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Ubiquity is a simple graphical live CD installer designed to integrate well with Debian- and Ubuntu-based systems, written largely in Python, using d-i as a backend for many of its functions for ease of maintenance.

After initial development work by Guadalinex, ColinWatson did most of the development work on Ubiquity, with the aid of JonathanRiddell for the KDE frontend, and EvanDandrea later contributed work on migration-assistant. EvanDandrea is the current maintainer.

Its design is specified in this document.

• Known issues in Dapper

• Debugging

• Primary development bzr branch

• Automating installations with Ubiquity

• Various options that can be passed on the kernel command line for the desktop and installer

Ongoing development work:

• Making ubiquity more reliable and resilient in the face of errors.

• General usability overview for Hardy.

• Adding the option to install over an existing copy of Ubuntu, preserving the home directory.

• Basic encrypted partition support.

• Installing into a image file on a Windows partition from Windows.

• UbiquityPartitioningPageProposal

• See InstallerDevelopment