Hello,
the new installation process of ubuntu is not new under Mantic Minotaur. It had already started from Lunar Lobster where it had some (serious) issues that in the process were getting better and better. Now that a new version is under way, I fired it up and I noticed the following:
1) the installation doesn't hung and the display of the first image of the installation process has improved a lot, time-wise
2) it is still slow overall though, without showing any progress
3) there is no meaning of choosing a non-english keyboard
and the last one is my comment: during installation one has the option to choose one's keyboard. I can do so by typing only a couple of characters. I follow the slideshow with the available options until the credentials of the new installation are required. Typing any name as my name, using different keyboards (I tried two different ones) is working fine. The problem arises when the computer name is required: it doesn't pick up non-english characters. Maybe in general non-latin ones (haven't checked it).
So my question is: what is the meaning of detecting one's keyboard if one cannot change it to english during installation. I have the option to change it via settings, which not only makes the installation even harder for it to finish, but also is irrelevant to the installation process.
Since english/latin characters are required during installation, I suppose that it might be a nice idea for the availability of switching keyboards during installation, when a non latin keyboard is chosen. I do know that this concerns a minor number of installations, yet this might be something that could be implemented in the future.
Regards!