Installation

Installation - Live system

1. Download LainOS ISO from releases

2. Burn the .iso to USB/DVD with a tool like rufus.

3. Check your BIOS, UEFI must be ON and Secure Boot OFF.

4. Boot the system using your USB/DVD, once you are on the user log in select Xfce on the top left button (Calamares only works in Xfce), login with user:liveuser and password: (no password) to enter the Xfce live installation environment.

Post installation:

• use sudo pacman -Sy to update package databases, followed by sudo pacman -Syu to update the system.

• use chsh -s $(which zsh) to get the custom shell prompt theme,(reboot for changes to take effect).

• and use nano open LazyVim, then Shift+U to update LazyVim once you are in ZSH.

Installation - Virtual Machine (Virtual Box)

1. Download LainOS ISO from releases.

2. Create a New machine.

3. Select a name and select the ISO file, select Linux and ArchLinux on Type and Subtype.

4. Select the memory (RAM) and CPU Cores that will have the VM, this will depend on your system.

Tip

Don't go above green

5. Select the Size of the disk to give to the system and then select finish.

minimum: 30gb

6. Go to Settings -> display and select the max video memory for the system.

7. The system is done! Launch it, it should look like this, Select the first option.

8. This is the LainOS Login, for the first Login you need to do some things.

9. Select the top left icon and select Xfce Session

10. Login with the credentials "liveuser" " " and press login

11. Calamares should open and you will see the installer, in case it doesn't appear select this icon and search it.

12. Select your language and start the install.

if are an advanced user you can skip to

13. Here you need to Erase disk and select btrfs.

14. Here edit your user and select a secure password. (not like mine...)

15. LainOS installer should start now!.

16. Once is done shut down the VM and let's move some things.

17. You need to go to VM settings -> Storage and select the Controller: IDE, You need to disable it clicking the red X.

18. Start the VM again, should look like this! Press enter and it should enter again on XFCE.

19. Exit the session clicking the top right user.

20. Change again the session on the top left corner and select OpenBox.

Hyprland is not supported on VM for now, on live should work.

21. Insert your credentials and log in!

Common questions.

Why switch to xfce for the install?: Only XFCE supports calamares installer. I don't remember my credentials! what do i do?: log in with liveuser and create a new user.