restore variables for setting specific path and networking for session and system URI

Only allow selection of files that starts with virtual (this script is only used to deploy virtual machine)

Reworked some comments

README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,41 @@
 
 [Phyllome OS](https://wiki.phyllo.me/phyllomeos/context) uses the [kickstart installation method](https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#chapter-1-introduction) to deploy itself to a specific target computer or virtual machine by means of kickstart files.
 
+Provided that some dependencies are met (`libvirt` is running on your computer, QEMU is installed, etc), one could run the following script to deploy virtual machines, including Phyllome OS itself.
+
+- Make the script executable:
+
+```
+chmod +x deploy-vm.sh
+```
+
+- Execute it and pick `virtual-desktop-hypervisor` when prompted:
+
+```
+./deploy-vm.sh
+
+Executing: ./scripts/core-count.sh
+System has more than 2 core (nproc --all: 6).
+[...]
+10. virtual-desktop-hypervisor
+[...]
+Enter the number of the file you want to select: 10
+You selected: virtual-desktop-hypervisor
+
+Starting install...
+Retrieving 'vmlinuz'                                                                                     |  16 MB  00:00:00     
+Retrieving 'initrd.img'                                                                                  | 161 MB  00:00:05     
+Allocating 'virtinst-n0km88yy-vmlinuz'                                                                   |  16 MB  00:00:00     
+Transferring 'virtinst-n0km88yy-vmlinuz'                                                                 |  16 MB  00:00:00     
+Allocating 'virtinst-qxr2jxcb-initrd.img'                                                                | 161 MB  00:00:00     
+Transferring 'virtinst-qxr2jxcb-initrd.img'                                                              | 161 MB  00:00:00     
+Allocating 'virtual-desktop-hypervisor.img'                                                              |  10 GB  00:00:00     
+Creating domain...                              
+```
+After a successfull installation, the virtual machine will shutdown and be ready to use when powered on again.
+
+## Repository structure
+
 This repository contains such files broken down as:
 
 * `ingredients`🥑 🥥 🥭 🥝 🥦 🥬 🥒 🧄: the basic building blocks for assembling Phyllome OS and other derivatives.
@@ -10,11 +45,22 @@ This repository contains such files broken down as:
 
 * `dishes`🥨 🥐 🥖 🥧 🥞 🥯 🧆 🧁: read-to-consume and standalone kickstart artifacts, which can be used to deploy complete systems
 
+Each ingredient represents a feature or a set of integrated features, such as a specific Desktop Environment or a storage configuration. 
+    - Ingredients prefixed with *live* such as `live-core.cfg` are to be used with live editions only
+    - *core* ingredients are meant be used in all their respective recipes, *base* ingredients, recommended but optional, and extra provides more stuff (sic)
+
 ## Development
 
 Using a pull request, you can suggest a modification to an existing ingredient or create a new ingredient from scratch.
 
-### Example: add a new package and include it into a recipe
+### Requirements
+
+- `qemu`
+- `libvirt`
+- `virt-install`
+- `pykickstart`
+
+### Example 1: add a new package and include it into a recipe
 
 - Add [Luanti](https://www.luanti.org/), a free and open-source sandbox video game engine formerly known as Minetest, as a standalone ingredient, using the `echo` command
 
@@ -29,7 +75,7 @@ luanti # Multiplayer infinite-world block sandbox with survival mode
 Instead of creating a recipe from scratch, let's make a copy of the `virtual-desktop.cfg` recipe, which provide a Desktop environment necessary for *luanti* to function
 
 ```
-$ cp recipes/virtual-desktop.cfg recipes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg
+cp recipes/virtual-desktop.cfg recipes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg
 ```
 
 - Add the extra ingredient to the new recipe:
@@ -38,53 +84,40 @@ $ cp recipes/virtual-desktop.cfg recipes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg
 echo "%include ../ingredients/extra-luanti.cfg # Sandbox video game engine" >> recipes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg
 ```
 
+#### Flatten
+
 - Prepare the dish by following the recipe, a process called 'flattening'
 
 ```
-$ ksflatten -c recipes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg -o dishes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg
+ksflatten -c recipes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg -o dishes/virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg
 ```
 
 > If any errors are detected, go back and fix them.
 
 It is time to test the new dish!
 
-- Navigate inside the `dishes` folder:
+#### Kickstart
+
+- Make the `deploy-vm.sh` script executable
 
 ```
-$ cd dishes/
+chmod +x deploy-vm.sh
 ```
 
-* You can then kickstart your own installation:
+- Execute the script
 
