Welcome to the sidux Operating System Manual
Be prepared!
sidux is based on Debian 'sid' GNU/Linux, and holds fast to the core values and social contract of Debian.
You no longer need to wait for a new release to always have the latest of anything, including kernels. Once you have installed sidux, all it needs is a dist-upgrade, which is a system-wide software update from debian and sidux.
This means that re-installing yet another release every 6-12 months on your PC is unnecessary with sidux, as the weekly or monthly dist-upgrade brings everything up-to-date, including the kernel.
As it is, an install with sidux usually does not take longer than 20 minutes.
sidux offers 3 up-to-date live-CD//DVD entry point release variations, these are:
- 32 bit lite, live-cd approximately 550MB +/-
- 64 bit lite, live-cd approximately 550MB +/-
- a combined i386 + amd64 KDE-full, live DVD approximately 1.5GBMB +/-
With the 'way of sidux', you will be always up to date and have the very best that sidux together with Debian 'sid' can offer.
Please , if you do nothing else, take a moment to read the Quick Start Guide
Welcome to sidux!
How to use this manual
This manual is divided into common sections, for example, a subject pertaining to partitioning is found in Partitioning your Hard Drive, and topics regarding the Internet/WIFI are grouped in Internet and Networking. There are some topics that cannot be grouped or require stand-alone status.
As with any new documentation there will be errors/mistakes/typos, although we hope otherwise regarding errors and mistakes (typos we can live with ) please forgive us.
As the body of work grows, more documentation will be added and we at sidux are sure that this will prove to be a very valuable resource for you and we thank you for being a part of sidux.
Printing key files of the manual
Hard copy printing of key files as 'portrait' does not allow an overflow code-box to print beyond the physical paper margins, (the manual website does not have this issue due to a code-box being able to scroll across).
While this is not generally a problem for a website, that is for example, a mainstream media site, it is rather critical for any linux distribution where a single line of code input into a terminal maybe as long as 120 characters, and thus is usually wider than a typical A4 portrait page at 12 pt.
Therefore adjust your print preferences to landscape,.
All content is © 2006-2008 by the sidux e.V. and released under GNU Free Documentation License.Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
All trademarks and copyrights are the property of their owners whether specicified or not.
E&OE
Disclaimer
This is experimental software. Use at your own risk. The sidux project, it's developers and team members (all represented by the sidux e.V.) cannot be held liable under any circumstances for damage to hardware or software, lost data, or other direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of this software. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, you are not permitted to use or further distribute this software.
Table of Contents
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sidux OS Manual
- Search
- sidux OS Manual
- How to use this manual
- Table of Contents
- Where to get Help
- IRC !paste
- Credits
- sidux Quick Start Guide
CD Contents
Mirrors, CD Downloading and Burning
- sidux Mirrors, Downloading and Burning
- md5 Checksum
- Burning in Windows
- Burning in Linux
- xdelta Patching
- Burning without a GUI
Live Mode
- Root-password on the sidux-LiveCD
- Installing software whilst on a Live-CD
- Writing on NTFS-partitions with ntfs-3g
The Terminal/Konsole
CheatCodes
Partitioning Your Hard Drive
- Partitioning your HD using GParted
- NTFS partition Resizing using GParted
- UUID, Partition Labelling and fstab
- Disk Naming in brief
- Partitioning your HD using cfdisk
- Formatting after partitioning with cfdisk
- Partition Size Examples
Installation options
- Install Preparation
- Installing to your HD
- First Boot Up
- Booting 'fromiso'
- fromiso and persist
- Installing on a USB-HD
- Installing sidux with VirtualBox
- Installing sidux with QEMU
Graphic Cards, Hardware Devices and Drivers
- Writing to NTFS
- Screen Resolution and Monitors
- Binary, non-free drivers for: Nvidia / ATI
- Free xorg drivers for nVidia, ATI, Radeon, Intel
- Hardware with non-free needs
Window Managers
sidux LAMP Stack
Internet and Networking
- Tor
- Privoxy
- Firewalls
- Configuring SAMBA (Windows)
- Samba-Server Setup
- SSH Remote Mounting
- X Window Apps via SSH
- GUI SSH with Konqueror
- SSH X-Forwarding from Windows-PC
- SSH and Security
- 56k Modems
- Activating Ndiswrapper
- Activating Ndiswrapper - Advanced
- WIFI-WLAN
- Getting Online -Ceni
Installing/deleting and downgrading packages
- APT-Guide Cookbook and Sources list
- Meta-Package Installer
- Meta Installer and Proxies
- Installing a new package
- Deleting a package
- Downgrade and Hold a package
- Package searching with apt-cache
- Package searching with kio-apt
- Upgrade an Installed System - dist-upgrade
System Administration
- smxi Syntax Command Sets
- siduxcc
- Upgrade an Installed System - dist-upgrade
- Upgrading by Live-CD
- Upgrading the kernel
- Back-Up with rdiff
- Back-Up with rsync
- Virus and Rootkit Scanners
- Enabling services in sidux
- Lost root passwords
- Fonts
- CUPS
- sidux runlevels - init
- MBR Overwritten bootsector
- Dual and Multibooting
- Creating a Boot-Floppy
- Removing grub from MBR
- Grub the boot manager

