Migrate aNd Manage

Description

Even installing Linux is a breeze. Thousands of Windows user found Linux is difficult to use and worry about the competity of documents. The goal of Windows Data Migration is provide a one-stop data migration to migrate all Windows data from a Windows System to Linux during installation or even after installation. It will support XP and Vista Windows data.

Features

= A user-friendly, simple GUI with advanced setting will provide the ease of use and flexibility to new comer. = File System (folder) sharing will provide the flexibility when new linux user needs to rely on Windows when needed. User can save data in a special directory/folder for Windows System. = All instance messager, images, audio, movies and documents will be migrated and supported. Associated open-source software, freeware will be installed during migration. =

After a typical user has installed Linux in a pre-existing windows system, there is a number of configuration steps that must be taken before they get a comfortable working environment. This includes personal data like pictures, music, mails etc but also settings like wallpaper. The goal would be to lessen that pain and provide a relatively familiar working environment right after installation.

Basic Functions

= data migration

- copying all information and documents to linux partition
- or having a windows-linux share partition or folder

= documents migrations (file will be copied automatically in the user folders

- image (jpeg
- audio (mp3, wav, rm
- movie (avi, mpeg4, divx, xvid, rm, mov,
- documents (xls, doc, rtf, txt, wri,
- wallpaper

= User migration

- User name search and add

Program Logic Flow

- Show welcome page and descriptions
- Search Windows User Folders
- Gethering folders information
- Check if Fedora User parition is enough for all documents from  Windows users 
- Prompt if administrator wants every thing automatic -> go to AUTO  else -> go to MANUAL

AUTO

- List all possible users and ask if every thing is correct
- Ask for dummy password for each user
- Automatic create User
- Automatic move User documents to each user directory
- Automatic migrate bookmarks to Konqueror

MANUAL

- List all possible users and ask for individual password
- Prompt each folder that copy to Fedora partition, and see if administrator wants to move files to a specific folder
- Prompt each user when move bookmarks to Konqueror
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Future Developement / Advanced Functions:

= environment migration

- mail account, mails

= Windows a-like environment setting. = automatic download applications associate all file type = IM migration = import mail database (outlook, thunderbird, etc)

Links

Windows Data Migration Tool in Fedora Project Wiki:
https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Windows_data_migration_Tool&action=edit

Windows Data Migration Tool in OpenSource@Seneca:
http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Windows_Data_Migration_Tool

To Do

Item	Description	Status	Note
Test Machine Setup	Install Vista and Fedora in same hard disk	DONE: 20080920	install in a laptop
Test Mount and link	Test mounting and linking single user folder with known path	DONE: 20080921	linked music, folder to home directory successfully, still testing if any conflict in regular use
e-mail migration from outlook to Thunderbird or Evolution		In Progress	Thunderbird: call up GUI to transfer, try command mode, thunderbird: failed to copy profile from windows to linux trying evolution
try libPST	a dead project created on 2002, which will let u transfer outlook profile file, "pst" to linux mail format, but may not competitble to newer outlook mail format	In Progress	http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=18756&package_id=35327