 ```
-# virt-install \
+./deploy-vm.sh
-    --connect qemu:///system     \
+```
-    --metadata description="Virtual desktop with Luanti" \
+
-    --os-variant fedora41 \
+- Select the new dish, *virtual-desktop-luanti*
-    --virt-type kvm \
+
-    --arch x86_64 \
+```
-    --machine q35 \
+[...]
-    --name virtual-desktop-luanti \
+Available files:
-    --boot uefi \
+1. desktop-hypervisor-amdcpu
-    --cpu host-model,topology.sockets=1,topology.cores=2,topology.threads=1 \
+[...]
-    --vcpus 2 \
+14. virtual-desktop-luanti
-    --memory 4096 \
-    --video virtio \
-    --graphics spice,listen=none \
-    --channel spicevmc \
-    --autoconsole none \
-    --console pty,target.type=virtio \
-    --sound none \
-    --network type=user,model=virtio \
-    --controller type=virtio-serial \
-    --controller type=usb,model=none \
-    --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
-    --input type=keyboard,bus=virtio \
-    --input type=tablet,bus=virtio \
-    --rng /dev/urandom,model=virtio \
-    --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/virtual-desktop-luanti.img,format=raw,bus=virtio,cache=writeback,size=10 \
-    --location=https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/42/Everything/x86_64/os/ \
-    --initrd-inject virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg --extra-args "inst.ks=file:virtual-desktop-luanti.cfg"
 ```
 
 - When the installation is done, the machine will shut down
@@ -93,6 +126,48 @@ $ cd dishes/
 
 That's it !
 
+### Example 2: Create a new recipe from the existing list of ingredients
+
+The file `recipes/_list-of-ingredients.cfg` can be copied and edited to create your own remix of Phyllome OS, which itself is a remix of Fedora.
+
+```
+cp recipes/_list-of-ingredients.cfg recipes/my-new-distro.cfg
+```
+
+Then edit the said file to include your favorite ingredient
+
+```
+nano recipes/my-new-distro.cfg
+```
+
+```
+#            __          ____                        ____  _____
+#     ____  / /_  __  __/ / /___  ____ ___  ___     / __ \/ ___/
+#    / __ \/ __ \/ / / / / / __ \/ __ `__ \/ _ \   / / / /\__ \
+#   / /_/ / / / / /_/ / / / /_/ / / / / / /  __/  / /_/ /___/ /
+#  / .___/_/ /_/\__, /_/_/\____/_/ /_/ /_/\___/   \____//____/
+# /_/          /____/
+
+# The list of ingredients for composing Phyllome OS
+# Uncomment lines with "%include" to enable ingredient
+
+# Installation method
+# Exactly one option has to be picked
+# %include ../ingredients/core.cfg # Text mode
+# %include ../ingredients/live-core.cfg # For live systems only
+# Documentation: https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#graphical-or-text-or-cmdline
+
+# Storage configuration 
+# Exactly one option has to be picked
+# WARNING !!! Will erase local disks!
+# %include ../ingredients/core-storage.cfg # Basic ext4 partition layout for UEFI-based systems
+# %include ../ingredients/live-core-storage.cfg # For live systems only
+# Documentation: https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#part-or-partition
+[...]
+```
+
+- Once you are done, you can [flatten](#flatten) the file and [kickstart](#kickstart) it as explained in the previous section.
+
 ## FAQ
 
 If multiple dishes are affected by your ingredient, you can flatten them all
@@ -109,7 +184,7 @@ cd recipes
 for filename in *.cfg; do ksflatten -c "$filename" -o "../dishes/$filename"; done
 ```
 
