command install startup disk creator ubuntu terminal

No ISO found, but Internet available → open the download view.Įlse (no Internet and no local ISO) → open the error view, make the Download image button non-clickable.Ī right click on a ISO row should allow the user to open the folder containing the ISO file (nice litle gimmick) and to delete it.If a valid ISO is found in max 300ms, open the main view (mock-up below).Īuto-select the latest LTS - if present - or the newest release of $MY_DISTRO.Ĭheck if a USB stick is available, if yes make the Make Startup USB button clickable.Run locate, Zeitgeist and find to find ISOs (search with find in the $ISO_AND_DL_DIR). It is also very important to show very clearly which is the target device, when there are more than one (more than one USB device, not only when other devices are displayed and possible to select. It is worth considering in the general mockup. I have used that feature not only in Virtualbox. Unetbootin has an option/toggle to show also other devices (with a warning), not only USB. If there is none, display a warning instead of the drop-down. Auto-detect all connected USB sticks and display them on the drop-down.If the SDC needs to download an image it should use something like zsync -i path-to-existing-iso url-new-iso.zsync to download only a bin-diff if there is another ISO already available → faster download + bandwidth gets saved. Use locate, Zeitgeist, find or whatever, but find the ISOs for the user (remember: only the ISOs of Ubuntu versions that get updates and its official derivates). Also already downloaded and supported ISOs should be auto-detected without any user interaction.

The SDC should be able to download with a few clicks all current Ubuntu ISOs that get support updates as well as the ISOs of Ubuntu official derivates.

The first barrier to remove is the need to find and download a Ubuntu ISO image. The aim should be to allow the creation of a startup USB without the need to leave the program (to download an ISO), with the lowest amount of user interaction (clicks), in the most polished way. It should be really easy to create a startup USB stick, therefore the SDC should automate as many tasks as possible and hide all non-essential or technical information from the user. The SDC is kind of a semi-public face of Ubuntu and an important tool to spread it, therefore it should be as straightforward and simple to use as possible – some people even don't have an optical drive anymore. The SDC in its current form has a suboptimal work flow, displays too much unimportant information to the user and requires too many steps to actually create a startup USB stick. Why the Startup Disk Creator (SDC) schould be redesigned Startup Disk Creator redesign & renaming proposal

Command install startup disk creator ubuntu terminal