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RAM Adjusted Desktop Starter - Starts [no] desktop environment based on available RAM. Automagically boots into graphical desktop environment, when there is enough RAM. Or into terminal-only, when there is too little RAM. Useful inside virtual machines. - For better usability. - https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/RAM_Adjusted_Desktop_Starter
https://github.com/kicksecure/rads
debian desktop-adjustment gui-or-cli ram
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RAM Adjusted Desktop Starter - Starts [no] desktop environment based on available RAM. Automagically boots into graphical desktop environment, when there is enough RAM. Or into terminal-only, when there is too little RAM. Useful inside virtual machines. - For better usability. - https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/RAM_Adjusted_Desktop_Starter
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/kicksecure/rads
- Owner: Kicksecure
- License: other
- Created: 2014-05-31T16:13:05.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-02-02T12:36:31.000Z (11 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-02-02T14:14:15.387Z (11 months ago)
- Topics: debian, desktop-adjustment, gui-or-cli, ram
- Language: Shell
- Homepage: https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/imprint
- Size: 444 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: changelog.upstream
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: COPYING
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README
# RAM Adjusted Desktop Starter #
If there is more than X MB RAM in total, the desktop environment will be
started.
If less than X MB RAM in total (for example, only 196 MB RAM in total), no
desktop environment will be started.
This should be quite convenient, because users with low RAM could reduce Y MB
and even if they sometimes wanted to configure/check something, they could
assign 512 RAM and automagically boot into the graphical desktop. There are
also many settings in /etc/rads.d/ (stackable) to configure this feature, so
if you want, you can also add a lot RAM, but not boot into a desktop
environment, or use different display managers and so on.
Most useful in virtual machines.
## How to install `rads` using apt-get ##
1\. Download the APT Signing Key.
```
wget https://www.kicksecure.com/keys/derivative.asc
```
Users can [check the Signing Key](https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Signing_Key) for better security.
2\. Add the APT Signing Key.
```
sudo cp ~/derivative.asc /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc
```
3\. Add the derivative repository.
```
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] https://deb.kicksecure.com bookworm main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list
```
4\. Update your package lists.
```
sudo apt-get update
```
5\. Install `rads`.
```
sudo apt-get install rads
```
## How to Build deb Package from Source Code ##
Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:
```
dpkg-buildpackage -b
```
See instructions.
NOTE: Replace `generic-package` with the actual name of this package `rads`.
* **A)** [easy](https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Dev/Build_Documentation/generic-package/easy), _OR_
* **B)** [including verifying software signatures](https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Dev/Build_Documentation/generic-package)
## Contact ##
* [Free Forum Support](https://forums.kicksecure.com)
* [Premium Support](https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Premium_Support)
## Donate ##
`rads` requires [donations](https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Donate) to stay alive!