Portal:Aeon/InstallGuide
Install Guide
Quick Start
In order to install openSUSE Aeon, there's 5 basic steps to follow:
- Download the Installer image
- Write the Installer image to a USB Stick
- Boot from the Installer USB Stick
- Install Aeon
- Complete the Aeon First Run Wizards
Download the Installer Image
From https://aeondesktop.org click the DOWNLOAD button at the top of the page
Write the Installer image to a USB Stick
After downloading the image you need to write it to a USB Stick that is at least 8GB in size. If possible, we recommend Larger USB Sticks to benefit from our Installers ability to backup/restore user accounts from existing installations
We recommend using Impression on Linux and balenaEtcher on Windows for writing the image to the USB Stick. Any disk image writer that does not alter the image should also work.
We also support writing the image using dd
xzcat openSUSE-Aeon-Installer.raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdX iflag=fullblock oflag=direct status=progress; sync
Boot from the Installer USB Stick
The Aeon Installer should work on any x86_64 laptop or desktop with a UEFI BIOS. We recommend that Secure Boot is enabled.
With the USB stick in the system, reboot your computer and press your computers button to bring up it's boot menu. This is normally F12 or F10.
Select the USB stick to start booting to the Aeon Installer
Install Aeon
The Aeon installer (powered by tik) has a very simple process, asking as few questions as possible to get your system up and running.
Select Disk
OPTIONAL: This menu will only be shown if your computer has more than one Hard Drive, SSD, or other storage device to install Aeon to.
Select which disk you want to install Aeon to. This disk will be wiped as part of the Aeon installation, so make sure any important data is backed up beforehand.
Backup Existing Users
OPTIONAL: This question will only be asked if the following conditions are met:
- The selected Disk already has a compatible Linux installation containing users with data stored in a btrfs /home subvolume
- The USB stick is larger than all of the data in /home on the existing installation
If you choose to Backup Existing Users, the Installer will copy all the data in /home and your existing usernames, passwords & Wifi/VPN configuration and restore them to your fresh Aeon installation at the end of this process.
Start Aeon Installation
Confirm that you are ready to install Aeon and all information on the selected disk will be wiped
Installation will begin and typically takes just a few minutes
If Existing Users were backed up, they will also be automatically restored
Once complete, your computer will reboot into your new Aeon Installation
Aeon First Run Wizards
System Config
After booting, Aeon will ask you for the following information:
- Language
- Keyboard Layout
- Network/WiFi
- Timezone
- User Details
- Password
Provide them as prompted, and you'll immediately login to your new Aeon user account
User Config
Any fresh Aeon user account needs to download some software from the Internet before it is ready to use. By default this includes:
- Mozilla Firefox
- Calculator
- Text Editor
- And any fonts & translations required by your chosen System Language
You can customise which software you wish to install during this first run, and of course add/remove any Software you wish at any time using the "Software" App.
Congratulations
You have successfully installed openSUSE Aeon.