XFCE Desktop VM


Topas XFCE Desktop VM

Here you can get fully configured XFCE Desktop Virtual Machine and an autogenerated bootable ISO. This VM is created with the same, but extented autobuildĀ  scripts like the other Minimal Desktop VM.Therefore, please note that not every hardware is supported and you may want to pimp the kernel by yourself.

Type
Link
Description
VMware Virtual MachineTopasXDesktop-2011-05-09.7z
978MB MD5
This is the virtual machine wich can be run on Windows and Linux Host systems. Use it for a Desktop VM tests, as server or anything else.
Bootable ISO ImageTopasXDesktop-2011-05-09.iso
1371MB MD5

Live CD with the portage tree. Boot it directly or load it to the VMware machine and boot the ISO. You can burn this image on a CD or extract the squashed FS for an USB disk.
Set 'vmwareguest' and 'res=...' in the boot options.

System overview

FeatureVersion / Description
Kernel
gentoo-sources-2.6.36-r8
Note: the source is "ready to use" in /usr/src/linux
Architecture
i686 (32 bit)
Hardware
Most modules are compiled into the kernel and they are not auto-detected by genkernel or whatever. Only some well known hardware is compiled into the kernel - if you're missing something, take the VM and compile the kernel with your hardware in it.
Portage
Funtoo/Gentoo unstable
Some packages
gcc 4.4, grub-1.98-r2, boot-update-1.5 (Funtoo specific)
baselayout 2.1, openrc 0.7, dhcpcd 5.2
dbus-1.4.8, consolekit-0.4.4, polkit-0.101, gvfs-1.6.7, udisks-1.0.2, polkit-gnome-0.101
xorg-x11 7.4, xorg-server 1.10.1
xf86-video-vmware-11.0.3, open-vm-tools-0.0.20110328.387002-r2
gtk+ 3.0, gtk+ 2.24, lxde 0.5.0, pcmanfm 0.9.9_pre20110422 (unstable!)
firefox-bin 4.0
Desktop
LXDE, XFCE 4.8.3
Additional packageslibreoffice-bin-3.3.2 cups-1.4.6 xsane-0.997 yagf-0.8.6
gimp-2.6.11 fotoxx-11.04 geeqie-1.0 inkscape-0.48 shotwell-0.9
vlc-1.1.9 parole-0.2 exaile-0.3 brasero-2.32 asunder 2.1
thunderbird-bin-3.1 claws-mail-3.7
openvpn-2.2 x11vnc-0.9 nxserver-freeedition-3.4 bacula-5.0
qt-meta-4.7.2, qt-creator-2.1
Login
auto-login as 'user' with login-manager "slim" (manages policy kit)
See access data below.
VM hardware
a bridged networking is preset

User and admin access:
Name: user / Pass: gentoo
Name: root / Pass: gentoo



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