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Revision as of 01:17, 12 October 2008

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 with password

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
add user and change password with BASH try to add user and change password in BASH script DONE: 20081012 User add successfully and user password changed successfully