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Tag Archives: installer
Take A Peek At Oneiric’s Updated Installer Slides
An updated batch of slides for playback during Ubuntu installation have landed in Ubuntu 11.10.
Keryx: Offline Package Installation made easy in Ubuntu
In these days of ever-on super-fast omnipresent internet connections the need for offline installation can seem largely irrelevant to many of us. But for users stuck using dial-up, prey to intermittent or flaky connections or whose only access to the internet is in a location away from their own computer, offline updating constitutes an important [...]
Portable Linux Apps – Run your favourite apps on any Linux distribution from a USB drive
Ever wanted to run your favourite Linux applications from a USB sticks on ANY major Linux distribution with the need to install anything? Then prepare to say hello to Portable Linux Applications. The Portable Linux Apps project brings the ideal of “1 app, 1 file” to Linux. Applications are able to run on all major [...]
Easily Create a multiboot usb stick
Ever wanted to try out lots of different LiveCD’s on your thumb drive without the hassle of installing them one at a time? Say hello to MultiBoot LiveUSB which does just that. You just drag and drop as many .iso files as your drive can handle onto the application window and you’re done! Upon booting [...]
New .deb Thumbnailer script gives .deb installers application icons (updated)
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I love how fast the Open Source community works. I really do. Earlier today I posted an article titled “IF WINE INSTALLERS CAN LOOK FANCY, WHY NOT .DEBS?†which asked the question ‘Why do .debs files have to look so drab?’. Plenty of you engaged with the idea straight away and added in your own [...]
If Wine installers can look fancy, why not .debs?
Y’know, now that Windows executables look all fancy with the latest Wine – making use of the inbuilt application icons – I can’t help but think that they make Ubuntu look worse. Why? Here goes… Dreary .Deb’s Just look at native .deb installers in comparison – they look so bland and uniform and indistinct. George [...]
Proposed Ubuntu 10.10 installer changes will make installation faster, friendly, intelligent
A new installation and Live CD experience is being mooted for inclusion in Ubuntu 10.10 that aims to address the complexities and inconsistencies currently inherent in the process and thus make the entire process super-quick, friendly and reassuring to new users. Why the need? For many users the installation is their first taste of the [...]
A shiny new Ubuntu installer icon
When testing out the Lucid live CD next you’ll see a brand new icon for the Ubuntu Installer rocking out on its’ lonesome. Thanks to THAC0 over in the OMG! IRC I can bring you a comparison: – New Vs Old Now, now. I didn’t promise a dramatic change; the icon keeps the same [...]
Coming Soon: Ubuntu App Centre – Replacing Add/Remove, Synaptic, Gdebi, Update Manager…
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Ubuntu is currently developing a centralised “App Store†to simplify the adding/removing/updating/configuring of software within Ubuntu. It’s already easy! Isn’t it…? Lets start off with a quote: – If Linux has an Achilles heel, from the point of view of a Windows user, it’s installing new software. Be prepared to enter a new world in [...]
New In Karmic: Installation Changes
Our series on what new software users can expect to find in Karmic Koala come October continues. Today we take a sneak peak at the shiny new additions to Ubuntu’s installer ‘Ubiquity’. Canonical have been hard at work redesigning the Ubuntu installer ‘Ubiquity’ into something more user-friendly in time for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Ubiquity [...]