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GalliumOS 1.0beta2

02 February 2016 ** DRAFT **

GalliumOS is a fast and lightweight Linux distro made for Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. GalliumOS delivers a complete Linux environment with full hardware support, a carefully tuned kernel, and a full-featured and attractive desktop.

Release 1.0beta2 is ready for testing. Thank you for all of the support and reports so far, we look forward to more of your feedback!

What's New?

  • Full support for Bay Trail Chromebooks
  • Updated kernel, including bugfixes
  • New login manager: LXDM is more flexible and actively developed
  • New keyboard mappings: choose media keys or F-keys, and how to switch
  • Added support for keyboard backlight control on equipped models
  • New packages
    • GDebi package installer
    • HexChat IRC client

Thank You! to the donors who made it possible for us to purchase a Bay Trail Chromebook for testing! https://galliumos.org/donate.html

Installing

GalliumOS installation images can be downloaded from https://galliumos.org/download.html. You can preview GalliumOS in a "live boot" from the same image without installing. The GalliumOS wiki has full instructions: https://wiki.galliumos.org/Installing.

GalliumOS can also be installed in a dual-boot configuration alongside ChromeOS using chrx: https://chrx.org/.

Upgrading

If you already have an earlier version of GalliumOS installed, you should update now.

From the command line: 

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
 sudo reboot

We are investigating lightweight graphical software updater options, for inclusion in future releases.

Known Issues

Resources

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