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Alan Turing is gutemine's next generation Multibooting Plugin 
It is nicknamed AT or @

@@@ How do I install it?
It is installed via and dependant from the gutemine3 Feed Plugin 

@@@ Why does this Plugin NOT work together with XYZ Panel or Feed?
Due to the misuse and unauthorized distribution and patching 
of some of my Plugins, they are are now protected by the
GHOST RIDER, who removes and blocks such Panels and Feeds.
*****************************************************************
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THAT, THEN ASK THESE PEOPLE
TO STOP THIS VIOLATION OF MY RIGHTS AS THE AUTHOR!
*****************************************************************

@@@ What about Support for Open Images?
If posted offline and unauthorized kits are NOT removed, then
Open Images support can be REMOVED and/or blocked anytime!

@@@ Which devices does the @ Plugin support?
It supports ONLY SD Cards and USB devices with 
a size of 32/64/128GB. 16GB also works, but will be
probably removed when partitioning support is activated. 

@@@ Why is my USB or SD device not listed or recognized?
If your device is within the above size limits and is 
not listed, than you probably have a movie directory on it
and such devices are ignored. Erase on a PC and do NOT
mount it on your Dreambox at all and it will be listed
and accepted by the @ Plugin.

@@@ OK, but I have the @ Plugin on USB and the SD card is not listed
listed, or I have @ Plugin on SD card and the USB is not listed?
Because there is always ONLY a single @ device.
If you have already an @ device then nothing else will
be listed. You would need to disable first the @ device in
the settings, then erase the old @ device and then this and
other devices will be listed as possible @ devices.

@ OK, but WHY is always my USB or my SD card selected whenever
I reboot?
This depeds simply which one is faster deteced, if you want
to select a specific @ device automatically you would 
need to unplug everything except the prefered candidate
OR use the manual Device Formating in Setup of the 
@ Plugin.

@ Does this mean that I also have to unplug the (USB) Harddisk?
First harddiskes are normally larger than the accepted @ devices
and second they contain a movie directory for the recordings.
This will prevent them from becoming an @ device, hence there
is NO need to unplug a Harddisk, unless you are dumb enough to use
old version where this didn't work as it should.

@@@ Do I have to mount the @ device?
NO, this will only have negative effects, as then the 
@ Plugin could fail to partition and format it.

@@@ Why can't I format and partition the @ device myself?
No, this has to be done by the @ Plugin, either during
reboot, when extracting first Image or within the
Setup Screen of the @ Plugin if you insist to do it manually.

@@@ Why are bigger devices or Harddisk NOT supported?
@ is repartitioning and formating the device it uses for booting 
images, hence this size limit is there tp prevent formatting 
your harddisk with all your recordings.
It would also have severe performance impacts if you boot from 
a device where you would have continuous syncrhonous 
writing IO = PVR recording.

@@@ Why are the old Dreamboxes NOT supported?
Since end of the year 2021 gutemine supports ONLY recent 
Dreamboxes - eg. one/two with DreamOS Images.
Only these support the latest Development OE
and have sufficient CPU power to 
support the @ Plugin.

@@@ What about support for my old dm9x0?
Since purple day release, there is also a totally UNSUPPORTED 
Version of the gutemine3 Feed plugin for the armhf architecture
available on the gutemine3 Feed, which allows to run the 
@ Plugin and some selected other plugins on the dm9x0.
BUT do NOT expect any support, future versions, or comparable
performance on these old Dreamboxes!

@@@ How do I specify which device is used by the @ Plugin 
to place my unpacked Images ?
You don't need to specify which device to use, it has not even 
to be present during @ Plugin installation, but as soon as you 
will use the @ Plugin to create a new image 
(Restore, Copy from Flash, etc.) the @ Plugin will pick the 
first device which is within the (16)32-128 GB Size limit and is NOT 
having a movie directory on it (=Harddisk, or Harddisk replacement).

@@@ Can I disable this automatic picking,formatting or mounting
of the @ device?
YES, if you change the Device Selection in the settings screen of the 
@ Plugin on Blue to none, but then the @ Plugin is also disabled.

