siduction manual
Welcome
Welcome
The siduction™ GNU/Linux operating system
The siduction™ GNU/Linux operating system
General
Copyright Legal and License Notices
Disclaimer
The siduction team
The siduction team
Credit for siduction 2021.2.0
siduction help
siduction help
The siduction forum
The siduction wiki
IRC - interactive live support.
Useful helpers in text mode
siduction IRC support in text mode
Surfing the Internet in text mode
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Useful links
Quickstart
Quickstart
siduction Quick Start Guide
siduction Quick Start Guide
Essential chapters
About the stability of Debian Sid
The siduction kernel
The management of software packages
Updating the system - upgrade
Network configuration
Runlevels - target unit
Other desktop environments
Help in IRC and in the forum
ISO images
ISO images
Contents of the Live-ISO
Contents of the Live-ISO
Note about the software on the Live-ISO
Variants of the ISO
Minimum system requirements
Applications and utilities
Disclaimer
How to use the live DVD
How to use the live DVD
Users set up on the live medium
root privileges on the live DVD
How to set a new password
Software installation during live session
Boot options and cheat codes
Boot options and cheat codes
siduction specific parameters
Boot options for the graphics server X
General parameters of the Linux kernel
VGA codes
Downloading the ISO
Downloading the ISO
Files on the siduction mirrors
Integrity check
ISO to USB stick - memory card
ISO to USB stick - memory card
GUI application
Linux command line
Mac OS X command line
Burn ISO
Burn ISO
Burn DVD with Linux
Burn DVD with Windows
Burn Live-DVD without GUI
Burn Live-DVD without GUI
burniso
Burning with cdrdao wodim growisofs
Available devices
Examples for CD DVD BD
Installation
Installation
Installation on HDD
Installation on HDD
Data backup
Installation preparations
Partitioning
File systems
Duplication to another computer
The Calamares installer
Encrypt system
Add user
Boot from ISO file
Boot from ISO file
Overview
fromiso with grub2
toram
Partitioning of installation media
Partitioning of installation media
Minimum requirements
Examples with different disk sizes
Partition editors
Further information
UUID - naming of block devices
UUID - naming of block devices
Types of block device naming
Use label
The fstab
The fstab
Adjusting the fstab
Creation of new mount points
Partitioning with GParted
Partitioning with GParted
Important notes
Using GParted
Adjust fstab
Changing NTFS partition sizes with GParted
Partitioning with gdisk
Partitioning with gdisk
Partitioning a hard disk
Use cgdisk
Formatting the partitions
Booting with GPT-UEFI or GPT-BIOS
Advanced commands of gdisk
Partitioning with fdisk
Partitioning with fdisk
Naming storage devices
Use cfdisk
Formatting partitions
LVM partitioning - Logical Volume Manager
LVM partitioning - Logical Volume Manager
Six steps to logical volumes
Resizing a volume
Manage LVM with a GUI program
More info
Move the home directory
Move the home directory
Move private data
Adjust fstab
Network
Network
Network Manager Command Line Tool
Network Manager Command Line Tool
Use Network Manager
Further information
IWD
IWD
Graphical configuration programs
Configuration in terminal
IWD instead of wpa_supplicant
IWD instead of wpa_supplicant
Install IWD
Back to wpa_supplicant
SAMBA
SAMBA
Client configuration
siduction as samba server
SSH
SSH
Securing SSH
SSH for X Window Programs
Copy scp via ssh
SSH with Dolphin
SSHFS - mount on a remote computer
LAMP web server
LAMP web server
Install Apache
Install MariaDb
Install PHP
Install phpMyAdmin
Other software
Status data log files
Troubleshooting
Security
Set up Apache
Set up Apache
Apache in the file system
Connection to the server
Apache configuration
Users and permissions
Security - Apache Standard
Security - other configurations
Use HTTPS
Security Tips
Integration in Apache2
Sources Apache
Set up MariaDB
Set up MariaDB
MariaDB in the file system
Initial configuration
MariaDB CLI
phpMyAdmin
Integration in Systemd
MariaDB Log
Sources MariaDB
Set up PHP
Set up PHP
PHP in the file system
PHP support for Apache2
PHP configuration
PHP modules
Apache Log
Sources PHP
Hardware
Hardware
Graphics drivers
Graphics drivers
Open source Xorg driver
Proprietary drivers
Video driver 2D
Video driver 3D
nVidia closed source driver
System Administration
System Administration
Terminal - command line
Terminal - command line
Work as root
Colored terminal
When the terminal hangs
Help in the terminal
Linux console commands
Using scripts
System administration in general
System administration in general
Boot options cheat codes
systemd - managing services
systemd.service
systemd - UNIT inclusion
systemd-target - formerly runlevel
Terminating a process
Forgotten root password
Setting new passwords
Fonts in siduction
User configuration
CUPS - the printing system
Sound in siduction
Doas - Alternative to Sudo
Doas - Alternative to Sudo
Configure Doas
Doas and multiple users
APT package management
APT package management
apt and apt-get
sources.list - List of sources
apt update
Install packages
Remove packages
Hold or downgrade a package
Updating the system
Updateable packages
Run full-upgrade
Why use apt exclusively
Searching for program packages
Local APT mirror
Local APT mirror
Install server
Client configuration
Kernel Upgrade
Kernel Upgrade
Kernel Update without System Update
Modules
Removing old kernels
Systemd - the system and services manager
Systemd - the system and services manager
Concept of systemd
Unit types
Systemd in the file system
Further functions of systemd
Handling services
Sources systemd
systemd unit file
systemd unit file
Loading path of the unit files
Activating the unit file
Sections of the unit file
Example cupsd
Tools
Sources systemd-unit file
systemd-service
systemd-service
Create service unit
Service section
Sources systemd-service
systemd-mount
systemd-mount
Contents of the mount unit
Contents of automount unit
Examples
Sources systemd-mount
systemd-target - target unit
systemd-target - target unit
Special features
Sources systemd-target
systemd-path
systemd-path
Required files
Path unit options
Create path unit
Service unit for path
Include path unit
Execute service unit manually
Sources systemd-path
systemd-timer
systemd-timer
Required files
Service unit for timer
Create timer unit
Timer unit as cron replacement
Sources systemd-timer
System journal
System journal
journald
journald over the network
journald.conf
journalctl
Mastering journalctl
Sources journald
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