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#1 2018-05-14 18:43

linuxmel
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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.

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#2 2018-05-14 19:18

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 smile

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#3 2018-05-14 19:21

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 smile

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

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#4 2018-05-14 19:24

Dai_trying
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Re: Installer

big_smile beat you by three minutes big_smile

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#5 2018-05-14 19:24

q4osteam
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Re: Installer

smile

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#6 2018-05-14 19:38

linuxmel
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Re: Installer

Dai_trying wrote:

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 smile

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

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