I think I will probably at least add a 'version' dropdown for 38/39/etc, but someone would need to m

I think I will probably at least add a 'version' dropdown for 38/39/etc, but someone would need to maintain that. Signed vs unsigned might be tricky to check for, since I intend for this to work on upstream images, but I can make it a dropdown

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:18 AM

Hypothetically, I would like to be able to guide someone to install a Ublue image over the phone by having them install upstream Silverblue with a reliable ISO, then use a GUI to download the image switcher, and use the GUI image switcher to rebase

CChaiQi I think I will probably at least add a 'version' dropdown for 38/39/etc, but som...

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:19 AM

i mean you dont really want users on unsigned images and they wouldnt get this until after they switch to ublue.
could just add a flag "--install" which will use unsigned images for people who switch from base silverblue/kinoite/etc

HHikariKnight i mean you dont really want users on unsigned images and they wouldnt get this u...

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:19 AM

I am not familiar with that flag at all, so I look forward to learning about it when I iron out more of the functionality of this

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:19 AM

or use unsigned if you see their base is stock

CChaiQi I am not familiar with that flag at all, so I look forward to learning about it ...

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:19 AM

you make the flag for your tool

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:20 AM

Ahh

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:21 AM

Anywho: unsigned vs signed can be trivially fixed with an 80/20 solution, and the ideal solution of automating it and eliminating the possibility of user error may be fairly easy depending on things y'all know more about than I do

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:22 AM

rpm-ostree status | grep "docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os"rpm-ostree status | grep "docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os"
if this doesnt return a valid ostree image url, then they are using stock and you should use unverified images

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:22 AM

Bingo
If I can run the rebase command, I can run that
I'll keep it in mind

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:23 AM

there might be a better way to get the current deployment

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:23 AM

Might be, but that's above my pay grade lol

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:23 AM

For the record, although I declared interest in doing this 9 months ago and intent to actually do it weeks ago, I have been busy, so I have learned 90% of how to create a functional GTK4/Libadwaita image switcher in the last 3 hours

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:24 AM

maybe something like this
rpm-ostree status | grep -P "●.+docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os"rpm-ostree status | grep -P "●.+docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os"

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:24 AM

that should only find whatever the active deployment is and then check if its ublue

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:27 AM

I don't know what this says about me or the task at hand, but the fact that this is a 3-12h project for one unemployed fresh graduate who has never made an app is why I have been baffled that nobody else here with exponentially more experience has done it first

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:29 AM

sometimes its lack of time or lack of vision, imposter syndrome or lack of time to sit down and learn a gui toolkit (or lack of time to learn a new one if they havent made a gui in forever and the old tools they used do not exist anymore)

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:30 AM

as for me, i am already pulling my hair out making a TUI for a different project that is getting limited work done on it due to work and live having been busy for me

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:30 AM

heh

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:31 AM

and its my first time making a TUI so i am learning lots of fun things like how very finiky making a tui is

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:31 AM

and what im making is stupidly simple in scope too, its just an "installer" tui kinda

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:32 AM

there is just so many weird things to be aware of and dos and donts its kinda a miracle we have things like btop++

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:33 AM

I'll bet

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:33 AM

good thing though is that i managed to redo most of the project and go back to the KISS principle

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:34 AM

https://github.com/HikariKnight/quickpassthrough/blob/dev/quickpassthrough_preview.gif?raw=true
this is an old mockup (that was working, but this ui has been scrapped for a much simpler one as this framework was way overkill for what i needed)

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:35 AM

about a third of my reason for doing this is so I can hedge it a bit and put "full stack app developer for a project with >20,000 users" on my resume

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:36 AM

the other two thirds being:

to learn
because I strongly feel the project needs it

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:37 AM

yeah all are valid good reasons

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:37 AM

well its time for me to run to work, have a nice day

i will drop in from work if i do get the time

HHikariKnight https://github.com/HikariKnight/quickpassthrough/blob/dev/quickpassthrough_previ...

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:37 AM

Interesting

I know a couple people developing another interesting TUI, happy to chat more about both in #

other-dev

HHikariKnight well its time for me to run to work, have a nice day 👋 i will drop in from wor...

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:37 AM

Couple hours past when I should be asleep so that works, see ya

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 8:38 AM

cya

ChaiQiOP•11/28/23, 8:39 AM

(also that installer thing looks like it could be super useful for distrobox around here if I'm interpreting what it does right)

CChaiQi (also that installer thing looks like it could be *super* useful for distrobox a...

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:38 AM

im not making an installer though, im making a guided way to configure gpu passthrough on a host system, the tui is just very similar to an installer as thats kind of what it is in the end

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:39 AM

as configuring the host is the main part most people with compatible hardware fails at

CChaiQi Status update on the image switcher app

xyny•11/28/23, 9:51 AM

Cool! You should call it Switcheroo, I think thay should fit the GNOME naming guidelines...

Xxyny Cool! You should call it Switcheroo, I think thay should fit the GNOME naming gu...

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:53 AM

isnt that the name of the GPU offloading stuff used by gnome and i believe KDE?

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:53 AM

and also a image conversion utility in gnome...

xyny•11/28/23, 9:54 AM

ok, not that then

xyny•11/28/23, 9:55 AM

switchbox would work too

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:56 AM

if it was more of a generic tool, i think ostree imagerostree imager would be descriptive enough

HHikariKnight if it was more of a generic tool, i think `ostree imager` would be descriptive e...

xyny•11/28/23, 9:57 AM

that's very cryptic, and usually an imager makes images, right?

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:57 AM

ok fine

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:57 AM

touch base with ostreetouch base with ostree there /s

xyny•11/28/23, 9:58 AM

rebasing is a fine term but will be phased out with bootc switch so...

HikariKnight•11/28/23, 9:58 AM

in all seriousness could be anything from rebaser to switcher

xyny•11/28/23, 9:58 AM

something related to switching would be better i think

CChaiQi Status update on the image switcher app

xyny•11/28/23, 10:00 AM

Things that are bothering me as a visual person:

The rebase button is pretty hidden and feels like it's in the wrong place. It should probably be a primary color and not a background color. I would also place it just next, above, or below to the rebase command. Maybe the command should be hidden by default...
The dropdowns are all different sizes and are maybe a bit too high. The space between the command and the dropdowns is too huge compared to the space with edges.
The links to the image list and faq feel out of place, but I get they're probably not ready.

bsherman•11/28/23, 3:18 PM

all ublue-os/main builds failed ... a network/dns issue on the builder machines... so I'm attempting a retry

bsherman•11/28/23, 3:19 PM

same issue... COPR https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/ seems to be down.

bsherman•11/28/23, 3:19 PM

https://status.fedoraproject.org/

I think I will probably at least add a 'version' dropdown for 38/39/etc, but someone would need to m

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