vanilla installer

[Muqtxdir]

now that vanilla-installer is run in its own session during installation in 2.0. I wanted to share few-designs to make the installer better approachable.

screen1: welcome:

• use vanilla-flower logo and add greeting transition similiar to first-setup
• split GtkButtons to AdwActionRows:
  • Install (Proceeds ahead)
  • Recovery (Launch Recovery Menu Dialog)
  • Power Off (Add option to Shutdown, Reboot, UEFI Setup)

screen2: language

• make use of GtkListBoxRow + GtkCheckButton (replace AdwComboRow)

screen3: keyboard

• fetch all keyboard layouts from chosen Language from prev. screen
• incase user needs other layout apart from chosen language, they can search for it.
• Move Test the keyboard Layout Row as footer with Separator in between

screen5: install disk

• split existing harddisk selection view into two separate pages

  • screen5a: choose install method:

    • Have option to either go with Clean Install and Custom. (this behavior is common across most installers)
    • Add Web links to our handbook guides below.

  • screen5b: choose disk (clean install):

    • Display drivename, drivesize and drivelocation path

  • screen5b: choose disk (custom):

    • Instead of using Dialog-ish windows present them inside window
    • Add New option to choose Bootloader drive (grub install device)
    • Show paritions from all drives in the ExpanderRow( ex: /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb7)
    • Move gparted row to footer
      

[Muqtxdir]

to-do:

• [x] welcome
• [x] language
• [x] keyboard
• [x] timezone
• [ ] disks
• [ ] encryption page
• [ ] summary page
• [ ] progress page

[mks-h]

On screen 3, since there can be multiple selections, it should use check boxes, not radio boxes.

As for the screen 5, I fell like it uses wrong template. First of all, the only crowded page is the "screen5b: choose disk (custom)" (you really should have just named it 5c). The other 5b (clean install) will usually only have 1 disk in the list, likely never more than 5. And the 5a screen only seems filled due to the oversized icons. I think it would be better to put disk selection on the first page (with less prominent icons), and have a separate page for manual partitioning (which looks cool to me, I guess). I also don't like the terms used on these pages, but IDK if I should discuss them at this point?

[jamiethecat]

TODO: Port the widgets here to Libadwaita 1.4, especially ToolbarView: https://blogs.gnome.org/alicem/2023/09/15/libadwaita-1-4/