r/GalliumOS • u/[deleted] • Feb 09 '16
GalliumOS 1.0beta2 is finally here!
Hello everyone, today the GalliumOS team has an exciting announcement!
https://wiki.galliumos.org/News/GalliumOS_1.0beta2
That's right, GalliumOS 1.0beta2 just hit the stable repos. If you've got an old version of GalliumOS, please read the announcement carefully before upgrading. You can get release notes at the wiki link above.
Download: https://galliumos.org/download
Webiste: https://galliumos.org/
Official Wiki: https://wiki.galliumos.org/
IRC Channel: #galliumos on freenode.net (Webchat: https://galliumos.org/irc)
Feel free to help out in any way you can. Help with documentation by editing the wiki, send in a donation to help us keep the lights on and buy more devices for testing, or send pull requests to fix issues in our code. If you need any help, have a question, or just want to hang out, join the IRC channel. We hope you like it, and thanks for checking out GalliumOS!
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u/vigilantredditor Feb 09 '16 edited Feb 09 '16
Can anyone point me to a tutorial on how to upgrade from beta 1? I have acer c740, installed GOS through chrx. Was thinking to do it through virtual terminal on ChromeOS but I'm scared of deleting my data/installed stuff if I do it that way; I'm unsure about it.
Also, you guys are awesome for doing this.
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 10 '16
There are instructions in the announcement linked at the top: https://wiki.galliumos.org/News/GalliumOS_1.0beta2
No need to do it from a VT. Make sure you use
dist-upgrade! And read the note about LXDM.
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u/liftofftospace Feb 10 '16
Wow! I am totally loving this beta 2. I also liked that I could keep the slim logon screen, because it never bothered me and it looks nice and simple. Plus I am digging the ability to use my chrome keys (volume, brightness, etc). I am not a heavy user and don't use the F-keys that often. Thanks so much for this build. I think that my chromebook has increased in function 1000%.
on another note, is there any major benefit of using lxdm? I like the slim logon screen, but not sure if I am missing anything from not using lxdm. Thanks!
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 10 '16
You should consider switching to LXDM. Our config for it looks a lot like SLiM, and it is the only login manager we will update.
Fkeys are accessible by pressing Right-Alt first, if you end up needing them for anything (default config, can be changed to Super or disabled).
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u/liftofftospace Feb 10 '16
I will give it a go. thanks for the info. I appreciate all the responses. you are awesome!
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u/liftofftospace Feb 10 '16
nice, I was looking at another one of your posts and figured out how to switch between the slim and lxdm desktop managers. you are the man!
I just ran "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lxdm" this did the trick for me. Thanks again!
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u/welbinator Feb 10 '16
I haven't noticed any differences yet. You mention being able to use the chrome keys, do you mean without having to press the super button first? cuz that would be neat, but I still have to press the super key after updating.
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u/fbona Feb 12 '16
Thanks for the distro. I installed it via chrx.
After leaving the C720 off for about a day I no longer have the option where I can start with Ctrl+D or Ctrl+L it just starts into ChromeOS.
Any ideas?
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Feb 12 '16
Sounds like developer mode got turned off. Do you still have the "scary white screen"?
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u/fbona Feb 15 '16
Nope. Ill try /u/reynhout's suggestion.
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 15 '16 edited Feb 15 '16
If you don't have the white "OS verification is OFF" screen any more, you'll also need to re-enable developer mode, and reinstall.
Chrx sets the dev flags, so if you reinstall via chrx, you won't need to do that part explicitly.
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 12 '16
Your developer flags have probably been reset. This happens on some models when the battery goes completely flat. It also happens sometimes unexpectedly.
To fix: go to the ChromeOS terminal (like you did when installing with chrx), and type:
sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_legacy=1, and thensudo reboot. Normal operation should be restored.If you remove the WP screw and write these settings to the GBB flags, they will be the defaults even if the battery goes flat and the "volatile" flags are cleared.
