goal

Automate downloading and flashing of linux distributions to arbitrary storages(i.e. external usb device). Periodically (i.e. daemon) check for updates, download them and flash them.

$ ./quickos -h
usage: quickos.py [-h] os storage

flash linux operating systems on the fly

positional arguments:
  os          the operating system that should be flashed
  storage     the storage where the os shall be flashed

    optional arguments:
      -h, --help  show this help message and exit

roadmap

virtualenv
git repo
how to make a daemon?
get argparse working
implement config file in form of distributions.json
update distributions
check signature
flash storage with downloaded os
make cli options working

how are distributions offered?

as latest
with date in the download link
the checksum is sometimes a file, sometimes written on a webpage

how to get the newest download link?