20160121

Apricity OS

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_based_distributions_(active)#Apricity_OS

Apricity OS

Apricity OS uses the Pamac graphical package manager, PushBullet, Syncthing, the ICE SSB manager, and a modified GNOME environment. It may be downloaded as a live image, and can be installed graphically.

Homepage: http://apricityos.com/
Forums: http://apricityos.com/forum
Blog: http://apricityos.com/blog
IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/apricityos
GitHub: https://github.com/agajews/apricityos

http://sourceforge.net/projects/apricityos/files/

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http://apricityos.com/

Welcome to Apricity OS, a modern, intuitive operating system for the cloud generation of computing. We believe that an operating system should be easy to use, easily accessible, and beautifully designed. We have also incorporated software in order to minimize security risk as much as possible.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/introducing-apricity-os-an-arch-linux-derivative-for-the-modern-linux-user-video-491024.shtml

Apricity OS, an Arch Linux Derivative for the Modern Linux User

Sep 6, 2015 10:30 GMT · By Marius Nestor

Today we have the great pleasure of introducing you to a brand-new GNU/Linux distribution, called Apricity OS, which aims to be a modern and intuitive Linux kernel-based, cloud-oriented desktop operating system.

Being based on Arch Linux, Apricity OS is built around the GNOME desktop environment, which has been stripped down to its basics in order to consume as little resources as possible, as well as to lower the boot times to a few seconds. It uses ICE, a simple SSB (Site Specific Browser) manager, to put your favorite Web Apps on the desktop, and TLP, an advanced battery management tool for optimizing battery usage on laptop computers.

Among other unique features of Apricity OS, we can mention Pushbullet, a utility that allows users to send links or files between multiple devices, as well as to receive phone calls, short text messages, or other mobile notifications, Syncthing, a tool that lets you transfer large amounts of data across multiple platforms through a fully encrypted system, and PlayOnLinux, a Wine frontend that lets you use Windows apps and games.

Moreover, Apricity OS comes with SBackup, a fully functional system backup utility that supports compressed and uncompressed backups, scheduled backups, manual backups, remote backups, and split backups, Liquid Prompt, a tool that beautifies the Terminal, making it more informative, HiDPI support, Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW), Pamac package manager, LibreOffice, Steam for Linux, and other popular GNOME apps.

"We believe that an operating system should be easy to use, easily accessible, and beautifully designed. We have also incorporated software in order to minimize security risk as much as possible," was stated on the project's website. "This embodies our vision here at Apricity: we want to help make your workspace, and your playspace, more productive and elegant."

Available only for 64-bit computers

At the moment, a first Beta build of the Apricity OS distro is available for download right now via Softpedia, but only for 64-bit computers. The developers stated that 32-bit machines won't be supported at this time. It's distributed as a Live DVD ISO image that you need to write on either a USB flash drive or a DVD disc. Detailed instructions are provided on the project's website.

We remind those of you who want to take Apricity OS for a test drive that the distribution is not yet finished. A Beta build is a pre-release version, which means that it contains unresolved issues and it is not suitable for deployment on production environments as the only operating system. Below is a video of Apricity OS in action, courtesy of The Linux Homefront.

20160113

Re: Remix OS: PC experience on Android

http://4pda.ru/2016/01/12/269835/

релиз альфа-версии Remix OS для ПК

12.01.16Sleepp

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# Remix OS, Jide

В прошлом году выходцы из компании Google основали стартап Jide, в рамках которого была создана новая операционная система под названием Remix OS. В ней есть панель задач, меню запуска приложений, многозадачность и возможность работы в оконном режиме. При этом сама система построена на базе Android для х86-процессоров. Стоит отметить, что в течение всего прошлого года разработчики занимались развитием своей системы, и теперь они готовы представить альфа-версию Remix OS 2.0, основанную на Android Lollipop. При этом познакомиться с новой операционкой могут все желающие.

Процесс установки Remix OS 2.0 достаточно прост. Для того, чтобы опробовать новую операционную систему, пользователям понадобится только образ и флеш-накопитель объёмом не менее 8 ГБ.

Необходимо помнить, что Remix OS 2.0 всё ещё находится на стадии альфа-тестирования, поэтому вы можете столкнуться с многочисленными багами.

