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 v0.1 20081012
- 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 -
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
Windows Data Migration Tool in OpenSource@Seneca:
http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Windows_Data_Migration_Tool
Ubuntu MigrationAssistance Page
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigrationAssistance
Ubuntu MigrationAssistance Capture from www.michaellarabel.com
http://www.michaellarabel.com/?k=blog&i=116
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 |
| Test User migration | try to added user and change password in BASH script | DONE: 20081012 | User add successfully and user password changed successfully |
| Python functions test | Test if desire function works in Python | DONE: 20081012 | Sucessfully using file and directory handling |
| file/directory search functions | creat file and directory search function for future use | In progress | |
| WinUserSearch | creat python function to search existing XP/Vista user | Target Date: 2008/11/14 | return/output a list of user in a list, all user folder plus adminstrator minus general folder(local, public), or.. just detect usage? |
| UserCreate Function in Fedora (list) | creat python function to add user list in Fedora | Target Date: 2008/11/14 | support list of user that generated from WinUserSearch function, and it will generate a temporary password aslo, UserCreate -l UserList -p TempPassword |
| SpaceDectect Function | get a list of users and see how big the user documents directories(home directory) is and check the target space has enough space to move all files | Target Date: 2008/11/14 | SpaceDetect -l UserList -t TargetDirectory |
| mvfatdir Function | movie a list of directories to target directories, it will check the mount and permission status | Target Date: 2008/11/1 | mvfatdir -S FatDirList -T TargetList |
| Bookmark Migration Function (per user) | find default IE/Fireforx bookmark and copy/migrate to Firefox bookmark | next | firefox only |
PLAN
| Subject | Description | Target Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python Code Complete | finish all function that needs for basic function in Python | 15th Nov 2008 | |
| GUI Interface | Finish all connection between Python code and GUI Interface | 1 Dec 2008 | |
| Test Version | Putting Test version in Fedora site | 15 Dec 2008 |