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Mr. Gray edited this page May 12, 2025 · 14 revisions

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 Openbox on the top left button (Calamares only works in Openbox), login with user:liveuser and password: (no password) to enter the Openbox 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.

  • To get the LazyVim dashboard plugin custom rainbow ASCII art, execute the following command:

  • chmod 755 /home/USERNAME/.config/LazyVim/lua/plugins/script.sh

  • to activate your firewall, use sudo systemctl start ufw

  • to have your firewall up on each boot, use sudo systmctl enable ufw

Installation - Virtual Machine (Virtual Box)

1. Download LainOS ISO from releases.

2. Create a New machine.

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

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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

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

minimum: 30gb

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

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

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

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9. Select the top left icon and select Xfce Session

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

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

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12. Select your language and start the install.

if are an advanced user you can skip to

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

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

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15. LainOS installer should start now!.

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

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

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

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19. Exit the session clicking the top right user.

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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.

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21. Insert your credentials and log in!

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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.

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