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| dcore:faq [2018/12/09 20:35] – [What are the recommended system requirements?] jason w | dcore:faq [2018/12/11 08:20] (current) – [What should i download?] +link to system requirements re. RAM sm8ps |
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| For reference, a basic dCore install runs well on an 800 MHz Celeron with 512 MB RAM plus a swap partition, using X.org, Fluxbox and lightweight software. The system uses ~50 MB RAM at boot and ~67 MB running emelfm, Dillo and xterm. Iceweasel/Firefox, however, maximizes RAM and causes high CPU usage, despite selectively disabling JavaScript and avoiding Flash. A 1 GB partition is used for this simple install, which provides adequate space to import and update SCE extensions and store the Debian files ('*.deb') and SCEs. | For reference, a basic dCore install runs well on an 800 MHz Celeron with 512 MB RAM plus a swap partition, using X.org, Fluxbox and lightweight software. The system uses ~50 MB RAM at boot and ~67 MB running emelfm, Dillo and xterm. Iceweasel/Firefox, however, maximizes RAM and causes high CPU usage, despite selectively disabling JavaScript and avoiding Flash. A 1 GB partition is used for this simple install, which provides adequate space to import and update SCE extensions and store the Debian files ('*.deb') and SCEs. |
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| dCorePlus requires at least 1GB of RAM to boot and run as it has all available hardware support and the X window system designed for new users to be able to boot and access a wireless network and install dCore in a graphical environment. | dCorePlus images require at least 1GB of RAM to boot and run as they have all available hardware support and the X window system designed for new users to be able to boot and access a wireless network and install dCore in a graphical environment. |
| ==== What hardware is supported? ==== | ==== What hardware is supported? ==== |
| Previously x86, Arm V7hf, Allwinner-A10, GK802 and Allwinner-A20 were supported, still available from [[http://tinycorelinux.net/ports.html|Tiny Core Linux ports]]. Present development is focused on x86 architecture. As noted above, most graphic, sound, ethernet and wireless hardware is supported. Post on the forum if encountering difficulties. | Previously x86, Arm V7hf, Allwinner-A10, GK802 and Allwinner-A20 were supported, still available from [[http://tinycorelinux.net/ports.html|Tiny Core Linux ports]]. Present development is focused on x86 and x86_64 architecture. As noted above, most graphic, sound, ethernet and wireless hardware is supported. Post on the forum if encountering difficulties. |
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| ==== What about 64-bit systems? ==== | ==== What about 64-bit systems? ==== |
| Although not optimized for this hardware, dCore runs well on 64 bit systems. Note dCore began with the Allwinner A10 architecture and was later ported to x86, where most of the development and testing occurs, which still benefits A10. It can be ported to 64 bit, although the restraint is the developer's time and hardware resources. | As of dCore-stretch and dCore-bionic, dCore now has x86_64 ports. All future dCore releases will support x86_64 and also x86 as long as x86 is supported by the upstream Debian/Ubuntu repos. |
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| **[[dcore:welcome|> Return to the dCore Wiki Welcome page]]** | **[[dcore:welcome|> Return to the dCore Wiki Welcome page]]** |
| Otherwise download either the small dCore ISO (eg. 16mb dCore-jessie.iso) or larger dCorePlus ISO (eg. 74mb dCorePlus-jessie.iso). The smaller ISO consists of the base file system and kernel with a additional isolinux files for live booting. It will initially only boot into a CLI environment until a TCE directory is set up to download and import extensions, such as Xorg and a Window Manager. | Otherwise download either the small dCore ISO (eg. 16mb dCore-jessie.iso) or larger dCorePlus ISO (eg. 74mb dCorePlus-jessie.iso). The smaller ISO consists of the base file system and kernel with a additional isolinux files for live booting. It will initially only boot into a CLI environment until a TCE directory is set up to download and import extensions, such as Xorg and a Window Manager. |
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| The larger dCorePlus ISO contains these same files plus an ~57mb mega-SCE that includes tce-setdrive, Xvesa, Xtc, Xprogs, wireless, flwm_topside, b43-fwcutter, dosfstools, iw, wireless-3.16.6-tinycore and aterm. This will boot into a graphic environment running Xvesa and the lightweight flwm_topside Window Manager with support for most wireless hardware. If desired, this default SCE can later be removed by the user and replaced by the software of choice. The dCorePlus ISO is recommended for most new users. | The larger dCorePlus ISO contains these same files plus an ~57mb mega-SCE that includes tce-setdrive, Xvesa, Xtc, Xprogs, wireless, flwm_topside, b43-fwcutter, dosfstools, iw, wireless-3.16.6-tinycore and aterm. This will boot into a graphic environment running Xvesa and the lightweight flwm_topside Window Manager with support for most wireless hardware. If desired, this default SCE can later be removed by the user and replaced by the software of choice. The dCorePlus ISO is recommended for most new users. Beware of the memory requirements (s. [[#What are the recommended system requirements?|above]]), however! |
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| The ISO releases are based on a relatively recent stable dCore release. As dCore is in active development, experienced users who want to track or participate in development (audit scripts, submit patches, test and feedback) should utilize the latest release candidate instead. After dCore is installed, stable updates can be downloaded by running ''version -c'' or ''version -r'' for release candidates. | The ISO releases are based on a relatively recent stable dCore release. As dCore is in active development, experienced users who want to track or participate in development (audit scripts, submit patches, test and feedback) should utilize the latest release candidate instead. After dCore is installed, stable updates can be downloaded by running ''version -c'' or ''version -r'' for release candidates. |
