https:\/\/github.com\/linuxmint\/ubiquity\/blob\/master\/ubiquity\/frontend\/gtk_ui.py#L952<\/a><\/p>\n# FIXME shrink the window horizontally instead of locking the window
\n# size.
\nself.live_installer.set_resizable(False)<\/p>\n
Simply changing the uncommented line to<\/p>\n
self.live_installer.set_resizable(1)<\/p>\n
will make the complete installing process resizable. As TRUE is not defined in the python module the absolute value 1 has to be used here.<\/p>\n
And what is this good for?<\/p>\n
As for smaller resolutions there is the „ALT-mouseclick-drag“ hint in the installation description, making the dialogue resizable would make this obsolete and more transparant for normal users.<\/p>\n
The main reason I really prefer a resizable installer is the hard disk setup part of the installation for a better overview. If you can’t see all partitions all together – especially when adding new ones – you always are at risk to install something where you did not want to. Imagine you are preparing a bootable flash stick with a system for special purposes on you every day computer (e.g. „only for online banking“, an OS presentation stick, a set of system for a classroom or what else). You have to boot it with a live medium, have several hard disk partitions and an additional device to install upon. The device names may be \/dev\/sda1, \/dev\/sdb1-\/dev\/sdbx and \/dev\/sdc1 then – but it also may be sdc1, sda1-sdax, sdb2 instead.<\/p>\n
So every time before I start a Mint install process I change „resizable(FALSE)“ to „resizable(1)“ by editing the py-file with<\/p>\n
sudo xed \/usr\/lib\/ubiquity\/ubiquity\/frontend\/gtk_ui.py<\/p>\n
and I’m satisfied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some days ago I installed Ubuntu, where the live installer is called ubquity like it is in Linux Mint. Compared to Mint the running installer looks quite different due to some distribution dependent resources – and sources. Today I installed Mint 19.2 Cinnamon „Tina“ and was surprised that the installer window\u00a0 is not resizable but … <\/p>\n
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