Radix Linux 0.9.1 Alpha Version

Radix Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution currently in beta, designed specifically for students. It is built from scratch to run efficiently on low-resource hardware and offers Turkish language support. This early version invites testing and feedback from its users. https://www.reddit.com/r/RadixLinuxCommunity/

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How to install Radix Linux on your Chroot Virtual Environment?

1. To interact with your filesystem mount points, you must first switch to the root user. We will also initialize a global variable to simplify the commands used throughout this guide.

   • You can change to root user and create the variable with this command:

     sudo su
     export radixlinux=/home/yourusernamehere/Radix-Linux
     

2. Once the variable is defined, set the umask to ensure consistent file permissions, as your host distribution may use a different default value.

   • You can set umask with this command:

     umask 022
     

Note: Since variables and umask settings are session-specific, you must redefine them whenever you open a new terminal or restart your session. To verify that they are correctly applied, run the following command:

• You can set check the variable and umask with this command:

  echo $radixlinux
  umask
  

3. After verifying the environment variables, we need to create essential system directories and mount points required for the kernel to interact with your hardware.

• Now create new directories with this command:

  mkdir $radixlinux/sys
  mkdir $radixlinux/proc
  mkdir $radixlinux/run
  mkdir $radixlinux/dev
  mkdir $radixlinux/dev/pts
  mkdir $radixlinux/dev/shm
  

4. After that, you need to mount your host systems kernel drivers because we dont have any yet:)

• Now mount some directories with this command:

  mount -v -t sysfs sysfs $radixlinux/sys
  mount -v -t proc proc $radixlinux/proc
  mount -v -t tmpfs tmpfs $radixlinux/run
  mount -v --bind /dev $radixlinux/dev
  mount -v --bind /dev/pts $radixlinux/dev/pts
  mount -v -t tmpfs tmpfs $radixlinux/dev/shm
  

5. After you finished testing, you need to unmount them so come back here later and skip this part for now :)

• You can unmount the mounted directories with this command:

  umount -v $radixlinux/dev/shm
  umount -v $radixlinux/dev/pts
  umount -v $radixlinux/dev
  umount -v $radixlinux/run
  umount -v $radixlinux/proc
  umount -v $radixlinux/sys
  

Enter the Chroot Virtual Environment and test everything!

6. You have successfully reached to the end of setup phase. We will now set up a chroot environment to ensure a safe and isolated testing experience for our distribution.

NOTE:(Once you finished using, go back to the 5th part and unmount before leaving!)

• Enter the chroot environment with these commands:

  chroot "$radixlinux" /usr/bin/env -i   \
      HOME=/root                  \
      TERM="$TERM"                \
      PS1='(radix linux chroot) \u:\w\$ ' \
      PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin     \
      MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)"      \
      TESTSUITEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)" \
      /bin/bash --login
  
  exec /usr/bin/bash --login
  

  Now you are ready to boot into our os :)

Thank you for testing our software and sharing your ideas. See you later.