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Sabayon is all about choice. You have many flavors to choose from. | Sabayon is all about choice. You have many flavors to choose from. | ||
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* [http://www.sabayon.org/mirrors Sabayon Mirrors Page] | * [http://www.sabayon.org/mirrors Sabayon Mirrors Page] | ||
The following choices are the main releases available in 32Bit (x86) or 64Bit (amd64): | The following choices are the main releases available in 32Bit (x86) or 64Bit (amd64): | ||
| + | {{Note| "amd64" is also suitable for '''Intel''' based 64bit Processors}} | ||
1. KDE | 1. KDE | ||
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2. Gnome | 2. Gnome | ||
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3. LXDE | 3. LXDE | ||
4. MATE | 4. MATE | ||
5. XFCE | 5. XFCE | ||
6. Enlightenment | 6. Enlightenment | ||
| + | All of the above mentioned Desktop Environments are fully featured. | ||
7. CoreCDX | 7. CoreCDX | ||
CoreCDX is a minimal install for those wishing to configure the system more to their liking, | CoreCDX is a minimal install for those wishing to configure the system more to their liking, | ||
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(for more advanced users) in 32bit or 64bit., and uses the Fluxbox Window Manager. | (for more advanced users) in 32bit or 64bit., and uses the Fluxbox Window Manager. | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 7 February 2013
Through this Wiki, on several places you can find Documentations and visual tours about how to install, and use Sabayon Linux.
To give you a overview, all those articles are merged here, into one synoptic page.
Contents |
System Requirements
- Live Environment - No 3D Desktop:
- i686 Processor
- at least 512 MB of RAM (1 GB suggested)
- a 2D graphics card
- a DDC capable Monitor
- mouse and keyboard
- Live Environment - 3D Desktop:
- Installation:
A full KDE Desktop for example, CAN run with only 1 GB RAM, but you will most likely run out of memory during a session.
Especially when running programs, such as firefox or thunderbird. Please keep that in mind.- i686 Processor
- at least 512 MB of RAM (1 GB suggested for decent eyecandy effects)
- an OpenGL capable 3D graphics card (mostly NVIDIA, ATI, Intel, VIA)
- 20 GB of free space, that is bare minimum DVD Install. 30+ GB is highly recommended.
- 8 GB of free space for miniCD. 10+ GB is recommended
- Internet connection (not mandatory but highly suggested)
- a DDC capable Monitor
- mouse and keyboard
The live CD/DVD
What Editions are available in Sabayon Linux?
Sabayon is all about choice. You have many flavors to choose from.
You can download them from the mirrors, here:
The following choices are the main releases available in 32Bit (x86) or 64Bit (amd64):
1. KDE 2. Gnome 3. LXDE 4. MATE 5. XFCE 6. Enlightenment
All of the above mentioned Desktop Environments are fully featured.
7. CoreCDX CoreCDX is a minimal install for those wishing to configure the system more to their liking, (for more advanced users) in 32bit or 64bit., and uses the Fluxbox Window Manager.
burning / checking the .iso image
please see: HOWTO:_Burn_Sabayon_from_Windows
For checking the integrity of the burned disc, please see:
HOWTO:_Checking_the_integrity_of_a_LiveCD_or_LiveDVD
Passwords on live CD/DVD
- The root password:
no password is required: just press the Enter key.
- The sabayonuser password:
no password is required: just press the Enter key.
- For older releases (version 6 and earlier) the password for Root is "root" (without the quotes) and the password for Sabayonuser is "sabayonuser" (without the quotes).
Visual walkthrough Booting process
Please see: Visual_Tour:_Boot-menu_Sabayon_LiveCD/DVD
When having a old NVidia card, and downloaded latest ISOs, chances are that they will not start the Window Manager/Desktop Environment (see the flavors above), but rather present you with a black screen.
There is nothing wrong with the ISOs, it is because "nvidia-drivers-304.64" or higher is installed by default.
You can bypass that by hitting ctrl-alt-f1, remove the nvidia-drivers, (nouveau is installed too) and restart xdm:
/etc/init.d/xdm restart
For a overall view of which cards support what driver., please see: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
The following visual tour will show you how to edit Xorg.conf: Visual_Tour:_Part_2_Editing_the_xorg.conf
Installing Sabayon
For a installation guide, step-by-step, please see: En:Introduction#Installation_Guide:_Step_by_Step
We also offer a visual walkthrough about installing Sabayon, please see: Visual_Tour:_Installing_Sabayon
Partitioning
When installing, Sabayon offers a standard partitioning scheme using LVM, and leaves Windows partitions untouched.
If you wish to manually partition, or add mountpoints, please see: HOWTO:_Manual_Partitioning_with_Sabayon_Linux
For GPT partitioning: HOWTO:_Install_Sabayon_with_GRUB2_and_GPT_on_a_New_System
Advice on the hostname:
HOWTO:_Advice_on_the_hostname_to_specify_when_installing_Sabayon_Linux
Dual boot with Windows
If you want to Dual boot with Windows, or first need to reduce the size of the existing partitions, please see: HOWTO:_Dual_boot_Sabayon_Linux_and_Windows
Install the Gentoo way
HOWTO:_Install_from_an_existing_Linux_system
FAQ
Troubleshooting
boot parameters
En:Sabayon_Linux#Boot_parameters_and_workarounds_for_problematic_Hardware