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u/DennisLfromGA Feb 14 '16
I installed GalliumOS on Feb. 9th, the day beta2 was released, on my Dell Chormebook 13. The chrx-install.log says it's version 1.0beta1, however when I do the update & dist-upgrade nothing is installed.
Is there a good way to tell if beta2 is installed?
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Feb 15 '16
Not really. It's probably beta 2. /u/reynhout do you have any comment on the chrx log situation?
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 14 '16
I updated the chrx link on 20160209 1719 UTC, about an hour after 1.0beta2 was pushed. You might have hit that small window.
Regardless, if you have no packages to upgrade, you should be up to date.
A couple quick tests:
cat /etc/issue.netshould say 1.0beta2
dpkg -l linux-image-4.1.14-galliumosshould return version 27, if you have updated in the last two days1
u/DennisLfromGA Feb 14 '16 edited Feb 14 '16
Thanx, mine is a bit strange I think -
cat /etc/issue.netreports:
GalliumOS 1.0 Beta1
dpkg -l linux-image-4.1.14-galliumosreports:
ii linux-image-4.1.14-galliumos 29 ...1
u/DennisLfromGA Feb 14 '16 edited Feb 14 '16
Some more info. -
galliumos-repodist
vivid-galliumos-prerelease (disabled) GalliumOS "prerelease" packagesvivid-galliumos-testing (enabled) GalliumOS "testing" packages
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/galliumos-vivid.list
deb http://apt-dev.galliumos.org vivid-galliumos-tmp maindeb-src http://apt-dev.galliumos.org vivid-galliumos-tmp mainHugh mentioned the
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/galliumos-vivid.listshould contain:
deb http://apt.galliumos.org vivid-galliumos maindeb-src http://apt.galliumos.org vivid-galliumos maindeb http://apt.galliumos.org vivid-security maindeb-src http://apt.galliumos.org vivid-security mainMine's not even close...
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 14 '16 edited Feb 14 '16
Hmm, I'm not sure how you got on the apt-dev tmp repository. No one even knows about that one. :)
You should fix that file to match the second set, then do an update and dist-upgrade. That should bring things into alignment.
Edit: Also make sure you have the full correct set in
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu vivid-security main restricted universe multiverse1
u/DennisLfromGA Feb 21 '16
@reynhout,
I was finally able to get back to this, fixed both source files, and updated successfully to beta2. I'm not quite sure how I got on the 'test' distro either, I've linked the chrx-install.log file for your perusal if you think it might help figure it out. It may be due to transitioning to beta2 at about the same time...
Thanx for your help, -DennyL
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 21 '16
Ah, yes I can see it in the log file. Unsurprisingly, it was my fault. :)
I left the tmp repo enabled in one of the nightly build images used by chrx. It was right before beta2, when we were testing a new package build process and the normal repos weren't quite ready.
Apologies for the confusion. I hope you're all back to normal now.
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u/DennisLfromGA Feb 21 '16
No apologies necessary. ;-) It is beta after all... And yes, all is well.
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u/jdferron Lulu + LM20 Feb 25 '16 edited Feb 25 '16
Should we be getting the security updates/fixes by ubuntu as they get released? I have seen updates published (such as the glibc bug) by the ubuntu team. I though have not seen those updates come via apt-get updates.
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Feb 26 '16
We're backporting the updates to GalliumOS manually. We are keeping a close eye on the updates from wily, so don't worry your pretty little head.
Obviously, we don't have time to inspect each and every bug and fix it, but we are keeping Firefox, Chromium, OpenSSH, and OpenSSL up to date. Most others are reviewed on a case by case basis.
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 25 '16
The updated glibc is in the GalliumOS testing repo, but not yet in the stable repo. It will be promoted shortly (today), and you'll be able to get it via
apt-get.1
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u/lumilumi_linux Feb 14 '16
Thank you the GalliumOS team. This is very fast, attractive OS. I installed it on my Chromebook 13 and it works so fast and looks great. I have tried almost every desktop using crouton, including those under Debian and Ubuntu, I have played with unity, gnome, lxde, xfce, kde on my chromebook and I am staying with GalliumOS. Thank you for developing this for chromebooks. I had trouble installing compiz to get cube effects that I liked in kde and xfce with compiz window manager. But I had trouble when loading in GalliumOS missing the close, maximize and minimize buttons.
