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openEuler Community Edition

Type	Remark
✓	Overriding locales to English (they used en_US.UTF-8) on bare TTY sessions.
×	No Chinese input support during installation - can't set a Chinese full name.
×	Bad fontconfig settings, Japanese glyphs displayed on Chinese installer interface.
×	PolicyKit installed but not enabled by default.
×	Networking not enabled during installation.
×	Random files from packages loitered around `/`.
?	Cockpit not whitelisted by firewall, not accessible without further configuration.

Type	Remark
✓	Power profile support available and enabled by default.
×	Bad fontconfig settings, Japanese glyphs displayed on Chinese installer interface.
?	Installer sets default language by GeoIP detection.

Type	Remark
✓	Functionality to detect keyboard layout by a single key stroke at the installer.
✓	Internet connection wizard at the installer.
✓	Third-party drivers installation feature at the installer.
✓	Hardware driver manager.
✓	Installs open-vm-tools after detecting the virtual machine.
✓	Input method works out-of-the-box.
?	Theme selection at the installer.
?	Installation by rsync.
?	Skips GRUB menu by default.
?	Defaults to Wayland.
?	Pre-installs Remmina (RDP/VNC).
×	Language selection does not affect live session.
×	No input method support for full name input.
×	No valid installation progress indicator (only a "bouncing progress bar").
×	Poor Chinese localization "利用最好的开源进行开发."
×	No option to disable system upgrade during installation (nor was there an option to cancel the update, as with the previous Ubiquity installer).
×	Ubuntu Desktop Installer takes up a processor core.
×	Installation log was not output at real-time.
×	Yet more updates after updating during installation.
×	Data sharing with Canonical is opt-out.
×	Serif Chinese font in Ubuntu Software (Dart application)?
×	Input method switching combination doesn't seem to work (in VMware).
×	command-not-found defaults to Snap.

Date of Review: 20230819 Version: 1.0

Type	Remark
✓	Built-in "restoration mode" with validation for backups.
✓	Built-in backup tool with Ghost (?!) image support.
✓	Biometrics support for PolicyKit.
✓	Fully featured user's guide with graphical instructions!
?	Provides an older kernel (6.1 vs 5.15) at Live menu.
?	Fullscreen installer.
?	Has an on-screen keyboard enable icon.
?	A/B partition.
?	Installation by rsync.
?	Graphical wizard for installing .deb packages.
?	Built-in LAN chat.
?	Teamviewer alternative.
?	Defaults to Wayland.
?	Pre-installs an alarm clock and voice recorder.
×	Defaults to an awful resolution (800x600) while reporting 3840x2400 (VirtualBox).
×	Two on-screen keyboards pre-installed (and enabled) by default.
×	No input method support for user name input.
×	No full name setup.
×	Installer log/status indication has poor readability.
×	Bad line-wrap for desktop icons.
×	Application menu is sometimes unresponsive.

Date of Review: 20230827 Version: 4.4

Type	Remark
✓	Keyboard layout tester integrated in the installer.
✓	Provides Steam native runtime.
?	Opt-in location services to detect timezone and locale defaults.
?	Option to create multiple users from the installer.
?	GRUB menu hidden by default.
×	Language settings does nothing to the installer interface.
×	No slideshow during installation (the UI looked broken).
×	Desktop unresponsive to drag and select events.
×	No highlighting for selected icons (also opens on single click).
×	No translation for application categories.
×	Language packs not installed by default for Firefox and Thunderbird.
×	Searching for "terminal" in the application menu did not show Terminal as a candidate.
×	System update compulsory when installing a package.