Presented at GNOMEAsia2015 Indonesia

1. BlankOn Installer
herpiko@ntb.linux.or.id
CC-BY-SA

2. Hi,
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BlankOn project volunteer
Lead Artwork team for current development branch
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Nusa Tenggara Barat GNU/Linux User Group
known as KPLI NTB
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Developer at KodeKreatif
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Taking care of BlankOn Installer development
since a month ago

3. BlankOn
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Non-profit project. One of the biggest FOSS project in Indonesia
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Releases GNU/Linux distribution. 9 releases so far. But not
focusing only on releasing GNU/Linux distribution. We have
many toys.
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A way to educate people about FOSS development. More to
development on the local capabilities.

4. BlankOn Installer
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Initiated by Mohammad Anwari aka @aksimdamt
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First introduced in BlankOn Rote 8 (2012)
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Provide basic configuration and simple automated partitioning

5. There are other existing GNU/Linux
distribution installer that works well.
Why reinventing the wheel?

6. BlankOn
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Non-profit project. One of the biggest FLOSS project in Indonesia
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Releases GNU/Linux distribution. 9 releases so far.
● A way to educate people about FLOSS development.
More to development on the local capabilities.
+ we want to provide a simple installation UX, only
having simple step (less than 8 clicks) to get a typical
installation

7. We love them!
vala libparted
and you, the FOSS people...

8. Why HTML5
instead of native GTK?
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We love web. Main architecture decision goes toward web
technologies
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It is easy to develop
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Flexible UI/UX
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Could attracts beginners to join the party

9. Steps
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Simple Partitioning
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Copying file system
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Installing bootloader
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Configuring

10. Pattern
Frontend class
Backend class
Backend library
or script
Vala
Javascript

11. Simple Partitioning
Partitioning UI
Partition class
libparted
Front end
Vala
Javascript
Back end

12. Copying file system
File copier class
File copier class
rsync
Front end
rsync was choosen because its ability to copy and preserve
the attributes of the copied files and directories
Javascript
Back end
Vala

13. Bootloader
Bootloader installer
class
Bootloader installer
class
GRUB2
Front end
Vala
Javascript
Back end

14. Configurator
Frontend File system
Configurator class
Backend File system
Configurator class
User and groups
Front end
Vala
Javascript
Back end
Desktop manager Misc configuration

15. Missing something important?

16. PartoEdi
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Initiated by Aji Kisworo Mukti aka @cengkarux
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It sounds like Indonesian common nicknames,
“Pak Parto” and “Pak Edi”.
But in fact, it stand for “Partition Editor”
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Integrated partitioning tool inside the installer
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BlankOn team was planned to shipping BlankOn Installer feat.
PartoEdi in the next upcoming BlankOn Linux release,
BlankOn X Tambora
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The most difficult part, at least for me.

17. PartoEdi Challenges
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Limited unofficial libparted documentation
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Needs specialized knowledge about harddisk, partition table,
partition rules, file system etc
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Huge responsibility, heavy testing
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Developers. Needs more developers.

18. Demo

19. ●
blankon-dev@googlegroups.com
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github.com/BlankOn/blankon-installer
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github.com/BlankOn/blankon-installer-ui

20. QA

21. Thank you!