-The following message can be discarded:
+The following message can safetly be ignored:
 
 ```
 /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pykickstart/commands/partition.py:461: KickstartParseWarning: A partition with the mountpoint / has already been defined.

deploy-vm.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Function to execute a script
+execute_script() {
+  local script_to_execute="$1"
+  echo "Executing: $script_to_execute"
+  "$script_to_execute" || {
+    echo "Script failed: $script_to_execute"
+    return 1  # Indicate failure
+  }
+  return 0  # Indicate success
+}
+
+# Array of scripts
+scripts=(
+  "./scripts/core-count.sh"
+  "./scripts/system-memory.sh"
+  "./scripts/deploy-distro.sh"
+)
+
+# Iterate through the scripts and execute them
+for script in "${scripts[@]}"; do
+  execute_script "$script"
+done
+
+echo "All scripts executed."

dishes/desktop-hypervisor-amdcpu.cfg

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ mkdir /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/libvirt/isos # Create a directory to store iso image
 
 %end
 
-%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/opt/base-hypervisor-amdcpu.log
+%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/root/base-hypervisor-amdcpu.log
 
 sed -i 's/\(quiet\)/\1 iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci/i' /mnt/sysimage/etc/default/grub # Load kernel modules in GRUB. 
 
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ generic-release-common
 generic-release-notes
 glibc
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -299,6 +300,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

dishes/desktop-hypervisor-intelcpu-intelgpu.cfg

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ mkdir /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/libvirt/isos # Create a directory to store iso image
 
 %end
 
-%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/opt/base-hypervisor-intelcpu.log
+%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/root/base-hypervisor-intelcpu.log
 
 sed -i 's/\(quiet\)/\1 intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci/i' /mnt/sysimage/etc/default/grub # Load kernel modules in GRUB.
 
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ generic-release-common
 generic-release-notes
 glibc
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -309,6 +310,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

dishes/desktop-hypervisor-intelcpu.cfg

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ mkdir /mnt/sysimage/var/lib/libvirt/isos # Create a directory to store iso image
 
 %end
 
-%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/opt/base-hypervisor-intelcpu.log
+%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/root/base-hypervisor-intelcpu.log
 
 sed -i 's/\(quiet\)/\1 intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci/i' /mnt/sysimage/etc/default/grub # Load kernel modules in GRUB.
 
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ generic-release-common
 generic-release-notes
 glibc
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -299,6 +300,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

dishes/desktop-hypervisor.cfg

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ generic-release-common
 generic-release-notes
 glibc
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -291,6 +292,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

dishes/desktop.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+# Generated by pykickstart v3.62
+#version=DEVEL
+# Use text mode install
+text
+# Firewall configuration
+firewall --disabled
+# Run the Setup Agent on first boot
+firstboot --reconfig
+# Keyboard layouts
+keyboard --xlayouts='ch (fr)'
+# System language
+lang en_US.UTF-8
+# Network information
+network  --bootproto=dhcp --device=link --hostname=phyllome-alpha --activate
+# Shutdown after installation
+shutdown
+repo --name="fedora" --mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
+repo --name="updates" --mirrorlist=https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f$releasever&arch=$basearch
+# Root password
+rootpw --iscrypted --lock locked
+# SELinux configuration
+selinux --disabled
+# System services
+services --enabled="NetworkManager,systemd-resolved"
+# System timezone
+timezone Europe/Paris --utc
+# Use network installation
+url --mirrorlist="https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch"
+# X Window System configuration information
+xconfig  --defaultdesktop=GNOME --startxonboot
+# System bootloader configuration
+bootloader --location=mbr --timeout=1
+# Clear the Master Boot Record
+zerombr
+# Partition clearing information
+clearpart --all --initlabel
+# Disk partitioning information
+part /boot/efi --fstype="efi" --size=1024 --fsoptions="umask=0077,shortname=winnt" --label=efi
+part /boot --fstype="ext4" --size=512 --label=boot
+part / --fstype="ext4" --grow --label=root
+
+%post --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/root/post.log
+
+localectl set-keymap ch-fr # Set keymap to `ch-fr`. Alternatively, `us` can be picked.
+dnf update -y # Update the system 
+grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg # Unsure it is actually useful
+
+%end
+
