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[Michel EKIMIA <contact@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all, I m wondering :
promoting ubuntu for Xp end is good
but what if the current installation tools are not enough ?
What solution can we propose as a click & click option ( No USB boot or CD)
to XP users for a native ubuntu installation ?
 IMO nothing for now, as Wubi is dead and is not an option anyway for good
performance and long time usage.
So we should check if such a tool is possible in the coming months.


What I see right now for this "tool" :

1- inspired from Wubi for starting and downloading the Ubuntu Iso ( or
maybe a preinstalled basic system which would be faster)

2- At first step, install a Wubi like installation tool in Windows and boot
it by default using the Windows Boot manager

3- After reboot, the tool is launch in TORAM mode so it's possible to
unmount the windows partition, analyse the partition scheme, and resize it
to create the 2 minimum partitions needed.


4- Then start the installation with minmimum questions like Wubi did and
create links from Ubuntu documents to Windows documents in some way.


5- Update the Windows Manager so only the ubuntu installed and Windows stay
with ubuntu being the Default.

6- When the user is happy with Ubuntu, propose on the desktop a Final
migration tool that would copy the Documents from XP to Ubuntu and resize
partitions to give the maximum to ubuntu, this step would be obviously
optional)


let me know what you think and if this seems useful I could create a
blueprint for it.




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