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First things first, I think I've found a home here on NGU in the Linux / PC section simply because it's interesting, and keeps me busy.Installing and messing around with Frugalware is no exception.
It broek off from Slackware in 04, and it's one of the best distros I've tried, simply because of its high stability, lack of clutter, and it's ability for everyday use. Now, if your running w/o a
internet connect on your home PC, your most likely out of luck for this distro, as it's fairly large. It takes up 20 CDs, or 3 DVDs, when it's in it's non-internet version and fully installed.
The good news is if your just testing it you would only need the first 4-5 discs or the first DVD. This will NOT fit on a USB.

Lets get down an' dirty.

The first step in ANY Unix OS installation is usually partitioning, and FRugalware is no exception, it won't ask you to create a /home or /boot file, but it actually only requires two partitions, /swap, and /root.
Usually I use Gparted to partition my drives, so you can get that on virtually any Distro. It's all fairly straight forward for someone who's been through the partitioning/dependence hell before. So in our case, lets find a new dvd (or 3) and burn frugalware onto them.
If you don't know how to get frugalware, you should not be using it. This is for the people who just want a fast, powerful linux Distro that can get the job done. not necessarily for games or things like that.
My other tutorial for Back|Track5 is the same way. If you don't know what your doing, DON'T DO IT!! It's not like Frugal ware will completely change your life anyway, if anything it's a fresh coat of paint on an old concept that makes us
linux users happy because it's something new to try out, that's free. Tust me, it's not worth having free software brick your system. It happens ALL THE TIME because people think it's an easy task, when it's not.
Never code when you're tired, feel lazy or lacking the grasp of knowledge necessary for it. You will just screw yourself over somewhere. It happened to me yesterday because I spend 3 hours trying to get a program to work,
when I had accidentally typed a ! instead of a 1. It can be very annoying.

Now on with the process, after you've burned the distro, put in the first cd, and restart the computer. It will NOT ask you if you want to partition your disc, so do it anyway. This is because ti thinks you know what you're doing.
Make your /root partition about 14 gb if your using the FULL frugal ware, otherwise make it about 4 GB. Then make the /swap partition about 4 Gb for the full version, or about 3 GB for the first DVD version.
After this, exit Gparted and click forward, then forward again if mountpoints hold no real importance to you (That was a joke) and pick which version fits your style, :: Expert, Intermediate, or Basic. If you want total control over your computer, (which anyone reading this does) select Expert mode.
otherwise pick intermediate, basic is just a waste of your space/time. afterwards you will see two task windows, on the left is apps, on the right is all the stuff under that particualr category (I.E. clicking multimedia would show video editors,music mixers, etc., whiles clicking games may show games you want to install).
I suggest you take your time and install all the packages you want from here because some might not work without others. In other words, if you get one Nvidia driver package, get them all. Unless you know what your doing, in which case that's a personal ordeal.....


Now you want to install the bootloader. The Distro comes with Grub, so simply install it wherever you find it convenient to locate/remember. After you are done managing what package you want and which ones you don't click forward again, provide a password for root, the create some user accounts, set the time zone, etc.
Specify your mouse , and what display manager you wanna use,and now Frugalware is bootable. In the bootloader, you'll notice it uses Gnome 2.XX.X, but you can easily change it to 3.0 as it's in the repository there as well.

Important stuffs::: Be careful when picking what .pkgs you want on your pc, as you can end up wwith multiples of programs that do the same job.

Admin tools are under Applications> system instead of the now typical System> Administration menu.



To run frugal ware in VBox, you will have to edit the file called /etc/x11/xorg.conf.d/10-evedev.conf ...
to do this do not hit enter from grub when it loads, instead select the entry and edit the command for it. It should resemble this
boot Options root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet
resume=/dev/sda1
just put your cursor on the end of hit, hit space, and type 3.
then login and as the root user, type
cd /etc/x11/xprg.conf.d
cp 10-evdev.conf 10-evedev.conf-backup

This make a backup of the file that's preventing your keyboard from working. now open 10-evedev.conf in a text editor, scroll until you see "inputclass and delete this line
Option "xkb_variant" "default" ...
save & restart and now the keyboard will work like a charm.


As for installing onto Virtual Box, its should be fairly straightforward for anyone who has done it before, JimErased has a good tutorial here You must login or register to view this content. and the only issue I had I discussed the way to solve it above. Peace out

---------- Post added at 12:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 AM ----------

It's called Frugalware for a reason, as little effort as possible . But it still requires a basic knowledge of Linux. and btw, Firefox is under Xapps in the package manager, NOT apps. Lots of ppl will but me bout it, so I'm tossin' it out there.