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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the tip, Dale,

I'll look at BT Sync

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-11-06 00:44, Dale Visser wrote:
> I have experience with BT Sync, and think it could be a good solution.
> 
> Sent from my Windows Phone From: Federico Leoni
> Sent: ‎11/‎5/‎2013 4:16 PM
> To: Nio Wiklund
> Cc: lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Phill Whiteside; lubuntu user list
> Subject: Re: One Button Installer next step
> About Trasmission, I forgot to say you need transmission-cli package
> too to operate via console...
> 
> And to create a torrent storage online at full speed... How about this?
> 
> http://www.bittorrent.com/intl/en/sync
> 
> F.
> 
> 2013/11/5 Federico Leoni <effelle@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> 2013/11/5 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Hi Federico and Phill, and everybody else who wants to contribute with
>>> tips or opinions about the OBI,
>>>
>>> I have started with the next step(s) developing the OBI. I have done
>>> some work already with items 1 and 4 (making and selecting tarballs).
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> The current step
>>>
>>> 1. Make tarball: xz compression by default.
>>> Select compression, tarball name, drive in a menu
>>>
>>> 2. Add in README how to install language properly
>>>
>>> 3. Move in README mkusb before manual method
>>>
>>> 4. Select tarball:
>>> Make clear what is the standard (and easy) method
>>> Own directory for tarballs: /tarballs linked with ~/tarballs
>>> Import tarballs via the internet: lynx and/or wget
>>>
>>> 5. dd-image-file with Lubuntu 13.10 included
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> Further in the future
>>>
>>> 6. Lubuntu-Xubuntu tarball
>>>
>>> 7. Use prepared partitions (made with gparted) to install tarball and
>>> swap. This opens the door to dual boot systems with the OBI.
>>> ============================================
>>>
>>> Please help me evaluate Lynx for importing tarballs!
>>> -----
>>> Use this manual
>>>
>>> To download tarballs:
>>>
>>> 1. Select download with Lynx
>>> 2. Repeat the 'Arrow Down' key until you high-light the desired tarball.
>>> 3. Press the 'Enter' key
>>> 4. Press the 'd' key to download the tarball
>>> 5. Press the 'Arrow Down' key to high-light 'Save to disk'
>>> 6. Press the 'Enter' key
>>> 7. Edit the file name if you wish and press 'Enter' again
>>> 8. Press 'q' to quit.
>>> 9. Confirm quitting with 'y'
>>> -----
>>> and run this command
>>>
>>> lynx phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/tarballs/
>>>
>>> Is Lynx easy enough?
>>>
>>> Or is it necessary to use another system, that is easier to run?
>>>
>>> - a home-made dedicated system with dialog menus or
>>>
>>> - to add graphics into the OBI session and run a 'normal browser' to
>>> download tarballs or
>>>
>>> - to set up a torrent system (also add graphics into the OBI session and
>>> use a standard torrent client. (I'm using Transmission, but I'm open for
>>> other software, for example, is there a good text mode torrent client?)
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>
>> I don't like much Lynx but could be a good solution. A torrent system
>> would be the best choice but without browser, and Transmission can
>> operate via command line installing the package transmission-daemon
>> and using it directly in your script.
>> Let me finish some work and I'll look on it. Did you already update
>> the OBI dd image and the mkusb script?
>>
>> F.
>