I was waiting for your installer for a long time Nio. :) I'm very happy it's ready, I'll test as soon as I can.
F. Em 08/09/2013 05:12, "Nio Wiklund" <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> escreveu: > Hello everybody, > > > *Typical cases for the One Button Installer* > > - Tool that is easy to use and just works > > The normal linux installers that come with iso files are complicated to > use or freeze during the installation process, and you want a tool that > is easier to use and just works. > > - Replace Windows XP > > Replace Windows XP because you want the computer to work faster or > smoother with an Ubuntu based linux operating system, or at the end of > life in April 2014, when there will be no more security updates for > Windows XP. > > - Backup > > You want a simple method to backup (and restore) your whole installed > linux system. The One Button Installer combines installation, backup and > restore in one set of tools. > > - Your own portable Ubuntu based linux system > > You want to make your own linux system portable and port it to a USB > pendrive or to be installed in another computer to be used by yourself, > or to be uploaded to the internet for sharing with other people. The One > Button Installer can do it in a simpler way than to remaster the code > and make an own iso file. > > > *Background* > > One main objective with Lubuntu is keeping old computers running. > Another objective is to supply an operating system, that is easy to > install and use. Often old computers have low RAM, which can make it > hard to use the iso file installers for Lubuntu (the desktop one and the > alternate one). Furthermore, some users get confused by all the > alternatives. The alternate installer is better with low RAM and both > installers are better with zRAM in Saucy, but not really easy to use, > fast, and with feed-back so the user knows it is alive. > > This is why I started to develop the One Button Installer, the 'OBI'. It > is quite stable now, it works well with a wide range of computers from > new computers with Intel i5 CPUs to old ones (I can use it in a Compaq > with a 400 MHz CPU and 128 MB RAM) and it runs even faster than before. > > There must be a USB port or some other means to add a second mass > storage device, where the One Button Installer can reside. A second HDD > (IDE/PATA or SATA) drive is also possible, but not as convenient. > > I have found that it works with help of the Plop boot manager to boot > old computers, which cannot boot directly from USB. > > The One Button Installer is running in text mode (made from the Ubuntu > mini iso) and it needs very little RAM. You can choose the drive (mass > storage device), the target where to install the system. If there is > only one available drive (except the live drive), there is no choice, > only 'go' or 'quit'. (There are also some options to help the user > identify which is the correct target drive.) So the installer is made to > install its system to the whole drive. And it should not confuse a user, > that is new to linux, at least not after reading the documentation. > > > *You find the One Button Installer here* > > The One Button Installer is still experimental (but quite stable), and I > think you will like it, so please have a look at the documentation, > download an image file and try it :-) > > The files, documents to read and image files to download, can be found > at my google drive account > > > http://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzX-18u3W1sQblBTYXNacGVsVkk&usp=sharing > > The files to download are also available at Phillw.net > > http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/ > > and there is a preliminary tutorial at wiki.ubuntu.com > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw/OBI > > and at the Ubuntu Forums > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2172971 > > The intention is that the tutorial at wiki.ubuntu.com should be the > master version, with the other web pages referring to it or serving for > downloading the files. > > > *My personal comments* > > When you have tried the OBI, I think you will see the potential: How it > can be used by many people to install Lubuntu for example to replace > Windows XP. Later on we can discuss if and how it is should be easier to > understand and run, and maybe more polished. > > -o- > > It is easy to create custom systems to distribute without making an own > distro or fork. Avoid proprietary drivers, make a tarball, and use the > One Button Installer to install it into other computers! Very simple :-) > > And it will keep many custom systems 'within the family' rather than > forking away, because the normal update/upgrade methods work including > upgrading to the next version. The custom system is simply a copy of > Lubuntu with some tweaks. > > There are actually two 'buttons' ;-) one 'button' to select tarball and > one 'button' to select target drive. > > > Best regards > Nio > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms > Post to : lubuntu-co...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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