This is a beta preview release featuring the calamares graphical installer (the "Install Parabola" desktop shortcut). As such, it may look and behave somewhat crudely; but most normal functionality is expected to work properly. Please do report any bugs that you may find to the Parabola "Installation Media" bug tracker (the "Report a Bug" desktop shortcut). If you are connected to the internet and have any other questions or comments, feel free to join the Parabola support chat (the "Parabola IRC Channel" desktop shortcut).

This LiveCD is running the LXDE desktop environment; but note that the installer included with this edition will install the Mate desktop environment instead, which will look and behave somewhat differently. The installed system will have mostly all of the same programs installed though.

Standard installation requires 9GB of disk space and 1GB RAM (or swap space). Installation from the 'netinstall' ISOs requires an active connection to the internet; whereas the 'complete' ISOs contain everything necessary to install Parabola offline. The title of this window indicates the distinction.

For computers with less than 1GB RAM, the command-line ~/install.sh script is provided; which can install either a minimal command-line system or the same full graphical system as the standard installer.


Caveats and Known Issues:

    The locale selected in the installer only applies to the installer. The installed system will start in English/UTF8.

    The installer does not recognize encrypted disks. The Parabola wiki explains how to install Parabola on an encrypted disk.

    The clock is set to UTC time.
