From a9bb5718559ff33f1a3ff8acc71227a1fc748baf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle K Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:58:35 -0500 Subject: add few FAQ questions and answers --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6dc9f4f..671130d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Comes with simple interactive *install.sh* script, supports BIOS and UEFI x86_64 * 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 +## Download +http://gentoox.cryptohash.nl/ ![kicker](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fatalhalt/gentoox/master/kicker.jpg?raw=true) @@ -64,15 +66,25 @@ The installation carried by install.sh is very simple, besides interactive parti 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** +emerge -avuDN --with-bdeps=y --exclude gentoo-sources @world ``` -> (Q) **can I use login manager such as SDDM instead of 'startx' +> (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) **how does the custom GentooX KDE theme get applied?** + +when 'startx' is issued the ~/.xinitrc contains a 1-time line to run /usr/src/postinstall.sh +> (Q) **can I build GentooX from scratch myself? Could I e.g. optimize it solely for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen?** + +Yes! I will include a write up at some point. Building GentooX from scratch involves building a stage3 tarball with help of build-stage3.sh and then building actual GentooX with gentoox_build.sh > (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**). +## Credits +Gentoo project, https://www.gentoo.org/, note: Gentoo Foundation, Inc. is the owner of the Gentoo trademark. +CloverOS, https://cloveros.ga/, GentooX has been heavily inspired by CloverOS, if you want fvwm based optimized Gentoo distribution, look no further! + ## Known issues * 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