Hi dumb user here

cretsiah · February 3, 2025, 12:48pm

i say dumb user, because i find it hard to retain the information i learn… mostly gui user
i mainly use debian 12 or lmde 6 for desktops…
started looking into server for homelab stuff
i have come here looking for a distro that hopefully i can get power management running on a laptop the way i want.

not sure what else i can say

WilsonPhillips · February 3, 2025, 1:14pm

Just ask questions. That’s my best advice.

eepardaku · February 3, 2025, 3:55pm

Hello and welcome! You’re not dumb. You’re like me, a user who is trying to learn more.

cmarch · February 3, 2025, 4:09pm

I resemble this. So I use Obsidian to create notes every time I make a change, solve a problem, or run across an interesting tidbit that I may find useful in the future. My database now has 338 files, 85 sub-folders. I started off using Zim, but like Obsidian more because of greater markdown support.

RV3scape · February 3, 2025, 9:46pm

You are not a dumb user. The fact you are using Linux means you are smart.

cretsiah · February 3, 2025, 11:04pm

thing is i can install debian or mint desktop systems, but i cant seem to install debian server for the life of me

currently trying to build a homelab kind of thing

daemonx · February 3, 2025, 11:13pm

Welcome, here to help if you need it.

ben79 · February 4, 2025, 2:49am

@cretsiah The implementation of our server versions is in progress under OM Probject Leader @bero. Threre is this:

github.com

OpenMandrivaSoftware/os-image-builder/blob/2a2374aa02613facf217ecb089ed6be4d50c5476/README.md

Welcome to OpenMandriva os-image-builder
========================================

_os-image-builder_ is OpenMandriva's approach to targeting devices beyond
PCs and generic UEFI capable ARM boards.
It is a bit of a hybrid between a traditional desktop OS ISO builder (like
our own [_omdv-build-iso_](https://github.com/OpenMandrivaSoftware/omdv-build-iso), currently still used to build x86 install images)
and an embedded distribution builder like [OpenEmbedded](http://openembedded.org/) or Yocto.

Especially in the ARM world, the traditional approach of "one ISO file for
every device" doesn't work -- many boards require custom patches, outside
of server boards, few have standardized on a common boot process. Many
distributions "solve" this by only targeting UEFI capable boards - but we
don't want that limitiation.

_os-image-builder_ can build a custom kernel and bootloader for every target
board (the custom kernel ends up being packaged as an rpm, so it can still
be updated through _dnf_), and each board can have a custom way of building
the final images - from UEFI compliant booting to having to create an Android
style "sparse image" and flashing it with _fastboot_.

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And we can see some Cooker images here, the ones that say “server bare metal” are for server use, I believe they are .img not .isos. I believe there will be instruction for how to install in the near future. I will not be helpful on this project but the smart kids in this forum and OM Chat should have these server images mastered in a few months.

Normal work flow in OMLx is Cooker (development)>ROME>Rock. So these images should make it to ROME and Rock/6.0 in the fullness of time.

stashan · February 4, 2025, 6:14pm

On bare metal or VM? At what point in the install process does the install fail/error?

jamez1510 · February 5, 2025, 2:23am

Totally agree. Information comes at us fast and then is forgotten just as quickly for the next big thing. My approach is similar in that I hoard interesting articles I come across in Linkwarden, and then take notes on all the steps I made to implement/fix/optimize something. Otherwise, there’s no way in hell I’d be able to retain all of that info in my shriveled-up old brain matter.