubuntu crashing and I had to repeat the install.
    2. When I opened Firefox, some system tray icon popped up asking me to install some plasma addon to Firefox. Seriously. Why?
    3. What is "Colorcorrect geolocation Updater" ? Why is it running? (Ny anti-NSA paranoia is kicking in)
    4. Battery settings still present.

    It's a desktop. I still haven't found out where to disable and uninstal this feature.

    On the plus side.
    The system settings is a little better in layout. Still annoying that some items when selected, bounce you to a new menu screen, and you have to go and select <back>.

    From point 2 above. I have managed to find that some background service is running to prompt people to install this addon. (Why is it the NSA is telling ubuntu what to run?) From reading about this addon, it is meant to easily share stuff. That is about as user friendly and private as Firefox sync. If I wanted other companies, the Government to know what I do online, which porn sites I visit, what undesirable searches I perform, then they can get a friggin warrant.
    I still firmly believe that stuff like this, needs to be pointed out to the user, as in "We have this new feature, blah blah, privacy statement" do you want it installed "<Yes or No>". If you select no, it is removed. If nothing is selected, it is disabled until you agree to it.

    ALSO
    If you do select a minimal install, and Kubuntu wants all this stuff added, like LibreOffice, Spyware, Bloatware, Other things, how about a "Complete your install... Do you want to add the following items" And again explain what it is, how big it is, what it means to the user, computer.
    For computer literate people, this is good
    For people that struggle to find the 'ON' button, and haven't a clue to password, then asking this is good. It should explain what it is, why it's being installed. Everyone I have convinced that Linux is better than Windows, keeps asking me what all these things are. I have a minimal hardware laptop, and last time I tried a minimal Kubuntu install, it clogged up the Hard Drive, and slowed down the CPU so much, that I got very frustrated, I went and found an actually 50meg install. At least it worked. Did what it was told, and was an actually minimal install.

    I think I've vented enough for now.
    Charles

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    https://bugs.kde.org/
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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      #3
      Originally posted by GreyGeek View Post
      Well maybe not for the Libreoffice bug. Looks like the installer did not uninstall this at the end of the process for some reason
      The Minimal Install actually removes software, as *buntu copies an OS image to disk as opposed to installing individual packages for the most part.
      Bugs in the installer should be done via launchpad, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bugs

      It is highly unlikely anyone from K/Ubuntu will see this problem here, so reporting is helpful. I did not notice this on my test installs, and I always do the minimal option. But I did not look for Libreoffice so I simply may not have noticed.


      2-- The plasma addon is for plasma integration with firefox, which is an extremely popular and highly requested feature for Plasma users, and has been around for a few years now, in this form.

      3- it is used for the Night Color feature that is part of plasma in the past few versions, and was originally in Kubuntu 18.04, but only on Wayland sessions at the time

      4 - Dunno, it is the shortcut for various power settings, and shows the battery level of my UPS, wireless keyboard, and bluetooth mouse , but it is normally hidden for me on my desktop PC, until that time my mouse battery got low.





      I find it amusing when people take an option and feature-filled desktop dripping with bling-ability, and gripe about all the.....features and bling

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