FAQs
From Granular Linux Documentation
What are the system requirements for installing / trying Granular?
RAM (Memory): 256 MB or higher
Processor: Pentium III or higher
Graphics Card: Not Required for basic usage but necessary to enjoy all the 3D effects offered by Looking Glass and Compiz Fusion
Harddisk space:
- For trying out Granular in Live Mode - none
- For installing Granular LiveCD - 3 GB
- For installing Granular FunWorks (LiveDVD) - 6 GB
What are the unique aspects of Granular?
- Try before you install. Granular comes as an installable LiveCD / DVD.
- Ease of use and User friendliness are the primary aspects of Granular.
- Granular CD version offers two popular desktop environments - KDE & Enlightenment.
- Granular FunWorks offers four desktop environments - KDE, XFCE, Enlightenment and Looking Glass.
- Granular offers good amount of eye-candy in the form of cool looking artwork.
- Package Management in Granular is easy. For this Granular offers an apt-get based solution in the form of Synaptic Package Manager.
- Granular comes with a carefully set of applications targeted at the average desktop user.
- Managing Granular is easy too. The Granular Control Center offers an easy to use interface to manage almost all the aspects of your system and desktop.
- Granular offers easy to navigate menu systems - KBFX & Kickoff.
- Granular StartPoint makes sure that using the applications included in Granular is a fun affair.
- Granular Handbook contains some tutorials, tips, and a list of commands for day-to-day use.
- Granular comes with a fair amount of customization options, where you can customize your login screen, login splash, boot splash, icon theme, etc.
How to try Granular in LiveCD mode?
See the main article here: Try before you install
How to install Granular on harddisk?
See the main article here: Installing Granular onto harddisk
How do I switch between various desktop environments?
Switching between the various desktop environments in Granular is easy, for example KDE to E17 or vice-versa. See the instructions here.
I cannot see the Install Granular icon on the desktop of guest account. What to do?
Find the Install Granular icon on the desktop of root account.
Note: This is not a problem any more starting from version 1.0.
I used Synaptic Package Manager to update Granular. Now, all the Granular look and logos have gone. What to do?
This used to be a problem prior to Granular 1.0. The problem arose due to the fact that Granular used to use just the repository of PCLinuxOS. But now, as Granular has its own repository, the problem has been solved.
If you are still using a previous version of Granular, add the Granular repository to the list in Synaptic.
