PixelOS
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Hello there I love the idea of having the retropiex86 as a full distro the only other emulator based OS is Puppy Arcade, but there last update is back in 2014 and it has some serious issues. Like it being prone to crashing while trying to install manual updates to emulators, difficulty installing AMD or Nvidia Graphic Drivers (Only worked with very old cards.) Now I do have some questions about this project:
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Is this distro only going to work with integrated graphic computers or will the be a easy to use Graphic Driver installer for Discrete GPUs? I know it sounds like a silly question, but with all the talk over Atoms, NUCs, and being a light distro I wanted to make sure.
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Will there be (or could there be) a settings option to to straight to Emulation Station or to the desktop first?
3 . Can or will there be any feature to allow the use of a controller/joystick to be used as a mouse? This would come in handy for arcade cabs, and GPD Win users.
Anyway keep up the good work on your project. :D
Oh by the way I know about Lakka, but it dose not have a actual boot install and it has issues with discrete GPUs and proprietary devices.
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So, i'm testing the beta version of retropie. The work in progress website is online and i will release the 1st Beta here soon. PixelOS Website Home and Screenshot pages only was uploaded. Download section will be activated before January 2017.
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@Devil78 I love the work you did, I was planning to start a same project on my own but when I see this I'll try your OS first, because why invent the wheel twice ;-)
The only thing I'm a bit concerned about is the name of your Distro, "Pixel OS" the same name of the OS just released by the Raspberry Pi people, I hope that will not be a lead for confusion.
I like the Emulation Station front-end, but I would really love to see Attract Mode as an option as well.
I already tested the Attract Mode front-end in Ubuntu with separate emulators, but I failed to use the retropie X86 installation until know, I think there's a small mistake in the script somewhere.
Greetings,
KiwafP.S. I love to test the Beta version, hope the download section is uploaded real soon!
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Hey Kiwaf. First of all I thank you for the compliments and encouragement. Regarding the distribution name I can tell you that, this choice, it was taken into account before the release of Pixel by the foundation Raspberry pi. I'm confident because the name of my project is PixelOS while that of the official distribution is Pixel. Two distributions that, while sharing the same heart, they turn to users of different architectures, at least for the moment. Anyway, I'm always available to resolve any issues in a calm manner and without creating problems. Thanks again for the support and suggestions, for me, always valuable and welcome.
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Meant in jest ;)
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@Devil78 Good point about the name, didn't think that far ;-) Any idea when you would have the image up on the site, visited it just a minute ago, maybe I'm to excited to try. Don't rush, but don't wait to long either, so we can test it en give feedback so you can improve where needed.
Got different hardware ready to stress test it, but most off all to try out all kind of games on all of kind of platforms, yeah!
Greetz
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@Kiwaf
ftp transfert beginned. PixelOS full desktop 32bit beta Will be online Soon!Ciao
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Ready to Download ?
here is the iso -
@Devil78 Thank you for this. I am trying to test from a virtual machine but when it gets to the sign in it request a password. I can only sign in as guest. Also I cannot seem to be able to change the language to English. Can't do anything in terminal as it also requires an unknown password. How would you install roms? Am I missing something?
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@HoolyHoo
Hi, Username=pixelos Password=pixelos -
@HoolyHoo The language can be modified by System Settings. Italian and English are present in the OS
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@Devil78 lol that seemed too obvious. Funny thing is I swear I tried that password. One more thing, is there a guide on how to install this on a partition?
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@HoolyHoo
I'working on it. I will seno online Soon!You Can try to install it using the installer from the Live cd.
Create pixelos user and set the password
Before reboot the system copy all Files in the pixelos user of the Live cd.
Be sure to copy hidden files.
Reboot the system
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@HoolyHoo
I'working on it. I will seno online Soon!You Can try to install it using the installer from the Live cd.
Create pixelos user and set the password
Before reboot the system copy all Files in the pixelos user of the Live cd.
Be sure to copy hidden files.
Reboot the system
thanks, the installer from the live cd does not seem to want to work. I get an error. I guess I'll wait for the more detailed guide.
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@Devil78 Super!!! Downloading the .iso file right now to start installation ;-)
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UPDATE - use a usb 2.0 drive and Rufus to install set install mode to dd
Tried the image on 5 pc's i also used etcher and Rufus to install. to usb .
not booting past the pixelOS splash screen ,error -
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You should throw up a torrent. I'd seed it. This download is painful :)
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Pixelos English Forum Here
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