OEM style install for Linux Lite?

[CyberAly]

Hello,

I am currently volunteering for a charity which refurbishes computers for sale as well as recycling unusable parts. As part of the service, we tend to install Linux on machines we sell, and we've found that Linux Lite is an excellent choice, both due to it's ease of use and it's attractive yet lightweight desktop environment, suitable for older hardware.

So far, we've been installing systems with a default username and password, and providing customers with instructions on how to change the details themselves when they get the computer home. Ideally what I’d like to implement is a system where, upon the first start up post install, the computer will ask them for their desired username and password, bypassing the need for them to change it themselves.

I know that some distros offer an OEM install solution which sounds like what I’m after. Does Linux Lite offer, or plan to offer, anything similar?

Congrats again on an excellent distro for beginners, and on your slick modifications to XFCE.

[Valtam]

Hello CyberAly,

Thank you for your wonderful work in promoting free software.

There are no plans in Series 3.x for OEM install support. I can however, not rule it out Series 4.x
We are a young distro with still a long way to go in 'covering all the bases' including basics like offering language support during install, translations, and many other things.

You could always add OEM support yourself via grub and by including the necessary deb packages, then respin it all via Systemback. I'm afraid I can't give you all the instructions on how to do that. If you consider yourself an advanced Linux user, the tutorials are readily available on Google.

[CyberAly]

Thanks for the quick reply,

That's a great idea actually. Now that I know what to look for, I’ll give it a go.

I understand that OEM install is a feature that's probably considered more of a bonus than something essential.

Anyway maybe using Systemback can give me the results I want.

Thanks!

[Valtam]

You're very welcome, keep up the great work

[newtusmaximus]

CyberAly, what is the name of the UK charity please.?

[shawnFRITA]

Hate to be the one to resurrect a old thread, especially as my first post,  But wanted to say thankyou for having the OEM option put into your distro.  Like the original poster here, I am with a group here  freeitathens.org  (frita) and we do the same thing here in Georgia.  We was using Lubuntu until we noticed that it no longer has OEM install support, and we're a little tired of installing 16  and having to do updates after updates to get it  updated

So again  we wanted to say Thank you.  Our site will be updated soon to reflect the change in the OS we use now.