Program to give tailored instructions to install linux on your specific computer

Description

Lots of people - myself included, at one point - seem to have problems installing Linux. There can be all sorts of reasons for this: when it was me, I couldn't set up Wi-Fi from the command line. Anyway, wouldn't it be useful to have a program which analyses your system for a bit - disks, partitions, hardware, etc., and then, given a particular distro, would tell you fairly detailed instructions on the best way to install it on your computer? I'm not sure currently exactly how this would work in practise, but I'll think about it.

Tech Stack

C/C++? Open to change.

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j4cobgarby

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Valou3433

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Would that be a windows program or a linux one ? Because even if you installed one distro it doesnt mean you can install them all...
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Zaphod65

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7y

Cool idea, but it seems extremely impractical. If you're going to do this you might as well try and write a generic installer instead, and I think there are very good reasons why that doesn't exist...
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Pandakowski

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7y

I think this would be a great idea for a website or a good moderated subreddit, wiki. It doesn't need to be a program. But a go to place for that information would be a blessing. Have had trouble with several mashines latly even get linux running.
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j4cobgarby

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7y

Okay, I think it may be a better idea to make a kind of generic linux installer, for windows
It would ask which distribution, automatically download it, install It, then provide tailored set-up instructions for once you boot into it @Zaphod65
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j4cobgarby

8064

7y

@Floydian or have an option for rewriting the whole disk
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greyfade

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7y

Not to imply this idea isn't valuable, but the Arch Linux wiki has exceptional content for exactly this purpose, even if it's tailored for Arch.
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j4cobgarby

8064

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@greyfade exactly, and this would be similar to that, but for all (or a select range of) distros
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greyfade

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@j4cobgarby Well, I mean that nearly all of the content on that wiki already applies to the majority of distributions equally well. Similarly, the Gentoo wiki applies to most of the rest.
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j4cobgarby

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@greyfade Oh, you may have a point then
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nerdofcode

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7y

Maybe it should just be a linux virtual machine just to see if the user actually wants to dabble with it?
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nerdofcode

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7y

@cmrickels I try my best to spread Linux’s influence and it’s advantages over traditional systems at nerdofcode.com... one day Linux will dominate PC oses...
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nerdofcode

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@cmrickels appreciate it :)
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j4cobgarby

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@cmrickels well that's a good point- would you be interested in helping make it?

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