@@@ Why is the code of some of gutemine's Plugins 
NOT modifyable?
Due to the misuse of some of my pluins, the gutemine3 Feed, the
User Scripts and the dBackup3 Plugins are NOT modifiable,
despite the Python sources being shipped and included 
in the installation kits.

@@@ Can I put also other things on the devices used by the
@ Plugin?
The @ Plugin currently stores ONLY the Images either in 
directories directly in the device root or soon alternatively
in extra partitions on the @ Device.
ALL other files and directories except Images are NOT 
supported and will be deleted on the @ devices.

@@@ What is this Harddisk setting in the @ Plugin about ?
If you have a harddisk or harddisk replacement mounted at 
your Dreambox which was mounted via standard DreamOS 
Storage manager it will be labeled dreambox-storage. 
If you enable this setting within @ Plugins every new 
image you create on the @ device will get automatically 
added with the mounting if this device to the fstab File. 
This means all your movies will be instantly available 
and you could also restore settings which you stored on 
this device via Standard Softwaremanager.

@@@ What is this Password Reset setting in the @ Plugin about ?
If you enable this setting, the root password will be 
removed on any new image which you create with the 
@ Plugin (including Debian Images). 
This is identical to what you can do via Standard 
DreamOS Setting -> System -> Password -> Remove Password.
Keep in mind that this functionality is ONLY to simplify 
the first logon to the new @ Image. You should then change 
it immediately to a SECURE Password, OR you will face a 
severe security thread by allowing root access to your 
Dreambox without ANY password protection!

@@@ What is this Debian installation in the @ Plugin about ?
It allows you to download and install a Debian bullseye
distribution within the "Backups" screen on yellow.

@@@ What is the default password for the user debian 
created for login to bullseye gnome desktop?
As of now it is simply: dreambox

@@@ Why is /media/at/backup directoy NOT supported anymore?
Because people gave WRONG instructions to create the directory
manually, or even worse to mount devices there manually.

@@@ Why is /media/at/picon also NOT supported anymore?
Looks like nobody used it and /data/picon is a better place and
finally for full partition support ONLY Images will be 
supported on the @ device.

@@@ What is the "Backups" screen on yellow good for?
In the Backups screen you get ONLY tar.gz, tar.xz and tar.bz2
backups listed from /media/hdd/backup and /data/backup.
When the image you want to act on is selected use the 
right/left cursor to select the action you want to apply 
to this image (Restore, Rename, Remove,...) 
and when you press OK or Yellow this action will be 
executed. For longer running actions like Restoring 
such a (backup) image to the @ Plugin device you will 
get progress indication via the @ Plugin progress bar.

@@@ What is the "Images" screen on green good for?
In the Images screen you see the images which were 
put onto the @ Plugin device (and the Flash image 
off course)
When the image you want to act on is selected use 
the right/left cursor to select the action you want to 
apply to this image (Select for booting, Backup, Rename, 
Remove,...) and when you press OK or Green this action 
will be executed. For longer running actions like Backup 
of an image you will get progress indication via the 
@ Plugin progress bar.

@@@ What is the "Setup" screen on blue good for?
This screen gives you the possibility to change the 
configuration settings that the @ Plugin offers. 
It also allows some basic actions like saving the image's 
current enigma2 settings to the @ Plugin device and 
restore it from there, which might be helpfull to transfer 
settings within Images. On pressing blue again in the 
settings screen of the @ Plugin device it offers
the possibility to see the look of the bootmanager 
screen if you change the background or the font, 
but this can be also changed via settings directly.
Changed Settings will only get saved if you leave 
the Setup Screen with Green or Yellow, 
because Red is Exit of the @ Plugin without save.

@@@ What is the "Settings backup" in the menu on
blue good for?
Some images use their own Software or Feed Manager or
a Panel, therefore this is the possibility to save
your settings on /data/backup and restore them 
from there. This is usefull to share settings between
different images.
 
