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--- advanced_installer [2019/08/16 18:28]
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+++ advanced_installer [2019/12/20 17:05]
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 The Advanced Installer was forked from the Remastersys Installer a few years ago, to provide a lightweight system installer.
-The Advanced Installer is preinstalled as default, alongside to the default [[calamares|Calamares]] installer, to provide:
+The Advanced Installer is preinstalled as default, alongside the default [[calamares|Calamares]] installer, and provides:
-. A backup installer to the main one;
+**1**. A backup installer to the main one;
-. A lightweight installer to older machines, which can't run main installer;
+**2**. A lightweight installer to older machines, which can't run main installer;
-. Additional functionality which let you install one of many desktops of your choice ([[minimal|MinimalISO]] only);
+**3**. Additional functionality which let you install one of many desktops of your choice ([[minimal|MinimalISO]] only);
-It works in two modes of your choice:
+It works in two modes:
-. Graphical mode, the Yad based - runs from system's menu-> System-> Sparky (Advanced) Installer
+. **Graphical Mode**, the Yad based - runs from system's menu-> System-> Sparky (Advanced) Installer
 or via the command line:
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    sudo sparkylinux-installer gui
-. Text mode, the Dialog based, runs via the command:
+. **Text Mode**, the Dialog based, runs via the command:
    sudo sparky-installer
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    sudo sparkylinux-installer
-Make sure that the Advanced Installer needs a little more your attention than the main installer.
+The Advanced Installer needs more attention than the main installer.
-.The first Advanced Installer window needs confirmation of your decision - do you like to install Sparky or not.
+.The first Advanced Installer window asks for confirmation of your decision - install yes or no.
 {{:minimal1.png?200|The first GUI window}}
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 {{:minimal1a.png?200|The first Dialog window}}
-. The Installer installs the live system with en_US locales as default. To change it, choose ***Yes***.
+. The live system is installed with en_US locales as default. To change it, choose ***Yes***.
 {{:minimal2.png?200|Choose your locale}}
-. Now, you have to choose a disk (hard or flash) to install the system too.
+. Now, you need to choose a disk (hard or flash) to install the system too.
 {{:minimal3.png?200|Choose a disk}}
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 {{:minimal4.png?200|Choose a disk}}
-. After choosing a disk, you can divide/split existing partitions. make sure you need at least:
+. After choosing a disk, you can divide/split existing partitions. You need at least:
 - one **root** partition for system files (10-20 GB about)
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 {{:minimal5a.png?200|GParted}}
-- one **home** partition for your private files (optional)
+You can select an optional **home** partition for your personal files.
 **Important !**
 <WRAP center info 100%>
-If you would like to set a home directory (the next step) on separated, shared partition, **DO NOT** use the same **user nick name** as already exist in the other Linux distribution you will be sharing the home directory with. If you deleted other Linux distribution before and there still exist your old home directory - **DO NOT** use the same nick name as you had before.
+If you would like to set a home directory (the next step) on separated, shared partition, **DO NOT** use the same **user name** as used in anther Linux distribution you might be sharing the home directory with. If you deleted other Linux distribution before and there still exist your old home directory - **DO NOT** use the same user name as you had before.
-The new nick name **has to be different the before** so the home directory will get different name, so it will avoid problems after the first hard drive booting.
+The new user name **has to be different than before** so the home directory will get different name, and that will avoid problems after the first boot.
 </WRAP>
-If you are not sure about the partitioning process, read [[partitioning|Disk partitioning guide]].
+If you are not sure about the partitioning process, read the [[partitioning|Disk Partitioning Guide]].
-. After disk partitioning to be finished, choose your partition for ***efi.image*** to be installed to (EFI machines only). If the partition already exist on your machine (other operating system/systems already installed), don't format it, just use it.
+. After disk partitioning is finished, choose the partition for ***efi.image*** to be installed into (EFI machines only). If the partition already exists on your machine (other operating system/systems already installed), don't format it, just use it.
 {{:minimal6a.png?200|Choose EFI partition}}
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 {{:minimal7.png?200|Choose root partition}}
-Than choose other partitions if any (home, boot, proc, media, etc.)
+Then choose other partitions if any (home, boot, proc, media, etc.)
 . Choose a file system to be used to the **root** partition (ext4 preferred).
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 {{:minimal8.png?200|File system of root partition}}
-. Choose your **home** partition if you have a one. If not, the home folder will be installed inside the **root** partition.
+. Choose your **home** partition if you're using a one. If not, the home directory will be installed inside the **root** partition.
 {{:minimal9.png?200|Choose home partition}}
-. Type information about your account and the machine:
+. Enter information about your account and the machine:
   * root (admin) password (twice)
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 {{:minimal10.png?200|Personal settings}}
-. Choose a place to install GRUB bootloader to:
+. Choose a place to install the GRUB bootloader to:
   * Master Boot Record (MBR) - it's a main record displayed as '/dev/sda' or '/dev/sdb', if you have more than one hard disk - recommended to install GRUB to
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 {{:minimal13.png?200|Time zone}}
-. Just verify your settings and let the installer copy the system files to your drive.
+. Verify your settings and let the installer copy the system files to your drive.
 {{:minimal14.png?200|Verification}}
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 {{:minimal15.png?200|Coping files}}
-. Running the Advanced installer on Sparky MinimalGUI or MinimalCLI iso image, you can choose a desktop environment/window manager to be installed. If you choose a new desktop installation, the installer will check and install the latest versions of Sparky's desktop related packages - active internet connection required!
+**Choose a desktop environment/window manager**
+Running the Advanced installer on Sparky MinimalGUI or MinimalCLI iso image, you can choose a desktop environment/window manager to be installed. If you choose a desktop other than the drfault, the installer will use the latest versions of Sparky's desktop related packages - active internet connection required!
 {{:minimal16.png?200|Desktop's option}}
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 {{:minimal17.png?200|Choose a desktop}}
-. You can also choose a web browser to be installed too.
+You can also choose a web browser to be installed too.
 {{:minimal18.png?200|Choose a web browser}}
-. The installation needs your accepting - type: **y**
+The installer asks for confermation - type: **y**
 {{:minimal19.png?200|New desktop installation}}
-. After finishing all the operations, turn off your machine, remove the live media and run your computer using just installed SparkyLinux.
+After finishing all the operations, turn off your machine, remove the live media and enjoy SparkyLinux.
 {{:minimal20.png?200|Installation finished}}

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