How to install sabayon Desktop

To install sabayon Desktop 10.07

Sabayon is a Gentoo based Os that contains a pre-installed applications. It contains a own package manager called Entropy. Sabayon is available in KDE, XFCE, GNOME, and SpinBase. Installation of Sabayon linux is explained in this article.

Visit the following link to download Sabayon,
http://dl.sabayon.org/iso/monthly/Sabayon_Linux_16.07_amd64_GNOME.iso

To install sabayon

Make it bootable USB or DVD and then restart the system.
After restarting, the sabayon installation wizard appears as follows. Select the “ start sabayon Gnome 16.07” or " installation" to proceed further.

In boot mode, click “ install to hard drive” .

Select your preferred “ language” and “ country” and then click “ continue” .

Select the “ installation destination” .

Select the type of “ hard disk” and click “ done” .

In the “ Installation option” , choose “ I want to review/modify my disk before continue” to start with the manual partition and then click “ continue” .

Click “ + ” icon to add a new mount point.

Add the new Mount point and Capacity. Then click Add mount point.

Now set the mount point as “ swap” and give swap size.

Check the partitions and click “ done” after completing the partitions.

Verify the summary of changes and click “ Accept changes”

Hit “ Begin installation” in the installation Summary screen


To configure sabayon

Set the root password for the Sabayon.


Click user creation, to add a new user.

Fill the details of the new user and click done.

After setting the username and password, click Quit.


After the installation and configuration, restart your machine.

Login to the Sabayon desktop with the user credentials.

FAQ
Q
What is the password on LiveCD/DVD?
A
The root password: no password is required: just press the Enter key.
The sabayonuser password: no password is required: just press the Enter key
Q
What are the system requirements for the sabayon?
A
For the sabayon installation and configurations
Live Environment - No 3D Desktop:
64bit Processor
at least 512 MB of RAM (1 GB suggested)
a 2D graphics card
a DDC capable Monitor
mouse and keyboard
Q
What is the command to restart the Display manager in sabayon?
A
By using this command you can restart the manager
# systemctl restart display-manager
Q
How can I install without having to burn the ISO to CD or DVD?
A
Yes, you can install if you don't have a CD or DVD burner. Another way, if your computer can boot USB pen drives, is to use UNetbootin or similar to install the Sabayon Linux ISO to a pen drive and create a bootable pen drive
Q
What Editions are available in Sabayon Linux?
A
KDE Gnome MATE XFCE