Overview
What’s this?
Section titled “What’s this?”RengeOS is an Arch Linux-based distribution focused on minimalism, performance, stability, high compatibility (supporting both UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes), and high self-maintenance capabilities.
System Requirements
Section titled “System Requirements”| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
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| Processor | 1 GHz Dual Core | 2 GHz Dual Core |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB | 35 GB |
So what does it have?
Section titled “So what does it have?”-
Although it might be minimal, the installation process will be quite easy thanks to
ros-installer, which allows direct interaction with the installation process via a TUI (dialog). -
It is built on minimalist principles and contains no unnecessary components, resulting in superior overall performance. The integration of a recovery mode (optional) ensures easy system repair in case of errors. Furthermore, stability is enhanced by Bcachefs Filesystem, which supports efficient snapshot creation and management, similar to Btrfs but with much greater efficiency.
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It provides an integrated solution to factory reset the system and erase all data without needing a bootable ISO file or USB drive. Simply boot into Recovery Mode using
ros-rebornvia a TUI (dialog) to restore the system to its original state as when it was first installed. -
The default Linux kernel is based on the XanMod Kernel with several customizations such as a BORE scheduler (for the latest kernels except LTS), O3 optimization (both kernels), glitched patches from the Frogging Family (for the latest kernels except LTS) and other patches, providing powerful system performance :)
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The compression standard for everything here is the LZ4 algorithm because it’s probably the fastest algorithm currently applied by default to the default built in kernel, zram, mkinitcpio, and many others, delivering quite impressive results in my opinion.
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By default, future distros will always be the base system and will always support UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes, as well as bcachefs in the future, because I want it to be compatible, stable, and lightweight for both older and newer machines up to this point, and also to save as many outdated laptops as possible, heheh
Questions and Answers
Section titled “Questions and Answers”- Q: Does it support UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes?
- A: Yes!