Источник: microsoft-news.com

Remix OS for PC now available for download

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by Pradeep

@pradeepviswav

Jan 12, 2016 at 13:57 GMT

Remix OS for PC is now available for download. It is built on the Android-x86 project. With this new OS, you can access 1.6 million Android apps on your PC which were running Windows. Setup is simple and safe for your compatible PCs. Once you've completed the installation, you can boot up your PC using either Remix OS or whatever OS was natively installed on your machine. With Remix OS for PC, you can also install it a USB stick so that you can literally take your Remix experience wherever you go. With most computers in the world powered by x86 chipsets, you should have no trouble finding the right hardware to run Remix OS.

At the core of the Remix OS for PC is our custom engineered version of Android Lollipop – Remix OS 2.0. Our state of the art operating system is the cornerstone of what we do. With its multitude of productivity oriented features combined with over 1.6 million apps, Remix OS seamlessly merges functionality, ease of use, and beauty in amazing ways to give you an unforgettable Android experience.

For now, this OS is in alpha stage, so expect many bugs. If you want to try it, download it here

Remix OS: PC experience on Android

http://www.jide.com/en/partnerships

PC experience on Android

Remix OS has kept and optimized most of our computing functions and habits born from using our PCs, physical keyboards and mice. An iconic example is our multitasking multiple windows feature.

And, while Remix OS is 100% compatible with all Android apps, we've also optimized the core PC functions that most users cannot be without: emailing, browsing and document creation.

http://www.jide.com/en/remixos/devices

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Android, reimagined.

Android is everywhere, and there's no surprise why. It's powerful, flexible, and downright fun to use. Remix OS 2.0 is pioneering the next chapter of the Android journey. Designed to bring simplicity to productivity, Remix OS 2.0's features are unlike anything you've ever seen on Android.

What is Remix OS?

Remix OS is our state of the art Android-based operating system. We mean it when we say you get a PC experience unlike anything on Android and an Android experience unlike anything on a PC. The innovative features we've brought to Remix OS 2.0 have been meticulously engineered to bring you the best of both worlds – the harmonious fusion of a mobile and desktop experience.
Learn more about Remix OS design.

External storage support

Compatible with Office

Whether you're creating a report or making those last second edits to a presentation, Remix OS is there for you with Office for Android. We know Office compatibility is integral to your work experience. And so, we made sure Remix OS could give you everything you need for a job well done.

Endless possibilities with Google Play.

With over 1.5 million apps, the Google Play store contains the largest app universe in the world. Download your favorite apps and discover new ones to work and play in the blink of an eye.
Updates made simple.

Never worry again if you're up to date with the latest release of Remix OS. Our OTA updater automatically brings you the newest version of our software on a regular basis and clearly indicates what changes are being made to the system. We're committed to making sure that you have the latest and greatest version of Remix OS from the moment it's released.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_OS

Remix OS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remix OS is a computer operating system for personal computers. It is based on the Android operating system, and allows users to run Android applications on a PC.^[1]^[2] It was developed by Jide Technology, who announced in January 2016 that it would be made available at no cost.^[3]

https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_OS

Remix OS[ред. • ред. код]

Матеріал з Вікіпедії — вільної енциклопедії.

Remix OS — операційна система для персональних комп'ютерів і ноутбуків, що базується на ОС Android (яка, в свою чергу, базується на ядрі Linux). Система розроблюється колишніми співробітниками Google, які об'єднались в компанією Jide Corporation, LTD. Остання^[1] версія, Remix OS 2.0, запускається на Remix-Ultratablets, настільних ПК, ноутбуках, all-in-ones та Remix Mini.

Remix OS зроблена на базі Android Lollipop. Операційна система має панель завдань, меню Пуск, підтримує Bluetooth та Wi-Fi і дозволяє виконувати традиційні застосунки Android. Віконний менеджер схожий на Windows 10. Код розробляється, як open source.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix_OS

Remix OS

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Материал из Википедии — свободной энциклопедии

Remix OS
Разработчик	Jide Technology
Семейство ОС	Android
Первый выпуск	2015
Последняя версия	2.0
Веб-сайт	jide.com/en/remixos

Remix OS — операционная система, основанная на Android-x86 (англ.)^[1], разрабатываемая компанией Jide Corporation, LTD. Remix OS 1.5, запускается на Remix-Ultratablets, настольных ПК, ноутбуках, all-in-ones и Remix Mini.

