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# Citadel Installer UI design
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The installer is required to run in Wayland but also perform privileged
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operations. This necessitated splitting the installer into the following
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pieces:
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- A user interface that can be run by a non-privileged user in their Wayland
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session
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- A back-end server that runs in the background to perform the privileged
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operations on behalf of the user
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The user interface communicates with the back-end over DBUS. There are a simple
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set of messages/signals to initiate the install process and provide updates to
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the interface about the success/failure of each install stage.
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Both the user interface can only be run in install/live mode. The user
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interface will start automatically when the computer is booted in install/live
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mode, however, the user can close the interface and test out the system in
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live mode to determine if it is compatible with their hardware, if they want to
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actually perform an install, etc. If the user decides to install the system,
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they can simply re-open the user interface while still in live mode.
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