Just in time for Feature Freeze, migration-assistant 0.3.1 was uploaded to main and the accompanying changes were merged into Ubiquity. It can be run using the --migration-assistant option in Ubiquity.
The goal of this feature is to allow users to import documents and settings from their previous operating systems (Windows XP and some bits of Linux at this point) and convert them into their Ubuntu equivalents during a dual-boot installation. So for music, it pulls "My Music" into Music and sets the necessary gconf keys so Rhythmbox starts with all of their existing music already available (provided they've installed the necessary gstreamer packages). It also merges settings from multiple sources. So if you have Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer installed it will create a single set of bookmarks from all three of them. Further details can be found in the specification: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/migration-assistance I'd appreciate people trying this out and filing bugs on the migration-assistant source package, but please only run it on a system in a virtual machine or one that you have backups of. While migration-assistant is non-destructive, the installer is obviously not. If you have any questions I can be found in #ubuntu-installer. Thanks, Evan Dandrea (evand) -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