Операционная система имеет панель задач, меню Пуск, поддерживает Bluetooth и Wi-Fi. Также можно запускать приложения Android.

install Ubuntu onto a USB flash drive using the SAME flash drive?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/520163/can-i-install-ubuntu-onto-a-usb-flash-drive-using-the-same-flash-drive

What you actually need is called Persistence. With persistence, the changes you make are saved. Depending on the tool you use to make, the name varies. In Ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator:

That "Stored in reserved ..." is about persistence. In Unetbootin:

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The "Space used to preserve files ..." is about persistence.

Also check out: How to make a persistent live Ubuntu USB with more than 4GB

he current Unix USB Installers (e.g. LinuxPenDrive) create a persistent file on the boot partition together with the other files needed for booting. This boot partition is formatted with FAT32 and because of limitations in FAT32, the maximum size of this file is 4GB. To have more persistent storage, this file can be replaced by a partition. The size of such a partition is only limited by the size of the USB drive.

I used the GParted partition manager to resize the FAT32 partition and make space for a big EXT4 partition for the persistent storage. The persistent file can simply be deleted and at the next boot, the Ubunty system will automatically use the bigger persistent partition. There is one complication, though: you need another Ubuntu system to do this because Ubuntu cannot modify its own active boot partition.

I used a 2nd USB drive with Ubuntu live. For the instructions below I used "32 bit Ubuntu 13.10 desktop" version.

Install Ubuntu live on 2 USB drives. Configure a small persistent storage of around 100 MB for each of the USB drives
Boot Ubuntu from one of the USB drives. Make sure the other USB drive is unplugged
Start "GParted Partition Editor" from the Ubuntu Dash. This partition manager is default installed in 13.10.
Insert the other USB drive, wait a short moment and do a refresh in GParted (Ctrl + R). You will notice that a new device is added at bottom of the list of devices. Check that the size matches with the target USB drive. Select this device (see example picture below, the device name can be different on your system)

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Check that the mount point (/media/ubuntu/UUI) is identical as in above picture
Open a terminal window (Ctrl + Alt + T) and remove the persistent file with the following command (adjust this command if the mount point is different in your case) :
rm -v /media/ubuntu/UUI/casper-rw
Refresh GParted (Ctrl + R) and notice the change in "Used"
Right-click on the partition and select unmount. You will notice that the Mount Point is no longer displayed.
Right-click on the partition and select Resize/Move. Select New size: 1000. This will leave some space to store additional or updated files. Click "Resize/Move". An "unallocated" partion will appear
Now create a new partition for the persistent storage. Select the unallocated partition and right click on New.
Select File system: ext4 and Label: casper-rw and click Add

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Check if everything looks OK and click on the green check-mark to apply all pending operations.

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Shutdown Ubuntu, remove the first USB drive (this USB drive is no longer needed) and reboot from the second USB drive.
Open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and type the following command:
df . -h
Check that the Avail size matches with the persistent partition size you created...

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Have fun with it

Ronald

20160111

Shrinking images on Linux

http://softwarebakery.com/shrinking-images-on-linux

Shrinking images on Linux

by FrozenCowFriday February 21, 2013

When creating images from existing ISOs you often need to allocate a number of MB for the image to at least fit the files that are in the ISO. Predicting the exact size of the image is hard, even for a program. In this case you will create an image that is larger than actually needed: the image is much larger than the files on the image are combined.

This post will show how to shrink an existing image to a more optimal size. We will do this on Linux, since all required tools are available there: GParted, fdisk and truncate.

Requirements

A Linux PC
Some knowledge how the terminal works will helps
The unoptimal image (myimage.img in this example)

Creating loopback device

GParted is a great application that can handle partition tables and filesystems quite well. In this tutorial we will use GParted to shrink the filesystem (and its accompaning partition in the partition table).

GParted operates on devices, not simple files like images. This is why we first need to create a device for the image. We do this using the loopback-functionality of Linux.

