Talk:Installing/New To Linux - Revision history

Reynhout at 20:28, 24 March 2016

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Reynhout: Reynhout moved page Talk:New To Linux to Talk:Installing/New To Linux

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Reynhout moved page Talk:New To Linux to Talk:Installing/New To Linux

Reynhout: Reynhout moved page Talk:NewpageDidfem to Talk:New To Linux

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Reynhout moved page Talk:NewpageDidfem to Talk:New To Linux

Didfem at 14:58, 19 March 2016

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Reynhout at 14:39, 19 March 2016

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Didfem at 03:37, 19 March 2016

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Reynhout at 19:59, 27 February 2016

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Didfem at 23:46, 25 February 2016

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Reynhout at 19:37, 25 February 2016

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Didfem at 18:21, 25 February 2016

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 '''didfem''': I am OK with all your suggestions regarding Name and Authorship. I feel that this Wiki page is now OK for publishing. Also, I installed GalliumOS/Sandy Bridge-Ivy Bridge on an Acer C710 following the same procedure as outlined here and the process went without a hitch. Maybe you could liaise with ColtronDRG to check if he is OK to have my C710 Installation procedure inputted in the wiki page he opened; this would save some time and effort for all of us. Incidentally, I used the same version of Unetbootin to create the USB GalliumOS/Sandy Bridge-Ivy Bridge live USB and I found that the "timer" that shows up initially to automatically boot to Default GalliumOS worked as advertised (I did two full installs, just to be sure.). This would lead to believe that the problem with this non-functioning timer in other versions of GalliumOS (BayTrail and Broadwell) is not with Unetbootin but with something in the distros themselves. Still, this is fairly unimportant.
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 '''reynhout''': Maybe we can just link it to a Reddit thread? We should announce the page when you're ready to go live with it, and solicit comments etc. Then add the link to that thread to the page to complete the circle. Does that sound good?
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 didfem: I am not sure what you have in mind for "a channel to primary author". Where should this be mentioned, and what kind of communication means should be used?
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 '''didfem''': I don't think there is any harm in leaving the CLI option as it is. If people select it and don't know what it is, nothing happens: they get to the prompt, are puzzled by the galliumos login, get back out and try the other options which "fortunately" give both the same results. I wonder, however, if this Tutorial should cater to those who want or need to use the command line interface. Since it is aimed at people without Linux and programming expertise, I don't think it would be a good idea that users tinker with a bunch of commands. The options could stay, but we don't have to talk about it. Note that the mystery remains about the "Automatic boot in 10 seconds" that doesn't work. However, I have noticed over the years that this function occasionally doesn't work with some distros; it's kind of "temperamental". Still, in my mind, it's only a "nice to have" feature, not a "need to have". Regarding the publication of this Tutorial, I leave it to you to decide how and when. Also, regarding ColtronDRG, I think I messed up when I try to send a message through the IRC channel. (I am way below the bottom of the learning curve in that IRC thing ...) Just let him know that I am willing to collaborate with him on the Acer 710 Tutorial and contact me through e-mail or through this page. Also, tell him that I suggest to use this Tutorial as a basis for the Acer 710 one; nothing much would have to be changed.
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 '''didfem''': I pushed further my investigation of the CLI option in UNetbootin. It takes you to a terminal prompting you for a "galliumos login". If you enter "username" and leave the Password blank, you get to a standard Linux terminal prompt. If you enter "startx", you get to the GalliumOS Live USB page (glass building shot from below, "Install GalliumOS" icon, etc.). In other words, it's a long way to reach the same destination. No gas saving there!
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 '''didfem''': Funny enough, I tried all three options in the UNetbootin page. The first one "Default" and the second one "GalliumOS Live Image and Installer" do exactly the same thing. The third one is now (?!) different from the screen dump I took only a week ago and inserted in the wiki. It states: "GalliumOS CLI". When this last option is selected, it first displays the standard GalliumOS front page (logo with blue background) then a terminal to enter galliumos login name then password. I don't know if there is a standard login name and password to install GalliumOS from the command line and I think it's totally immaterial. The indications I wrote in the wiki are still valid, although I could also state that pressing Enter when Default is highlighted (the "opening" option) will do the same thing. The only indication that is wrong in the UNetbootin start-up page is where it states: "Automatic boot in 10 seconds". You can wait all day, it won't boot! I haven't had this problem with many (too many...!) live USB I prepared with UNetbootin. So it might be something in GalliumOS or UNetbootin, or the interaction between the two, that causes this slightly odd behavior. Nevertheless, if you follow the Tutorial (Select "GalliumOS Live Image and Installer" with the down arrow key and press Enter), you should have no problem. I am going to take another image of the new (!) UNetbootin start-up page and drop it into the wiki page.
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