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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel,
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Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-02-27 20:12, Israel skrev:
> 
> Hi Nio
> (inlines)
> On 02/27/2015 04:35 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> Den 2015-02-26 23:50, Israel skrev:
>>> ....
>> Hi Israel,
>>
>> I see, but maybe I'm not the only one who did not try to click the black
>> text. There is a work-around: as part of the link text you can add <this
>> link>, for example
>>
>> 'OBI (the One Button Installer) <this link>' and have all of it clickable
>>
>> Or to make the text red or blue with the standard method to set the
>> colour (as used in the top of the page 'ToriOS Your Computer is Free as
>> Bird'
> Yes there are work arounds, but this bug should be fixed, rather than
> hacky work arounds.

It depends how long we have to wait for the bugfix ;-)

>> Also I think that it is not easy to find the relevant information how to
>> install the OBI from those links
>>
>> Something like this might help:
>>
>> # ----- preparing for ToriOS
>>
>> sudo apt-get install \
>> software-properties-common python-software-properties
>>
>> PPAPPS=(numix-gtk-theme numix-icon-theme numix-icon-theme-circle \
>> torios-core torios-desktop torios-doc numix-gtk-theme numix-icon-theme \
>> numix-icon-theme-circle mkusb jwm-settings-manager jwm)
>> sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:mkusb/ppa &&
>> sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:numix &&
>> sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:torios-dev/torios-core &&
>> sudo apt-get update &&
>> sudo apt-get install --yes ${PPAPPS[@]}
> Yes, this is a good idea.
> 
> Of course using OBI requires building your own ISO... so it is a bit
> more complicated.

No, it can be installed into a live or installed system on a pendrive.

> I think it might be good to adapt the ISOmaker scripts to use a text
> file to contain all the apps to install.. what do you think?

I don't know ISOmaker. Is it better than the NioWill scripts?

>> I'm not sure what should be added or removed from that list of commands,
>> and I think it can be simpler
>>
>> This is needed for mkusb
>>
>> # ----- preparing for mkusb
>>
>> sudo apt-get install \
>> software-properties-common python-software-properties
>>
>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa  # and press Enter
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get install mkusb
>>
>> What is needed for a separately installed OBI?
>>
>> # ----- preparing for obi-installer
>>
>> sudo apt-get install \
>> software-properties-common python-software-properties
> ppa:torios-core/torios-dev
> 
> for OBI.  Of course you can make your own OBI PPA so users don't get
> ToriOS stuff in their apt sources.  I want to eventually add all the
> separate PPAs into the ToriOS PPA

ppa:torios-core/torios-dev
or
ppa:torios-dev/torios-core
?

>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:???  # and press Enter
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get install obi-installer
>>
>> I think such a group of command lines makes it much easier to install
>> the OBI compared to browsing to several links, but not really knowing
>> what to use. Even I, who installed obi-installer from one of your PPAs
>> some month ago, have forgotten which is the PPA to be used, and I cannot
>> find it (I have searched for it for an hour).
> sorry I will update the post :)

:-)

>> Best regards
>> Nio
> 
>