First we will enable loopback if it wasn't already enabled:

$ sudo modprobe loop

Now we can request a new (free) loopback device:

$ sudo losetup -f

This will return the path to a free loopback device. In this example this is /dev/loop0.

Next we create a device of the image:

$ sudo losetup /dev/loop0 myimage.img

Now we have a device /dev/loop0 that represents myimage.img. We want to access the partitions that are on the image, so we need to ask the kernel to load those too:

$ sudo partprobe /dev/loop0

This should give us the device /dev/loop0p1, which represents the first partition in myimage.img. We do not need this device directly, but GParted requires it.

Resize partition using GParted

Next we can load the device using GParted:

$ sudo gparted /dev/loop0

This should show a window similar to the following:

Now notice a few things:

There is one partition.
The partition allocates the entire disk/device/image.
The partition is filled partly.

We want to resize this partition so that is fits it content, but not more than that.

Select the partition and click Resize/Move. A window similar to the following will popup:

Drag the right bar to the left as much as possible.

Note that sometimes GParted will need a few MB extra to place some filesystem-related data. You can press the up-arrow at theNew size-box a few times to do so. For example, I pressed it 10 times (=10MiB) for FAT32 to work. For NTFS you might not need to at all.

Finally press Resize/Move. You will return to the GParted window. This time it will look similar to the following:

Notice that there is a part of the disk unallocated. This part of the disk will not be used by the partition, so we can shave this part off of the image later. GParted is a tool for disks, so it doesn't shrink images, only partitions, we have to do the shrinking of the image ourselves.

Press Apply in GParted. It will now move files and finally shrink the partition, so it can take a minute or two, most of the time it finishes quickly. Afterwards close GParted.

Now we don't need the loopback-device anymore, so unload it:

$ sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0

Shaving the image

Now that we have all the important data at the beginning of the image it is time to shave of that unallocated part. We will first need to know where our partition ends and where the unallocated part begins. We do this using fdisk:

$ fdisk -l myimage.img

Here we will see an output similar to the following:

Disk myimage.img: 6144 MB, 6144000000 bytes, 12000000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ea37d

      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
myimage.img1            2048     9181183     4589568    b  W95 FAT32

Note two things in the output:

The partition ends on block 9181183 (shown under End)
The block-size is 512 bytes (shown as sectors of 1 * 512)

We will use these numbers in the rest of the example. The block-size (512) is often the same, but the ending block (9181183) will differ for you. The numbers mean that the parition ends on byte 9181183*512 of the file. After that byte comes the unallocated-part. Only the first 9181183*512 bytes will be useful for our image.

Next we shrink the image-file to a size that can just contain the partition. For this we will use the truncate command (thanks uggla!). With the truncate command need to supply the size of the file in bytes. The last block was 9181183 and block-numbers start at 0. That means we need (9181183+1)*512 bytes. This is important, else the partition will not fit the image. So now we use truncate with the calculations:

$ truncate --size=$[(9181183+1)*512] myimage.img

Now copy the new image over to your phone, where it should act exactly the same as the old/big image.

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DriveDroid is an Android application that allows you to boot your PC from ISO/IMG files stored on your phone. This is ideal for trying Linux distributions or always having a rescue-system on the go... without the need to burn different CDs or USB pendrives.

DriveDroid also includes a convenient download menu where you can download USB-images of a number of operating systems from your phone. You can also create USB-images which allows you to have a blank USB-drive where you can store files in. Blank images also allow you to use tools on your PC to burn images to the drive and create a bootable USB disk that way.

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20160121

VBOX Apricity OS

Apricity OS

Apricity OS

Apricity OS, an Arch Linux Derivative for the Modern Linux User

Available only for 64-bit computers

20160113

Re: Remix OS: PC experience on Android

Remix OS for PC now available for download

Remix OS: PC experience on Android

PC experience on Android

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What is Remix OS?

Remix OS

Remix OS[ред. • ред. код]

Remix OS

install Ubuntu onto a USB flash drive using the SAME flash drive?

20160111

Shrinking images on Linux

Shrinking images on Linux

Requirements

Creating loopback device

Resize partition using GParted

Shaving the image

Softwarebakery

DriveDroid

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