Ānanda Āropa RootFS base image

Introduction

Ānanda Āropa (/ɑːˈnʌndə/ /ɑː.ɾɐw.pɐ/) or aaropa is BlissLabs' latest attempt in improving the installer & initrd for BlissOS, with some of additional features & improvements over the original Android-x86 console installer.

This repo produces aaropa rootfs or base image for a minimal Linux environment, which can be used for various purposes, such as: building installer image, Waydroid Linux, etc...

The rootfs also include programs such as:

• JWM for the desktop
• PCManFM-Qt for file manager
• QTerminal for terminal
• GParted for disks & partitions management
• L3afpad for text editor
• GPicView for photo viewer
• GSmartControl for drive health monitor
• Htop for process monitor

Compatibility

As of right now, aaropa only supports x86_64.

Status

Beside this main repo, aaropa is also made of several other repos including:

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  This repo contains patches & modules for Calamares which will be built into .deb file

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  This repo contains the Grub2 theme that we're using which will be built into .deb file

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  This repo contains busybox program that is on initrd, it will also be built into .deb file

Usage

If you want to use it in docker, do

FROM ghcr.io/BlissOS/aaropa_rootfs_base:latest

# Do your stuff

Meaning behind the name

Ānanda & Āropa combines the Sanskrit words "Ananda" (bliss) and "Aropa" (imposing or placing upon), creating a phrase that means "blissful installation" or "blissful startup."

Credit

• Android-x86 for the original initrd & installer in newinstaller.
• Devuan for a linux distro that doesn't use systemd. We built aaropa on top of Devuan.
• All the programs that are listed above. Without these programs, we couldn't be able to achieve something like this.