+%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/root/base-initial-setup-gnome.log
+
+truncate -s 0 /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/gnome-initial-setup/vendor.conf # remove content of vendor.conf so that all options are made available
+
+## Append lines to existing vendor.conf file, so that options are skipped upon reboot
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/gnome-initial-setup/vendor.conf<< EOF
+[pages]
+skip=privacy
+[goa]
+providers=local-first!
+EOF
+
+%end
+
+%post --nochroot --logfile=/mnt/sysimage/root/base-desktop-gnome.log
+
+# cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.background.gschema.override<< EOF
+# [org.gnome.desktop.background]
+# picture-uri='file:///usr/share/backgrounds/elementary/Morskie Oko.jpg'
+# EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.media-handling.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.media-handling]
+automount-open=false
+autorun-never=true
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.Terminal.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.Terminal.Legacy.Profile]
+font='DejaVu Sans Mono 12'
+use-system-font=false
+audible-bell=false
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences]
+button-layout=':minimize,maximize,close'
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.a11y.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.a11y]
+always-show-universal-access-status=true
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.interface.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.interface]
+enable-animations=false
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.privacy.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.privacy]
+remove-old-temp-files=true
+remember-recent-files=false
+remember-app-usage=false
+disable-camera=true
+disable-microphone=true
+disable-sound-output=true
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.search-providers.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.search-providers]
+disable-external=true
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.notifications.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.notifications.application]
+enable-sound-alerts=false
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.sound.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.sound]
+event-sounds=false
+EOF
+
+cat >> /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.desktop.thumbnailers.gschema.override<< EOF
+[org.gnome.desktop.thumbnailers]
+disable-all=true
+EOF
+
+glib-compile-schemas /mnt/sysimage/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
+
+%end
+
+%packages --exclude-weakdeps
+NetworkManager
+NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora
+NetworkManager-wifi
+alsa-sof-firmware
+amd-gpu-firmware
+atheros-firmware
+audit
+b43-fwcutter
+b43-openfwwf
+basesystem
+bash
+brcmfmac-firmware
+cirrus-audio-firmware
+coreutils
+curl
+dejavu-sans-mono-fonts
+dhcp-client
+dnf5
+dnf5-plugins
+dracut
+dracut-config-rescue
+e2fsprogs
+fedora-remix-logos
+filesystem
+firefox
+firewalld
+fwupd
+generic-logos
+generic-release
+generic-release-common
+generic-release-notes
+glibc
+gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
+gnome-initial-setup
+gnome-shell
+gnome-terminal
+hostname
+intel-audio-firmware
+intel-gpu-firmware
+intel-vsc-firmware
+iproute
+iputils
+iwlegacy-firmware
+iwlwifi-dvm-firmware
+iwlwifi-mvm-firmware
+kbd
+kernel
+less
+libertas-firmware
+libusb
+man-db
+mesa-dri-drivers
+mozilla-ublock-origin.noarch
+mt7xxx-firmware
+nano
+ncurses
+nvidia-gpu-firmware
+nxpwireless-firmware
+openssh-clients
+openssh-server
+parted
+pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
+plymouth
+policycoreutils
+prefixdevname
+procps-ng
+realtek-firmware
+rootfiles
+rpm
+selinux-policy-targeted
+setup
+shadow-utils
+sssd-common
+sssd-kcm
+sudo
+systemd
+systemd-resolved
+tiwilink-firmware
+usbutils
+util-linux
+vim-minimal
+wget
+wpa_supplicant
+zram-generator-defaults
+-gnome-tour
+
+%end

dishes/live-desktop-hypervisor.cfg

@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ generic-release-notes
 glibc
 glibc-all-langpacks
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -354,6 +355,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

dishes/live-desktop.cfg

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ generic-release-notes
 glibc
 glibc-all-langpacks
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -256,6 +257,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

dishes/virtual-desktop-hypervisor.cfg

@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ generic-release-common
 generic-release-notes
 glibc
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -274,6 +275,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

dishes/virtual-desktop.cfg

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ generic-release-common
 generic-release-notes
 glibc
 gnome-backgrounds.noarch
+gnome-control-center
 gnome-initial-setup
 gnome-shell
 gnome-terminal
@@ -176,6 +177,9 @@ openssh-clients
 openssh-server
 parted
 pciutils
+pipewire-alsa
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit
+pipewire-pulseaudio
 plymouth
 policycoreutils
 prefixdevname

ingredients/base-desktop-gnome.cfg

