Q4OS User Guide Version 0.3.2 Table of Contents Q4OS Setup and Using
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Q4OS User Guide Version 0.3.2 Table of Contents Q4OS setup and using................................................................................................................................6 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................6 Testing...................................................................................................................................................6 Live CD............................................................................................................................................6 In Virtualbox.....................................................................................................................................6 Q4OS (Scorpion) Full Installation Guide..................................................................................................6 How to create a Live-CD-ROM using Windows..................................................................................7 How to create a Live-USB using Windows.........................................................................................17 Install Q4OS from live desktop...........................................................................................................26 Installation...........................................................................................................................................49 Live media......................................................................................................................................49 Installation CD................................................................................................................................50 Postinstall steps...............................................................................................................................50 Q4OS Welcome Screen.......................................................................................................................50 Wireless network setup........................................................................................................................51 Print and Scan......................................................................................................................................51 Hewlett-Packard printers and scanners...........................................................................................51 Other printers..................................................................................................................................51 Scanners..........................................................................................................................................52 Power management.............................................................................................................................52 Hardware sensors................................................................................................................................52 Touchpad device..................................................................................................................................53 Proprietary multimedia codecs............................................................................................................53 Proprietary video drivers.....................................................................................................................53 Users and groups.................................................................................................................................54 Adding a regular user......................................................................................................................54 Android interconnection......................................................................................................................54 Security updates, software management.............................................................................................54 Update manager..............................................................................................................................54 External software repositories.............................................................................................................54 Alternative desktop environments.......................................................................................................55 Adding more languages.......................................................................................................................55 Add languages................................................................................................................................56 User setup.......................................................................................................................................56 Example..........................................................................................................................................56 Miscellaneous tips...............................................................................................................................57 Kickoff start menu..........................................................................................................................57 Single click icons............................................................................................................................57 Desktop effects...............................................................................................................................57 Autologin........................................................................................................................................57 Timezone selection.........................................................................................................................58 Screen resolution............................................................................................................................58 Q4OS Frequently asked questions...........................................................................................................59 Introduction.........................................................................................................................................59 Page 2 Installation...........................................................................................................................................59 How can I create bootable Q4OS installation USB disk?..............................................................59 Is there a way to dual boot Q4OS alongside Windows?.................................................................59 I have no sound after installation, what should I do?.....................................................................59 System.................................................................................................................................................60 There are broken packages dependencies in my system. How can I fix it?...................................60 Some letters being mis-typed. Some letters show up correctly, but a few ('L' shows up as '3', 'J' as '1') show up incorrectly...................................................................................................................60 Fonts and icons are too small on my hiDPI screen, can I make them larger ?...............................60 How can I display current CPU temperature in the system panel?................................................60 I am behind a proxy, package manager based aplications don't work............................................60 I want to use a more recent Linux kernel. Is it possible?...............................................................61 Desktop................................................................................................................................................61 How to set up multiple virtual desktops in Q4OS?........................................................................61 I am not able to rename or edit some icons on my Desktop...........................................................62 How can I edit Start menu?............................................................................................................62 Can I customize view and shortcuts on the right panel of the default Q4OS 'Bourbon' Start menu? ........................................................................................................................................................62 I want a Welcome Screen entry to be shown in the Start menu......................................................62 How can I autostart an application?................................................................................................63 I have messed my desktop. How can I revert default colors, fonts, theme and other desktop settings?..........................................................................................................................................63 How can I set single-click icons instead of double-click?..............................................................63 Tell me the easiest way to get a screenshot....................................................................................63 Is it possible to change icon theme?...............................................................................................63 I have defined keyboard shortcuts in the Control Panel, but