Comment 18 for bug 156177

It is unfortunate that no ubuntu programmer is proficient enough (EXTREME SARCASM) to accomplish this task and cover all/most use cases...

"More to the point, what is wrong with the current implementation of allowing advanced users to install over top of a previous version of Ubuntu, deleting system files where necessary? This avoids complicated partition schemes entirely."

This kind of boxed thinking is what is continuing to hold linux back. Did you ever stop to think if the hard drive is smaller than 10gb to automatically go back to the current config and let those advanced users partition manually?

Also having a dialog to change these defaults with explanations of their purpose would be immensely helpful for newcomers.

You have forgotten what it is like to be a linux newb and how scary it is to install a system from scratch from their point of view. Unfortunately Evan you are partly responsible for holding newbs back.

INSTALLATION HAS TO BE SMARTER THAN THE NEWB a /home partition is smarter than none.

This comment is not meant to offend, it is mearly meant to point out the reality of the end user to someone who is probably lost sight of what an end user needs in an installer.

A current linux newb needs Simple Understandable Installation and again it "needs to be smarter than them"