I have a couple of questions about a customized Distro I’m making for my dad (sending him a USB to install it from) that’s easy to use (he’s always been extremely tech illiterate - he only learned how to use a computer thanks to Linux, but that version of Ubuntu he had learned on is over 10 years old now) and I can connect to via Rust Desk that has a custom icon that says “help” (using Mint 22.1)

So far, the closest to success I’ve had is using Systemback - it perfectly copied the system as set up.

But, there’s just one big problem - the installer.

The installer, despite being a GUI, is not user friendly. Not only are there a lack of instructions (making it unintuitive on what you need in order to be able to click “next” even if you are basically tech literate), but it involves manually partitioning the hard drives into 3 partitions - there’s also no “erase all and use the whole drive” option.

My question is, can I edit or replace the installer Systemback uses, for something slightly easier, or if not feasible:

Can I use the terminal in Cubic to change a program’s icon, move the panel (optional), and pin a program to the panel, as well as set up Firefox to not have AI, change the search engine, font size, and bookmarks, as well as install uBlock? (I’d install Librewolf, except that it doesn’t store browsing history by default, which he relies on).

  • Lumiluz@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I want to make it size agnostic, because I don’t remember what size his hard drive is (and he definitely doesn’t have the ability to check), but I have the distro installed as a partition.

    • DeaDSouL :fedora:@fosstodon.org
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      3 days ago

      @Lumiluz try these:

      For cloning:
      sudo ocs-sr -q2 -j2 -z1p -i 2000 -sc -p true savedisk /path/to/image/dir sda

      For restoring:
      sudo ocs-sr -g auto -e1 auto -e2 -r -j2 -icds -k1 restoredisk /path/to/image/dir sda

      If it doesn’t work, try using the partition image mode instead of the whole disk block

      • Lumiluz@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Thanks, I’ll try that, but how to I add that script when using clonezilla? When trying something in the past like that in the terminal it didn’t do anything and said it didn’t recognize this commands for some reason.

        Am I supposed to start Clonezilla in a different mode?

        Also, /path/to/image/dir is the partition correct? And do I have to specify which sda?

        • DeaDSouL :fedora:@fosstodon.org
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          3 days ago

          @Lumiluz in the expert mode I believe it drops you into a terminal.
          In cloning:
          /path/to/image/dir is the disk where the cloned image should be saved to. (You need to mount it once you’re in terminal the)
          sda is which disk should be cloned
          In restoring:
          It’s where the cloned image is living. (You need to mount it)
          sda is the disk where the image should be restored to