@@@ Why does the backupname always contain the boxtype, 
dreamone/dreamtwo/dreambox(for AIO)/dm900/dm920, 
even when I remove it?
This is AUTOMATICALLY added, and the protection to prevent 
flashing/booting wrong images which are NOT made for a box and 
could cause damage of your Dreambox. 
This behaviour is also the same as in dBackup3. 
If extracting an image with the @ Plugin, the boxtype is 
automatically removed during extraction for the imagename. 
Therefore it is NOT possible to disable this protection and if 
you use fake/wrong boxnames in your imagenames then face
the potential consequences.

@@@ Why can't I rename the backup image to whatever I want?
See answer to previous question, this is to protect you box from 
flashing/booting wrong images. If you want to rename an image 
to get afterwards the same name and Imagename in the
imageselection, this is the WRONG approach. 
Imagenames are fully editable when choosing
Restore of an image in both the Plugin and the 
webinterface. Image names NOT following the naming convention 
will simply NOT be shown in the List of images on yellow.

@@@ What is this date and time setting about?
If enabled this will AUTOMATICALLY add the current date and/or 
time to the imagename, hence it is wrong to type these yourself 
in the imagename, unless you want it twice. 
If you do NOT want this behavior simply disable these settings.

@@@ Why is the prefix that I have setup ignored on Merlin 
and Newnigma2 Images?
Because on these images the creator is picked from
/etc/image-version file.
In standard DreamOS Images this file contains no creator.

@@@ Is the date/time if enabled and boxtype deducted from
the maxmimum Image name length specified in the 
setup on blue ?
Yes!

@@@ What is the update activity doing with an @ image?
This will allow you to update an image without booting it.
The currently booted Image, or the Flash Image will not
be allowed to update this way, use the normal Software
Manager for updating iti, or the Menu on pressing Green in the
gutemine3 Feed Plugin.

@@@ What is this superspreader plugin functionality?
gutemine3 Feed, Alan Turing, dBackup3 and UserScripts Plugin
are superspreader plugins, meaning if they are installed in the 
Flash they will also be available in DreamOS Images booted via @.
AlanTuring, Barry Akken, dBackup3 and UserScripts Plugin will
also spread to Open* Images.
Except the @ and Barry Allen Plugin 
(which may be only installed in the Flash
image) you may install all these Plugins also locally
in DreamOS Images booted via @. Keep in mind, that
NONE of my Plugins is allowed to be installed in 
Open* Images, neither booted via @ or when
OpenImages are directly booted from the Flash of 
your Dreambox! If you try to circumvent this limitation,
face the consequences!

@@@ Why is this README only shown when the Flash Image
is booted?
It makes the superspreader functionality easier to implement.

@@@ What are the traffic lights on the left bottom boot
menu screen for?
The left most shows if the test kit is in his validity period.
Green means all OK, yellow means last month before expiration
and a red one means that the test kit has expired and only
basic functionality is left. Expired kits for example
will NOT allow to boot images with @ or flash images directly
from dBackup3, etc.
The left traffic light becomes also Red if a manipulation of my
Plugins is detected and the GHOST RIDER will be activated.
The middle traffic light indicates if Open* Images are supported 
for booting with the @ plugin and the number 2 or 3
number in the cirlce indicates which python 
version currently the feed plugin is running on.
The right most traffic light indicates when it is Red that      
the GHOST RIDER removes and blocks panels, plugins  
and feeds of people who violate my right as
the author of my plugins.  When it is Green you are having               
your honeymoon, BUT if you try to tinker with                            
my plugins honeymoon is over instantly. 

@@@ What are the traffic lights in the About gutemine3 and About 
Alan Turing enigma2 menu under Information about? 
Same answer than for the traffic light in the @ boot menu.

@@@ Why then this prohibitive signs on the @ boot menu 
and when flashing with dBackup3?
This is for information purpose and indicates where you 
may complain that these people and teams are violating my right
as the author of my Plugins and indicate that you now have to 
suffer from gutemine's reaction to their wrong doing.

@@@ What is this GHOST RIDER protection?
As a starting point I recommend watching the 2007
movie with Nicolas Cage playing the Ghost Rider,
or have a read of the original Marvel Comic book
series. Then be gutemine's guest and as long as 
you are NOT a Blackheart you have nothing to fear
and the GHOST RIDER will not come after your souls!

!!! Have fun with the @ Plugin !!!

gutemine