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Ubiquity

Ubiquity Installer on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha
Developer(s)	Ubuntu Installer Team
Initial release	2006
Stable release	2.0.8 / 2009-10-28; 2 months ago
Written in	Python GUIs: GTK+ and Qt
Operating system	Linux
Platform	Debian-based distributions
Available in	Multilingual
Development status	Active
Type	Installer
License	GPL v2
Website	launchpad.net/ubiquity

Ubiquity is a simple Linux installer for Ubuntu and its derivatives. It runs on LiveCD and has a Qt frontend and a GTK+ frontend. Ubiquity was first introduced in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake).

Features

• Internationalization support
• Automating installations support
• Customizable for derivatives like Mythbuntu
• Auto crash detection (Apport) support
• Graphical timezone selection
• Import account settings and files from existing Windows, Linux and Mac OS X installations (migration-assistant)
  • User accounts
  • E-mail account
  • Instant messaging accounts
  • Bookmarks
  • User's pictures, wallpapers, documents, music, photos folder (Windows only)

Ports

• Kubuntu
• Xubuntu
• Mythbuntu
• Linux Mint

See also

Free software portal

• Anaconda
• Wubi

External links

• Ubiquity
• Ubiquity in Launchpad