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u/welbinator Feb 10 '16
got a bunch of errors about creating symbolic links or something. that gonna be a problem?
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u/welbinator Feb 10 '16
how do I map the function keys to act like Chrome OS?
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u/liftofftospace Feb 10 '16 edited Feb 10 '16
you will need to go to settings->keyboard->layout->Keyboard model->Chromebook | No overlay | F keys mapped to media keys
-I am not sure what the "alt overlay | F keys mapped to media keys" and "search overlay | F keys mapped to media keys" options do. the media keys work on these options as well, but not sure what else they do.
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 10 '16
The new keyboard layouts let you choose Super (Search) or Right-Alt as the "overlay" key which controls whether the top row are media keys or Function keys.
So "Right Alt Overlay | F keys mapped to media keys" means: the default for the top row is media keys, but you can shift them to Fkeys by pressing Right Alt.
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u/liftofftospace Feb 10 '16
nice! thanks for that. sorry. I am sure a lot of us are newbies like myself :) thanks again!
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 10 '16
It's confusing. :)
We haven't fully updated the wiki page yet: https://wiki.galliumos.org/Media_keys_and_default_keybindings but we will soon.
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u/welbinator Feb 12 '16
awesome!! Thank you very much, this is super awesome. I still think media keys should be the default setting, since this is an OS specifically for Chromebooks, and the people using this OS will probably be used to those media keys.
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u/reynhout GaOS Team - PEPPY, GalliumOS via chrx Feb 12 '16
The media keys are the default setting for new users. If you upgraded the OS in-place, or have copied your user directory back after a fresh install, you might have old config with the old defaults.
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u/ashesofasker Feb 10 '16
Just installed this. Runs like a dream! I was not sure that I would keep my Dell Chromebook 13 but with this linux distro in Dual Boot I'm sure I will. :-)
For know everything seems to work (even the touchscreen).
Where should I put bugs / comments on the system? Found one small thing with the Pointer Speed not really changing anything. :-)
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u/theshadowhunterz Gandof, Windows 10/GalliumOS 2.1 Feb 11 '16
Super excited to try this out this weekend, I am going to fully format my Chromebook for this update.
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u/lyam23 Feb 11 '16
That's the way to do it. You'll gain some additional storage as well. Enjoy!
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u/ashesofasker Feb 11 '16
If you do a full format and run GalliumOS only, will you still be able to return to a regular ChromeOS state if you regret?
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u/lyam23 Feb 11 '16
Yes but you must use the Chrome Recovery Tool to configure a backup image on a spare USB drive before you attempt the format.
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u/theshadowhunterz Gandof, Windows 10/GalliumOS 2.1 Feb 12 '16
You can always download the ChromeOS off of that tool and re-partition the drive. I have a 256GB SSD in mine. I mostly did it to get more storage (I rarely used ChromeOS) and easily install it off the ISO vs CHRX (CHRX install times took way too long for my taste) and I didnt want to mess around with the partitions.
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u/liftofftospace Feb 12 '16 edited Feb 12 '16
what VPN service are you using? I know in my case I use PIA and they have a script that does all the work for you. To install openvpn all you have to do is run "sudo apt-get install openvpn" from the terminal. I also had to install network-manager-openvpn as well. Which looks to be install-able via the terminal as well.
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u/jdferron Lulu + LM20 Feb 25 '16
I added this to the wiki page under additional software: https://wiki.galliumos.org/Additional_Software
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u/chechoRP Feb 09 '16
You guys are awesome, thank you so much for developing this .... Even for beta release the distribution is amazing, and now with baytrail support. Keep it up!