From 9563b14a64300d53dc603a9aeda05cc5c74b2570 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle K Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:42:03 -0500 Subject: include couple screenshots --- README.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 50966c4..6dc9f4f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ Comes with simple interactive *install.sh* script, supports BIOS and UEFI x86_64 * flatpak is included, easily install VSCode or Discord in sandboxed environment * ZFS support, kernel patched to export FPU functions * Linux 5.6.7 kernel built with 1000Hz -03 Sandybridge and aufs, ClearLinux, fsync, unprivileged CLONE_NEWUSER, and IOMMU missing ACS capabilities overrides +* KDE 5.18.4, KDE Applications 20.04, KDE Frameworks 5.69.0, Qt 5.14.2 + + +![kicker](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fatalhalt/gentoox/master/kicker.jpg?raw=true) + +![dolphin](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fatalhalt/gentoox/master/dolphin.jpg?raw=true) The ISO weighs around 4GB and following settings were used to build it: ## CFLAGS @@ -39,27 +45,35 @@ USE="-bindist elogind -consolekit -systemd udev dbus X wayland gles vulkan plymo > (Q) **what is the main motivation behind GentooX?** I found it rather tedious to setup a clean Gentoo install and LTO all the packages, not only gcc has to be rebuilt to support graphite, but then your entire stage3 install needs to be recompiled, not to mention already installed software. GentooX aims to provide pre-compiled and LTOed packages from the get go with easy installation and convenient LiveCD. Since GentooX mandates AVX support, this allows further optimizations to all packages. - -> **(Q) how can I start KDE?** +> (Q) **how can I start KDE?** login to tty1 using gentoox/gentoox and type 'startx' -> **(Q) what are the minimum requirements?** +> (Q) **why does theme look like it didn't apply correctly? e.g. fonts are enlarged or dolphin looks dark-and-white?** + +make sure to logout/login after initial 'startx' startup in LiveCD or after installation +> (Q) **what are the minimum requirements?** any AVX capable CPUs released since 2011 such as Intel Sandybridge or AMD Bulldozer, 4GB of RAM (mostly due to LiveCD being 4GB squashfs file), and 16GB of disk space for root partition where openSUSE's style BTRFS will be setup and 128MB boot partition > (Q) **how can GentooX be installed?** -boot LiveCD, login with gentoox/gentoox credentails, sudo su, and run ./install.sh, the install script is interactive, BIOS and UEFI systems are supported +boot LiveCD, login with gentoox/gentoox credentials, sudo su, and run ./install.sh, the install script is interactive, BIOS and UEFI systems are supported > (Q) **how does the installation work?** The installation carried by install.sh is very simple, besides interactive partitioning the setup extracts 4GB image.squashfs into root partition that ends up taking 13GB of space which includes all the pre-compiled software such as KDE and Steam. - -SDDM can be enabled this and that, otherwise 'startx' is used by default - -Theme is not applying correctly? make sure to logout/login when after initial 'startx' startup in LiveCD or after installation - -sudo su by default grants root without asking for password, to be decided - - > (Q) **why GentooX name?** +> (Q) **is GentooX source based? How can I install additional software or update the system after installation?** + +Gentoox is source based, you should run **emerge --sync** after the install. After that, to update the system run: +```sh +emerge -avuDN --with-bdeps=y --exclude gentoo-sources @world** +``` +> (Q) **can I use login manager such as SDDM instead of 'startx' + +yes, SDDM can be enabled, follow see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SDDM#Service +> (Q) **why GentooX name?** - I couldn't come up with anything better at time, I know there's a Gentoo distribution aimed at original XBOX named 'gentoox'. My distro uses capital X at the end for now (Gentoo**X**). +I couldn't come up with anything better at time, I know there's a Gentoo distribution aimed at original XBOX named 'gentoox'. My distro uses capital X at the end for now (Gentoo**X**). ## Known issues -a "hwclock: settimeofday() failed: Invalid argument" message can be seen during bootup, I believe this is upstream Gentoo issue. +* a "hwclock: settimeofday() failed: Invalid argument" message can be seen during bootup, I believe this is upstream Gentoo issue. +* 'sudo su' by default grants root without asking for password, to be decided, can be disabled by editing sudoers -- cgit v1.2.3