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Welcome to the Generations Linux documentation on the web. | |||
Welcome to the Generations Linux documentation on the web. | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
[[File:splash-boot.png | [[File:splash-boot.png|right|splash bootup]] | ||
Generations is for amd64/x86_64 boxes | |||
Generations is for i386 to amd64/x86_64 boxes as its namesake implies. | |||
The default is to boot using Linux kernel 5.14 (x86_64), for older systems from the boot menu use the up/down arrow keys to select 32-bit which is kernel 3.12.2(overlayfs). | |||
In the about section you will find information on where to download ISO live images. An ISO live image allows one to boot into Linux from a CD/DVD/USB or run within a virtual machine environment, without installing any software. | In the about section you will find information on where to download ISO live images. An ISO live image allows one to boot into Linux from a CD/DVD/USB or run within a virtual machine environment, without installing any software. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
gould desktop | |||
1994-2001 Generations 1 (pagan) 1994 inspired by Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was the birth of Softcraft Linux (Generations 1). A commercial now defunct Craftworks Linux was a spin off providing a first DEC Alpha 64-bit Linux distribution which sold mostly in Europe. | 1994-2001 Generations 1 (pagan) 1994 inspired by Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was the birth of Softcraft Linux (Generations 1). A commercial now defunct Craftworks Linux was a spin off providing a first DEC Alpha 64-bit Linux distribution which sold mostly in Europe. | ||
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2001-2009 Generations 2 (nexus) Nexus was for personal use of the principal developer and not published. Traces may be found on www.berlios.de/ Worth noting is that the software packaging for this distribution was switched from a PKG / tar compressed to RPM while pagan into nexus. | 2001-2009 Generations 2 (nexus) Nexus was for personal use of the principal developer and not published. Traces may be found on www.berlios.de/ Worth noting is that the software packaging for this distribution was switched from a PKG / tar compressed to RPM while pagan into nexus. | ||
2009-now Generations 3 (vortex) One of the world largest software archives | 2009-now Generations 3 (vortex) One of the world largest software archives ibiblio, graciously, listed Generations Linux as one of the many Linux distributions. Providing storage space for downloading of ISO images releases and (RPM)updates. | ||
==Booting== | ==Booting== | ||
grub bootloader | |||
When you are at the boot screen, if you have an older computer i.e. not 64-bits, just move down to the 32-bit kernel option. This will not apply to releases prior to 3.1 which are only 32-bit. | When you are at the boot screen, if you have an older computer i.e. not 64-bits, just move down to the 32-bit kernel option. This will not apply to releases prior to 3.1 which are only 32-bit. | ||
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Options which start with the word "Run" all have in common the following boot command line parameters: | Options which start with the word "Run" all have in common the following boot command line parameters: | ||
initrd=/boot/initrd.img quiet splash | initrd=/boot/initrd.img quiet splash vga=788 | ||
hardware detection | |||
Next, Generations Linux will probe your system hardware, saving the information in the /etc/sysconfig/ and /etc/network/ folders. Note that the screen that the "hardware detection" figure shows will only appear when splash is not specified. | Next, Generations Linux will probe your system hardware, saving the information in the /etc/sysconfig/ and /etc/network/ folders. Note that the screen that the "hardware detection" figure shows will only appear when splash is not specified. | ||
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splash uses the Linux kernel VESA framebuffer with the splashutils package (once found on the fbsplash.berlios.de) tailored for Generations. | splash uses the Linux kernel VESA framebuffer with the splashutils package (once found on the fbsplash.berlios.de) tailored for Generations. | ||
vga=788 | vga=788 is needed for the splash boot mode to work. When booting generations from a virtualbox, you will need to remove the vga=788 if you want a better screen resolution. | ||
==Greeter== | ==Greeter== | ||
gould greeter | |||
System is ready! Click on the "access account" to autologin as user: avatar (password : welcome) which has sudo privs. Click on "Administrator" (passord: admin) to directly have full (root) access. Remember, it is only a live image. Nothing has been installed. If your computer has 2GB of memory or more, it is all in memory. Removing the CD/DVD/USB media on systems with less than 2GB of memory will result on the running session having errors and instability. Generations live image is dependant on the /generations/linux SquashFS (compressed filesystem) file found on the ISO image which is only copied to memory when possible. | System is ready! Click on the "access account" to autologin as user: avatar (password : welcome) which has sudo privs. Click on "Administrator" (passord: admin) to directly have full (root) access. Remember, it is only a live image. Nothing has been installed. If your computer has 2GB of memory or more, it is all in memory. Removing the CD/DVD/USB media on systems with less than 2GB of memory will result on the running session having errors and instability. Generations live image is dependant on the /generations/linux SquashFS (compressed filesystem) file found on the ISO image which is only copied to memory when possible. | ||
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The desktop uses both a panel taskbar: starting from left to right an applications pull down menu, quick-launch shortcuts, tasks running bars, a workspace switcher, system tray with on demand and persistent apps. | The desktop uses both a panel taskbar: starting from left to right an applications pull down menu, quick-launch shortcuts, tasks running bars, a workspace switcher, system tray with on demand and persistent apps. | ||
gpanel montage | |||
And a quick-launch dock (wbar) on the bottom in the middle, similar to the one on an Apple OS X desktop. | And a quick-launch dock (wbar) on the bottom in the middle, similar to the one on an Apple OS X desktop. | ||
Quicklaunch.png | |||
==Installation== | ==Installation== | ||
See the | See the genesis page on this site. | ||
==Copyright== | ==Copyright== | ||
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Also as with most Linux distributions, all is under Open Source, which depending on the actual package the licensing is that of the source author. For example: Apache, BSD, MIT, MPL, etc. | Also as with most Linux distributions, all is under Open Source, which depending on the actual package the licensing is that of the source author. For example: Apache, BSD, MIT, MPL, etc. | ||