Hands-on with Ubiquity and Calamares: Two Linux installers side-by-side | Linux Today

Hands-on with Ubiquity and Calamares: Two Linux installers side-by-side

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 2016

First, what are these installers? Manjaro uses the latest version of the Calamares distribution-independent installer. I have watched the development and steady improvement of Calamares on Manjaro (and KaOS) for quite some time now, and I have been quite impressed. It has become a fast, reliable and graphically pleasing utility.

Linux Mint 18 uses the Ubuntu Ubiquity installer.

Web Webster

Web Webster

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