Systemback is a winning deployment tool!

[istimsak]

Thanks for notifying us of this program. I like to get my hands on as 
many backup and restore programs as I can. This is definitely worth a 
look.

Istimsak Abdulbasir

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:02 PM, John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com> 
wrote:
> Two thumbs up for Systemback!
> 
> See http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemback/ and 
> https://launchpad.net/systemback for simple instructions to install 
> it from a PPA.
> 
> Systemback is designed for several purposes (system restore points 
> and backup) but I have tested it and like it as a deployment tool. 
> Set up a one-user model system just the way you want it, create a 
> Live System from that, then write that to USB flash drive or DVD. Now 
> boot that on another machine that you want to deploy to, run 
> Systemback again and it will automatically prompt to install the 
> system on that machine with user credentials and host name that you 
> enter.
> 
> It will install with all of your custom settings and added programs.
> 
> There is an option to capture the user files in the Live image.
> 
> The developer Kendek is very active and responsive.
> 
> In my case I set up a Lubuntu 14.04.1 32-bit desktop and then used a 
> Live DVD to install on Intel and an AMD test machines.
> 
> Just a couple special notes to date:
> 
> 1) If you have an older video card the program may not start 
> initially.  Just run it again.  See 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemback/+bug/1413661
> 
> 2) The program is QT5 and downloads a bunch of dependencies.
> 
> 3) The Live DVD does not boot nearly as quickly as the Lubuntu Live 
> DVD.  (I also created a Live USB flash drive, but my test targets did 
> not support USB boot.)
> 
> Apart from those quibbles, I have found nothing else like this 
> program!
> 
> Thanks to Eric Bradshaw for reporting on his own usage of the 
> program, which set me on this path.
> 
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