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Hello Qortians! This guide is for installation of Ubuntu 22.04 with Cinnamon Desktop Environment and a bunch of custom configurations by crowetic to setup everything necessary for Qortal, and automate as much as possible. | Hello Qortians! This guide is for installation of Ubuntu 22.04 with Cinnamon Desktop Environment and a bunch of custom configurations by crowetic to setup everything necessary for Qortal, and automate as much as possible. | ||
- | **IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLING UBUNTU ON THE CURRENT COMPUTER YOU'RE USING, YOU WILL NEED TO SKIP THE BIOS CONFIGURATION UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED THE UBUNTU 22.04 INSTALLATION MEDIA, AND BURNED IT TO A FLASH DRIVE, YOU WILL ALSO WANT TO BACKUP YOUR PERSONAL FILES, QORTAL WALLET BACKUP, DOCUMENTS, PICTURES, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO ANOTHER HARD DRIVE. IDEALLY YOU WILL HAVE AN EXTERNAL HDD TO BACKUP FILES, AND A FLASH DRIVE FOR WRITING THE UBUNTU INSTALLATION MEDIA. WE DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYONE FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE AND NOT READING THOROUGHLY, AND LOSING PERSONAL DATA OR THEIR QORTAL BACKUP FILE. MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP THINGS FIRST!** | + | **Please note:** IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLING UBUNTU ON THE CURRENT COMPUTER YOU'RE USING, YOU WILL NEED TO SKIP THE BIOS CONFIGURATION UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED THE UBUNTU 22.04 INSTALLATION MEDIA, AND BURNED IT TO A FLASH DRIVE, YOU WILL ALSO WANT TO BACKUP YOUR PERSONAL FILES, QORTAL WALLET BACKUP, DOCUMENTS, PICTURES, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO ANOTHER HARD DRIVE. IDEALLY YOU WILL HAVE AN EXTERNAL HDD TO BACKUP FILES, AND A FLASH DRIVE FOR WRITING THE UBUNTU INSTALLATION MEDIA. WE DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYONE FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE AND NOT READING THOROUGHLY, AND LOSING PERSONAL DATA OR THEIR QORTAL BACKUP FILE. MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP THINGS FIRST! |
This guide will also include **customizations** to make Ubuntu look/feel **like Windows** so that it will be an EASY SWITCH for users. | This guide will also include **customizations** to make Ubuntu look/feel **like Windows** so that it will be an EASY SWITCH for users. | ||
- | It is crowetic' | + | It is crowetic' |
Hope you enjoy the guide and it helps you to get your computer setup in an **optimal fashion** that is **safer, faster, and more secure** than you current installation. | Hope you enjoy the guide and it helps you to get your computer setup in an **optimal fashion** that is **safer, faster, and more secure** than you current installation. | ||
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**use the username qortal** if you wish to have the **automation scripts setup by the install script to work correctly.** if you do NOT use the the username **qortal** then you will have to **manually moodify the crontab** in order for **the automation to work correctly.** | **use the username qortal** if you wish to have the **automation scripts setup by the install script to work correctly.** if you do NOT use the the username **qortal** then you will have to **manually moodify the crontab** in order for **the automation to work correctly.** | ||
- | When you get to the window for disk setup, you will choose **Erase Disk and Install Ubuntu** to perform a full format/ | + | When you get to the window for disk setup, you will choose **Erase Disk and Install Ubuntu** to perform a full format/ |
Once you have gotten through the basic steps of the install wizard, it should handle itself from there. When complete, it will pop up a dialog box that says **restart to finish installation**. Click OK and restart the machine. It will then say **remove installation media and press ENTER**, do that, and machine will reboot. | Once you have gotten through the basic steps of the install wizard, it should handle itself from there. When complete, it will pop up a dialog box that says **restart to finish installation**. Click OK and restart the machine. It will then say **remove installation media and press ENTER**, do that, and machine will reboot. | ||
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The above command will **download and run the script** for you. It will ask you to **input password** - go ahead and **put in your password you set during installation for your user** and push **ENTER**. | The above command will **download and run the script** for you. It will ask you to **input password** - go ahead and **put in your password you set during installation for your user** and push **ENTER**. | ||
- | The script will then **install everything for you** including Qortal, the UI, all base level packages, Chromium Browser, Cinnamon Desktop Environment, | + | The script will then **install everything for you** including Qortal, the UI, all base level packages, Chromium Browser, Cinnamon Desktop Environment, |
Simply **wait for this to complete**. When it is completed, it will **automatically restart your machine**. | Simply **wait for this to complete**. When it is completed, it will **automatically restart your machine**. | ||
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Click **desktop settings** and turn on all of the desktop icons you prefer, I usually do all except ' | Click **desktop settings** and turn on all of the desktop icons you prefer, I usually do all except ' | ||
- | **Right click on Qortal UI** - click the icon that is currently blank, and browse for - pictures | + | **Right click desktop** - click **' |
**Right click the Desktop** again, and click **' | **Right click the Desktop** again, and click **' |