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- The difference from the current "USB Startup Disk" is that it should be a full install with full set of features (kernel upgrades, multiple user accounts, private folder, GDM customization...). No persistence file will be needed for this kind of install, so full space of this drives can be used.

- The difference from the current "Full install" in a drive partition is that it should provide a hardware checking on every boot process (as it's done today in LiveCD or LiveUSB) to ensure the system can work in different hardware configurations (after all, it's a removable media!).

The focus of this new install option is having a full featured & hardware agnostic Ubuntu system in a pendrive instead of a LiveUSB that in practice is more oriented to a later full install on internal Hard Drives.

As big size removable drives are getting more popular and more affordable this can be very useful for everybody to keep a full system in their pocket...

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/bin/bash, /bin/csh, /bin/dash, /bin/ksh, /bin/rbash, /bin/sh, /bin/tcsh, /usr/bin/es, /usr/bin/esh, /usr/bin/ksh, /usr/bin/rc, /usr/bin/screen, /usr/bin/tcsh

However, in my kubuntu 8.10 & xubuntu (8.04 &) 8.10 installations, most of these are not installed. Most novices will neither notice nor care, but more experienced users/sys admins/developers may run into this.

Thanks in advance for considering this suggestion.

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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/17050/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/17049/ Just download it and "burn" to the USB flash drive!
I think it would be nice...

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Make it possible to save the configuration and then install everything by
apt-get --file backup.



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when you are trying to compile a tarball frecuently have to enter to apt-get and find the -dev file of every dependency of the tarball?? that is anoying !!!

the suggestion is that should be a option in synaptic/adept/... to when you download a program or library from the repository also download and install the dev file


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The point is that it can be even more useful if persistence file (space to install upgrades, new software, games or to save files as docs, pics, films...) takes profit of full pendrive space.

Nowadays 8Gb, 16Gb or even 64Gb USB drives are very affordable, but seems that in practice persistence file just use 4Gb (at least that's my experience with the USB startup application).



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When installing Ubuntu, things such as the current boot loader, details about partition tables etc should be saved. If this information is available then it may be possible to have a remove (uninstall) Ubuntu completely function. This would restore the old boot loader and restore the old partitions. For example if the process of installing Ubuntu shrank the Windows partition to free space, then uninstalling Ubuntu should expand the windows partition back to the original size. I realise this may be risky if the partitions or boot loader has changed since the install of Ubuntu.

People can currently try Ubuntu via the Live CD. However, I feel you can not truly try a system without using for a period of time, say 2 weeks – you can not do this feasibly with the Live CD. I do not really know how well Wubi works and have not tried it. May be I should have tried it before posting this idea. I understand that removing an installation where Ubuntu was installed using Wubi inside windows is easy. However I still feel an uninstallation of a standard install is a good idea.


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The extra swap partition is just over complicating things. Ubuntu could offer the swap partition as additional option and a file per default.

Performance differences from swap file to swap partition are nearly nothing, if anything.

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In the Add/Remove Applications 'program', to the left is the name of each subdirectory, but if you do a general search in all of those categories, it doesn't show you which category they will be installed to, and I'm having problems finding python (I'm a bit of a noob I know) it would be helpful if at some point (for example at the bottom of the description/detail box) which subdirectory the program will install to.

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/16954/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/16948/ my idea is that there should be an option in the Ubuntu live cd that would ensure that the older version of Ubuntu installed on the system already be upgraded instead of having to do a clean installation every 6 months. this is because most people take a lot of time to tweak their system to the way they like it to be and would not want to do that repeatedly every six moths or there about. i know that there is an option of upgrading using the update manager but this would take a frustratingly long amount of time. i also realize that some softwares (especially the ones we download ourselves) might not work with the newer version but that would just be a simple matter of upgrading those softwares to the compatible version using synaptics which would result in a much reduced download size.

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Theres no relatively new info or How-to's on the Bootloader. The only info that seems to be around is related to older versions of Grub2 and for older versions of the Distro. Therefore it makes it very risky for testers to test it out as we have no idea whats been fixed and what hasn't, whats still necessary and what isn't.

I know including Grub2 as default was discussed at UDS. I think the easiest way for us to test it and see whats its behaviour is due to lack of reasonably new info, is to do it from a fresh install where it is default.

Im sure many or most people currently testing Jaunty and those that jump on around Alpha 3/4 would download this ISO to give it a try and i think that would be the best way to get it tested on a broader range of systems than it currently is being tested on.

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I propose a change to the installation which could be used to alleviate the issues. The installer could include a small GUI program with a list of items for the user to optionally install later. That list could include components left off the LiveCD and less likely to actually be used while running the LiveCD. Think of it as an equivalent to having a gigabyte capacity CD.

