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title: Get started with Phyllome OS
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description:
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published: true
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date: 2021-11-23T15:56:24.591Z
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editor: markdown
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dateCreated: 2021-11-13T11:37:31.498Z
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---
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# How to use Phyllome OS
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*This section explains how to further configure Phyllome OS, and how to deploy a tiny and live operating system within it.*
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## Post-installation configuration
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After Phyllome OS [has been successfully installed](/deploy/install) and [its first-launch process completed](/deploy/install#first-launch), a few tasks are required before it can be used to its fullest potential.
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> As Phyllome OS evolves, one of the main goal is to shorten the time it would take for an end-user to have a fully operational virtual machine loaded with the installer of their favorite operating system, to the point that a user may not see the Phyllome OS environment
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at all.
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> The following post-installation configuration will, hopefully, be made obsolete in a future Phyllome OS version.
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### Grant the current user the ability to manage virtual machines
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Any new user, including the one that has been created during the first-launch set up, won't be part of the `libvirt` group. It means that it won't be able to manage the *qemu:///system*, which runs `libvirt` as root.
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To avoid a password prompt each time the Virtual Machine Manager is launched, you can add the current user to the `libvirt` by using the following command, in the terminal:
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```
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sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $(whoami)
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```
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> A known bug affects the terminal: extra spaces between letters. To solve it, click on the burger menu (the three stacked horizontal lines) then go to *Preferences > Profiles > Unnamed* and check the box called *Custom font*.
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> Phyllome OS will eventually switch to the *qemu:///session* URI, which doesn't require elevated privileges. Have a look at [this great blog post](https://blog.wikichoon.com/2016/01/qemusystem-vs-qemusession.html) to understand some of the differences between the *session* and the *system* URI.
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### Run a few scripts
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During the installation process, [a few scripts are fetched](https://github.com/PhyllomeOS/phyllomeos/tree/main/post) and stored under the `/usr/sbin` directory. They need to be run to further customize Phyllome OS.
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#### Desktop enhancements
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The following script will change the desktop background and pick opinionated defaults for the Virtual Machine Manager. It will also add a new User session URI for the Virtual Machine Manager.
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Open the terminal and run the following script as a regular user:
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/usr/sbin/configure-vmm-and-desktop.sh
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```
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*The updated desktop background. Notice that there is now a new URI called QEMU/KVM User session*
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#### Create and run a virtual machine without any attached disk
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The following script, which also doesn't require root privileges, will create a virtual machine called `my-first-live-vm`. This virtual machine will be started automatically and added to `virt-manager`.
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/usr/sbin/create-live-vm.sh
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```
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*Notice the new icon under QEMU/KVM: this is the new virtual machine that has just been created. Go to the section to learn how to interact with it.*
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## Access your virtual machine display
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* Double-click on *my-first-live-vm* to open its virtual display, then click on *Connect to console*.
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> Phyllome OS ships with a small ISO crafted by the team behind [netboot.xyz](https://netboot.xyz/), and that can do network boot, allowing it to do network-based installations of the most popular Linux distributions, among other niceties.
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* After a few seconds, you will be greeted by the following screen.
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* Under the menu, go to *View* and select *Full Screen*
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* Go to *Live CDs*
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> There is no disk attached to this virtual machine. As a result, only Live CDs will work out-the-box.
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* Scroll down this list
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* Stop at *Tiny Core Linux* and press <kbd>Enter</kbd>
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* Select *Tiny Core Linux x86_64*
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* Select *Tiny Core Linux CorePure*
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* Enjoy your disposable virtual machine
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When you are done messing around, input the following, and you will be back in Phyllome OS
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```
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sudo poweroff
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```
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> That's it, congratulations!
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---
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*Are you looking for tasks to do with your system? If so, have a look at doing some [suggested tasks](/gofurther)*
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[^1]: Although, we very much encourage you to [hack it](https://github.com/PhyllomeOS/phyllomeos#how-to-hack-phyllome-os). |