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ xconfig --startxonboot --defaultdesktop=GNOME # Start the display session on boo
 
 gnome-shell # the version 3 of the GNOME desktop environment, without any presintalled applications
 gnome-terminal # install the default terminal for GNOME Shell
+gnome-control-center # Utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
 -gnome-tour # delete GNOME Tour so it doesn't automatically launch on boot 
 mesa-dri-drivers # add mesa drivers otherwise there is a blank screen when first booting a desktop-based kickstart without virtualization tools 
 dejavu-sans-mono-fonts # the gnome-shell package doesn't include much fonts by default, resulting in weird spacings in GNOME Terminal. GNOME Terminal unfortunately doesn't automatically pick this font 
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ wpa_supplicant # WPA Supplicant for Linux. It is not packaged by default in GNOM
 NetworkManager-wifi # Provides the plugin to manage Wireless networking within GNOME Shell
 firefox # Internet browser
 mozilla-ublock-origin.noarch # An efficient ad blocker for Firefox
+pipewire-alsa # PipeWire media server ALSA support
+pipewire-pulseaudio # PipeWire PulseAudio implementation
+pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit # PipeWire JACK implementation
 
 %end # End of the packagages section
 

list-of-ingredients.cfg

@@ -7,19 +7,6 @@
 
 # The list of ingredients for composing Phyllome OS
 # Uncomment lines with "%include" to enable ingredient
-Each ingredient represents a feature or a set of integrated features, such as a specific Desktop Environment or a storage configuration. 
-    - Ingredients prefixed with live such as live-core.cfg are to be used with live editions only
-    - *core* ingredients are meant be used in all their respective recipes, *base* ingredients, recommended but optional, and extra, extra stuff (sic)
-
-`cat ingredients/core-storage.cfg`
-
-```
-[...]
-part /boot/efi --fstype="efi" --size=128 --fsoptions="umask=0077,shortname=winnt" --label=efi # Will create an EFI system partitition of 128 MiB (vda1)
-part /boot --fstype="ext4" --size=512 --label=boot # Create a boot partition of 512 MiB using the ext4 filesystem (vda2)
-part / --fstype="ext4" --grow --label=root # The remaining space will be used for root (vda3)
-```
-
 
 # Installation method
 # Exactly one option has to be picked
@@ -95,7 +82,7 @@ part / --fstype="ext4" --grow --label=root # The remaining space will be used fo
 # %include ../ingredients/core-desktop-initial-setup.cfg # Ensures that GNOME initial setup will launch on the first system start-up
 # %include ../ingredients/core-server-initial-setup.cfg # For headless systems
 
-# A GNOME Shell-based desktop environment. 
+# A GNOME Shell-based desktop environment
 # Optional
 # %include ../ingredients/base-desktop-gnome.cfg # A GNOME Shell-based desktop environment
 # Documentation: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/InitialSetup

recipes/desktop.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#            __          ____                        ____  _____
+#     ____  / /_  __  __/ / /___  ____ ___  ___     / __ \/ ___/
+#    / __ \/ __ \/ / / / / / __ \/ __ `__ \/ _ \   / / / /\__ \
+#   / /_/ / / / / /_/ / / / /_/ / / / / / /  __/  / /_/ /___/ /
+#  / .___/_/ /_/\__, /_/_/\____/_/ /_/ /_/\___/   \____//____/
+# /_/          /____/
+
+# A recipe for a generic desktop hypervisor
+
+%include ../ingredients/core.cfg # Text mode
+%include ../ingredients/core-storage.cfg # ext4-based storage configuration
+%include ../ingredients/core-bootloader-grub.cfg # GNU GRUB
+%include ../ingredients/core-locale.cfg # System locale set to Swiss French as keyboard layout and English as language
+%include ../ingredients/core-security-off.cfg # Lock root account, disable firewall and SELinux
+%include ../ingredients/core-services.cfg # Required systemd services
+%include ../ingredients/core-network.cfg # Network configuration
+%include ../ingredients/core-packages-mandatory.cfg # Mandatory packages 
+%include ../ingredients/core-packages-default.cfg # Default but not necessary packages
+%include ../ingredients/core-packages-hardware-support.cfg # Extended hardware support 
+%include ../ingredients/core-fedora-repo.cfg # Offical repositories for Fedora
+%include ../ingredients/core-post.cfg # Triggered after the installation
+%include ../ingredients/core-initial-setup-desktop.cfg # OEM setup for GNOME Shell
+%include ../ingredients/base-desktop-gnome.cfg # A GNOME Shell-based desktop environment

scripts/core-count.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get the core count using nproc --all
+core_count=$(nproc --all)
+
+# Check if nproc --all returns a numerical value greater than 2
+if (( core_count < 2 )); then
+  echo "Warning: System has only $core_count core)."
+  echo "The script requires at least four cores"
+  exit 1  # Exit with an error code to indicate the condition is not met
+fi

scripts/deploy-distro.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Default values
+DEFAULT_MEMORY=4096
+DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE=10
+
+# Prompt user for VM memory size