Another alternative (perhaps more attractive to some) would be for the installer to set up a cron job to install the extras sometime when the internet is available and system usage is low. It could even ask user permission to do so.

Again, the goal is to not have future releases lose functionality or software based solely on the limited capacity of a CD.

This is related to suggestions about using a DVD in that the need is alleviated. One might even make a LiveCD with all the desktops by deferring installation of a lot of software until the core is installed. The CD would be less useful as a live CD, but one CD could install any of the available versions for that release with each having its own list of deferred install software. I would not promote that, but it would be possible.

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1. File/folder permissions are remembered.
2. Mounted images will show up on the desktop as if they are mounted drives.
3. Meant for binary distribution of applications.
4. Should be able to then support AutoPackage with avoiding the problem of the package file not having +x permissions by poing 1 being enforced.
5. File checksum verification of the mounted image as it's being mounted so that if it's corrupt, it won't get mounted.
6. Able to support aes encryption.
7. Able to use public/private key cryptography for verifying if it's still valid through the certificate that the software author is using.

ISO does not meet the above requirements, so we can't use that for those that are thinking we can use it.

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The bootloader configuration was very unusable. it did not seem to recognize my existing bootloader (at least if it did it gave no indication of such),and so I told it not to install grub (since I was concerned about loosing access to my other distro). I hoped that by choosing "do not
install" it would simply add some lines to the existing grub. Unfortunately that was not the case and I still needed to boot up SuSE and manually edit grub. I couldn't find any examples of grub code for 8.10 on the Internet, so I had to make it up. I got somewhat inferior, yet functional results.


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I propose that users can subscribe to the link for their ubuntu download using email, so that they do not even need to go to ubuntu.com to download. The links are emailed to them on release.

How this would work:
1)Have a link on ubuntu.com to submit email and country to be emailed best links as soon as new release is available.
2) When new release is launched, email subscribed user with list of download links.
3) Using HTML emails, recommendations of best mirror to use could be provided in realtime next to each mirror (have an image for each mirror that shows "Very slow", "fast", "average", "offline", "Current best choice" .

Then each user has an easy means of knowing their best link to use, are notified of new releases, and don't have to browse through an overburdened Ubuntu.com website simply to begin the download. Everyone wins!

And at the same time, the torrent could be hosted on any server (which could be recommended as its more secure and protects against corruption. Even if ubuntu.com and all the mirrors were offline, the torrent would be accessible in one click in the email then.

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What I suggest is that there are two modes of installation: the normal mode which is already provided, and an advanced / power user mode for better customization and fine control.

In the advanced installer, the user at any point would have the ability to accept defaults until the end (which would render the installation in 'advanced mode' the same as the normal mode up until the point the user is at) such as a 'I'm over my head!'. The user could also jump back to the simple install at any time OR the user could pick the particular default option for that section.

Why I would like this mode, is because every fresh Ubuntu install I perform essentially the same things. I disable some modules (pcspkr, firewire, bluetooth), remove extra terminals, disable some services that I don't need or do not apply, set networks settings by hand, setup some additional groups, add some extra users, configure SSH, etc etc. Even asking for some additional package installations would be nice.

Some of these features are copied from the Live CD environment, but I believe it would be more intuitive and clear from an installation point of view to be done through the 'wizard'.

Perhaps instead of directly implementing the changes, it merely creates a script that is run *after* the user verifies what it does after a default installation.


I believe this could help in post-installation configuration by allowing the installer to setup their environment better and could even lead to advancing the knowledge of the Ubuntu community by providing options to sections of Linux (and additions) that they may not have knowledge about.

Ideas? Comments? :)

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/16812/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/16780/ Fedora already did this with their "Boot Configuration" feature in the System -> Administration -> Bootloader option.

Check it:
- http://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/figs/upgradebootloader.png
- http://laserjock.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/bootmanager.png

Sounds like it could be easily integrated into Ubuntu.

By the way: When Ubuntu installs extra kernel, the default selection remains. Right now, if you select one O.S. in the /boot/grub/menu.lst and a new kernel is installed, you must edit the file again....


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What is remastersys?

Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Klikit or Ubuntu or derivative installation.

1. It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install.
2. It can make a distributable copy you can share with friends. This will not have any of your personal user data in it.

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The project is to get this program from http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/

install it remotely - I will send you the IP address by using ifconfig.

I want to make a complete backup using this system that will be placed on a live cd and allow others to boot off of it to be able to use several utilities that are custom made.

Thank you,

Tom

tr@nationalcreditrebuilders.com

Waiting for your help, THANK YOU



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