Manuals/installation

first, some general info: Minux installation and user operation is done completely ingame, all files are essentially text files and safe to open on your actual computer's webbrowser for inspection. Minux's files won't run on your actual computer, only in a computercraft computer or emulators.

Requirements: An ingame computer. that's it. basic works, advanced is better for more functions.

Installation: download the installer by running the command wget https://minux.vtchost.com/apt/netinstall.sh now run it with netinstall.sh Minux will ask you if you want to install, repair or reinstall, type "install" to install a clean version of minux. if minux is already installed and you want to overwrite it, type "reinstall" i stead

Configuration process: apt source: here you can select what repository you want to download from, either the stable server, beta or a custom one. for this guide, we will go with the stable server

type "stable" and hit enter

the installation source can be changed at any time after installation.

user accounts: it will now ask you if you want to use no login, local or network login, for this guide, we will go with local login accounts.

type "local" then confirm with enter.

we will now need to make a root(admin) account because there is none. so chose your password and confirm it. minux will now finish the install and confirm upon success. hit enter to reboot.

menu UI or prompt: after reboot, login with the root account minux will now ask you if you want to start the computer in menu, workspace or prompt mode. for this guide we will go with the menu

type "menu"

if you did chose prompt or workspace you can always start the menu manually by running "minux" ("/bin/minux.sh").

Done! now you can add software!

some more information: - basic commands - getting started - bootdisk: to quickly install minux or recover a broken computer, use the "makeboot" command to create a bootdisk on a floppy disk, see "/etc/makeboot.man" for more details - you can turn on automatic updates with "config updates enabled" - you can network your user accounts, see rednet user login (AUTH) system! - you can turn the start-on-boot feature of the menu on or off using "config menu prompt" or "config menu menu" - on advanced computers you can open new tabs, you can now play music while you write your master plans!