autorun

Revision 1 as of 2007-06-30 14:55:47

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Summary

  • This blueprint has for goal to implement the autorun capabilities described in a autorun.inf file.
  • The main use of this blueprint is to autorun windows programs CD's but there is nothing that prevents linux programs to be launched the same way.
  • Wine has made a lot of progress and implementing this autorun capability can now be done to ease the installation of windows programs on Ubuntu.

Use cases

  • Max bought the doom3 game in a shop. He already installed the wine package but he hates the command line. When he inserts the CD, a popup appear asking him whether he wants to autorun a program on the CD (and giving him the program path). He allows the program to autorun and install the game.
  • ChloĆ© like to listen music on her Ubuntu computer. When she inserts a Sony CD, a popup appear asking her whether she wants to autorun a program on the CD. She wonders why a program want to run and refuse to let the cd autorun.

Automatic Wine Installation

The automatic wine installation is present in another blueprint : insert here

  • Julien just installed Ubuntu on his computer. He has never heard of wine but a friend of him said that Diablo II was running on Linux. When he inserts the CD, a popup appear asking him whether he wants to autorun a program on the CD (and giving him the program path). He allows the program to autorun. Because wine is not yet installed and the program is a .exe file, a dialog appear explaining him what is wine / that he should try to find native alternatives first / ... and he has then the option to install wine. He choose to install wine and the autorun program on the cd starts after the installation.

Scope & Design

Implementation

Patch is coming soon (only for autorun not for autoinstall)

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