+read -r -p "Provide desired VM memory in MB or press Enter to keep default value of $DEFAULT_MEMORY MB): " memory_size
+memory_size=${memory_size:-$DEFAULT_MEMORY}
+
+# Validate memory size
+if ! [[ "$memory_size" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( memory_size < 2048 )); then
+    echo "Invalid memory size.  Must be a number greater than or equal to 2048. Using default value of $DEFAULT_MEMORY MB."
+    memory_size=$DEFAULT_MEMORY
+fi
+
+# Prompt user for VM disk size
+read -r -p "Provide desired disk size of VM in GB or press Enter to use default disk size of $DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE GB: " disk_size
+disk_size=${disk_size:-$DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE}
+
+# Validate disk size
+if ! [[ "$disk_size" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( disk_size < 10 )); then
+    echo "Invalid disk size.  Must be a number greater than or equal to 10 GiB. Using default value of $DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE."
+    disk_size=$DEFAULT_DISK_SIZE
+fi
+
+# Set the choices
+CHOICE_SYSTEM="qemu:///system"
+CHOICE_SESSION="qemu:///session"
+
+# Display the choices to the user
+echo "Please select an option or press Enter to keep default value of $CHOICE_SESSION):"
+echo "1) $CHOICE_SYSTEM (system-based or rootfull virtual machine)"
+echo "2) $CHOICE_SESSION (session-based or rootless virtual machine)"
+
+# Prompt the user for input
+IFS= read -r -p "Enter your choice (1 or 2): " user_choice
+
+# Validate the user's input
+if [[ ! "$user_choice" =~ ^[12]$ ]]; then
+  echo "Invalid choice.  Defaulting to session-based VM."
+  uri="$CHOICE_SESSION"  # Default to session-based if input is invalid
+else
+  # Determine the selected option
+  case "$user_choice" in
+    1)
+      uri="$CHOICE_SYSTEM"
+      ;;
+    2)
+      uri="$CHOICE_SESSION"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unexpected error: Invalid choice. This should not happen due to validation."
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  # Conditional variable assignment based on URI
+  if [[ "$uri" == "qemu:///system" ]]; then
+    disk_path="/var/lib/libvirt/images/"
+    network_type="default"
+  elif [[ "$uri" == "qemu:///session" ]]; then
+    disk_path="$HOME/.local/share/libvirt/images/"
+    network_type="user"
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Display the selected option (optional)
+echo "You selected: $uri"
+
+# Get a list of files in "dishes" directory
+mapfile -t dish_name < <(find "dishes/" -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "virtual*" \) -printf "%f\n" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
+
+# Check if there are any files
+if [ ${#dish_name[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "No files found in the directory ../dishes."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Display the files with numbered options
+echo "Available files:"
+for i in "${!dish_name[@]}"; do
+  echo "$((i + 1)). ${dish_name[$i]}"
+done
+
+# Prompt the user to select a file
+read -r -p "Enter the number of the file you want to select: " choice
+
+# Validate the user's choice
+if ! [[ "$choice" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || (( choice < 1 )) || (( choice > ${#dish_name[@]} )); then
+  echo "Invalid choice. Please enter a number from 1 to ${#dish_name[@]}."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the selected filename
+vm_name="${dish_name[$((choice - 1))]}"
+
+# Output the selected filename
+echo "You selected: $vm_name"
+
+# virt-install command with user-defined VM name
+virt-install \
+    --connect "$uri" \
+    --os-variant fedora41 \
+    --virt-type kvm \
+    --arch x86_64 \
+    --machine q35 \
+    --name "$vm_name" \
+    --boot uefi \
+    --cpu host-model,topology.sockets=1,topology.cores=2,topology.threads=2 \
+    --vcpus 4 \
+    --memory "$memory_size" \
+    --video virtio \
+    --channel unix,target.type=virtio,target.name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 \
+    --autoconsole none \
+    --console pty,target.type=virtio \
+    --sound virtio \
+    --network type="$network_type",model=virtio \
+    --controller type=virtio-serial \
+    --controller type=usb,model=none \
+    --controller type=scsi,model=virtio-scsi \
+    --input type=keyboard,bus=virtio \
+    --input type=mouse,bus=virtio \
+    --rng /dev/urandom,model=virtio \
+    --disk path="${disk_path}/${vm_name}.img",format=raw,bus=virtio,cache=writeback,size="$disk_size" \
+    --location=https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/42/Everything/x86_64/os/ \
+    --initrd-inject ./dishes/"$vm_name".cfg \
+    --extra-args "inst.ks=file:/$vm_name.cfg" 
+
+echo "virt-install command executed with VM name: $vm_name"

scripts/system-memory.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Read the total memory from /proc/meminfo in MiB
+total_memory=$(awk '/MemTotal/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo)
+
+# Convert to MiB by dividing by 1024 (since MemTotal is in KiB)
+total_memory_mb=$(( total_memory / 1024 ))
+
+if [[ "$total_memory_mb" -lt "4096" ]]; then
+    echo "Not enough RAM: The system has only ${total_memory_mb}MiB of RAM, but at least 4096 is required."
+    exit 1
+fi