DEV/TEST is located at: https://github.com/Mafoelffen1/system-info
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Note: This thread was originally posted in-- Forum > Ubuntu Forums Members Area > Garden Party > Forum Members Chat, then later moved to here.
Back in 2012, I started creating an Ubuntu spinoff Support LiveCD that ran as Text Console and had a Minimal installed XServer that could run on-demand and use minimal resources. It had many scripts to collect information that I commonly asked for when trying to help people. I created it with the idea, that in supporting Ubuntu, there were many times, while supporting new users, there were many times when it seemed like we asked users to provide the same information over and over again.
The original boot-info script covered disk and boot problems. Yannbuntu took that and did a great job with his boot-repair ISO. That is pretty much covered... Though some say I should include Yann's current script in this project.
I mainly cover/support the Linux Graphics Layer, and the Installations and Updates, Ubuntu Server, and Virtualization sections in this forum. I have a lot of scripts that I use myself to diagnose problems.
i originally started this on Ubuntu 12.04 Server as a base abck in 2013. I had preinstalled text based console applications, that where mostly mouse aware and had menu's.: JED Text Editor/LeafPad, a simple File Manager, Lynx/Ice Weasel Browser and Networking tools, with a Bash Text menu. Tools that a newbie could use. Then with minimal XServer instance, had OpenBox,with menu's to Leafpad, pcman, gnome network, X apps and tools.
Since then, there has been more emphasis on whether a system starts on Legacy BIOS or UEFI...And how to give a user the ability to change there UEFI Firmware settings. Information on versions of graphics drivers and the hardware they have. SystemD came about, as well as many changes to Linux Kernel.
The original disk was based on the premise of a diagnostic flow chart for Linux. Does it boot to Grub? Does it boot a Linux Kernel to a text console? Can it start a Simple basic XSession for graphics? Can it connect to the outside world and resolve addresses? Can it find and mount an installed system? Many things can be corrected if the user is given a change to get to a command line... That helps us to be able to help them.
In the past three days, I have started updating what I had to 20.04 LTS. It is now dual boot for both BIOS and UEFI and be aware of what it booted as. Some of the applications are now not supported any more or have changed. Some I now have to build from source, because they are no longer in the repo's. Some commands in my old scripts have changed. Some applications, I have found better one's over the years: SubLime Text Editor, Tor, BCompare, Night Commander, the text console tools from beneath Network Manager... etc. And in the process of creating a better console menu with pdmenu.
But I am only a small part of this Forum... I only see what I am exposed to with what I help with. So in posting this here where there are other Ubuntu Members who support this forum and users of... Because, after all, this should benefit the Ubuntu Community as a whole:
What ideas do you think should be included? What information do you repetitively ask for from users to be able to help them?
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