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💿 XeroLinux Distro 💿

Note

Check out the release notes and issues » Here. To access source code, head on over to the » XeroLinuxDev Org. To know more about the Distro it's all explained on the Main Site

Thank you

Before we begin, I would like to tell everyone of you who has supported the XeroLinux project by either getting the ISO or some merch, how much your simple act of kindness means to me. I cannot put it into words. So all am gonna say is God bless you all. I hope your kindness is reciprocated. 🙏❤️

In case you haven't gotten your copy yet, check out how to » Here.

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Installation

Warning

When it comes to Encryption, I haven't tested it thoroughly. Use at your own Risk! Calamares is meh when it comes to that. All I know is it's extremely limited. It can't ecrypt both boot n root, just one or the other. Am sorry I test what I can. Please report any findings to me on Discord.

To install the distro, all you have to do is use the tried and true Ventoy to put ISO on & boot, that way you have Grub as fallback in case SystemD-Boot fails. If you burn using Etcher or similar tools there will be nothing to fall back to. Just an FYI.

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Calamares will auto-launch on boot. Just go through the motions and when you get to the user creation page, if you select the Autologin option, you will be logged in to an X11/Xorg session, not Wayland, we chose that for compatibility with legacy hardware nothing more. Yes you can still switch to Wayland post-install, just use the toolkit, it's under option 7. System Troubleshooting & Tweaks >> 6. Change Autologin Session X11/Wayland (SDDM) and select Wayland, reboot, done.

rice

Anyway, the installer is and will always function in offline mode, meaning that while no actual Internet connection is required during install, it's highly recommended you do have one in order to be able to update later on. Also, the currently supported Filesystems are, ext4, btrfs and xfs. I don't know much about btrfs so I will try my best to help there, just do not expect me to have all the answers regarding it, sorry.

We have also had no choice but to disable the Swap±Hibernate options due to an ongoing issue with latest version of Calamares. Will be re-added at some point in the future. Until then you can still use Swap File only if you have 8GB or less RAM otherwise it would be a waste of space.

That's it, there ain't much to it. Launch our toolkit from the dock, update system first, and have fun shaping the distro to your liking...