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linuxmel

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Registered: 2018-05-14

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Installer

I've downloaded the iso, not booted up yet. Is the installer method GUI based?
Thanks so much in advance.

Dai_trying

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Re: Installer

It depends which image you have downloaded, The Live-cd will give you a Live Desktop session and the installer is a GUI one, the installer only image will give you a text based installer and as such is console based. I prefer to always use the Live-Cd as it is a good way to check the OS will work on your machine, any problems you encounter in a live session will likely continue to a full installation, and on the flip side if the live session works well then it is very likely you will encounter no further problems with a full installation.

Of course if you are using a Raspberry Pi image then there is no installation to perform as such, but if that is the case I imagine you would be familiar with creating a file-system onto Sd cards.

And welcome to the Forum

q4osteam

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Re: Installer

There are two types of Q4OS installation media available to download. If you downloaded the 'live-cd' iso the installer is gui based, unlike 'install-cd', which contains text based installer only.

EDIT:
While typing a more detailed answer has been posted, thanks Dai_trying

Last edited by q4osteam (2018-05-14 19:23)

Dai_trying

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Re: Installer

beat you by three minutes

q4osteam

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Re: Installer

linuxmel

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Registered: 2018-05-14

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Re: Installer

It depends which image you have downloaded, The Live-cd will give you a Live Desktop session and the installer is a GUI one, the installer only image will give you a text based installer and as such is console based. I prefer to always use the Live-Cd as it is a good way to check the OS will work on your machine, any problems you encounter in a live session will likely continue to a full installation, and on the flip side if the live session works well then it is very likely you will encounter no further problems with a full installation.

Of course if you are using a Raspberry Pi image then there is no installation to perform as such, but if that is the case I imagine you would be familiar with creating a file-system onto Sd cards.

And welcome to the Forum

Thanks for the great explanation, and thank you for the welcome!