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How can we install Clear Linux in virtual system and then clone that to a real machine? is it technically possible?

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Pretty much all hypervisors allow you to duplicate VMs - either by copying or snapshotting the VM.

EDIT: cloning of a clearlinux install isn’t really something we support, but, you can certainly copy whole HD contents over from one system to another, and it will likely just work.

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thermald is the software we use to deal with. Make sure it is running - it will be likely the best way to termally limit the CPU from overheating (It work by forcing the CPU to go idle in case the temperature gets too hot).

While Intel does it’s best to design systems not to overheat, the board manufacturer has full control over e.g. firmware cooling mechanisms and trip points. It’s not easy for us, especially Linux developers at Intel, to go and prevent these issues - we often have zero recourse in fixing bad motherboard/case and firmware design by third party vendors.

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ahkok , im going to give a try to the method given on the end of this page

to transfer clearlinux desktop from virtual machine to a real machine

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Maybe “thermald” was working because the computer froze and I shut it down by holding in the power button for an extended period of time. TLP does some sort of magic that prevents the overheating in the first place, but I don’t think it’s by running the fan earlier. It’s curious, because as best as I can tell it doesn’t happen when running Windows, but I really don’t run Windows very much at all so the testing was not extensive.

As for the failure to install due to EFI missing firmware I have this to report:
jl@jl-2n1:~$ ./clear-linux-check-config.sh host
Checking if host is capable of running Clear Linux* OS

SUCCESS: 64-bit CPU (lm)
SUCCESS: Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (ssse3)
SUCCESS: Streaming SIMD Extensions v4.1 (sse4_1)
SUCCESS: Streaming SIMD Extensions v4.2 (sse4_2)
SUCCESS: Advanced Encryption Standard instruction set (aes)
SUCCESS: Carry-less Multiplication extensions (pclmulqdq)
SUCCESS: EFI firmware
jl@jl-2n1:~$

However the installer running on a live Clear Linux USB apparently reports back false information as it claims there is “EFI firmware missing”

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You likely booted the system in “BIOS” mode and not in “UEFI” mode. It will still boot, but it will be unable to detect UEFI.

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What’s the difference? How do you insure a USB stick boots in UEFI mode? - Yes, you are correct. As you can see I was ignorant about the difference. I used “F12” again, but chose a different option, I believe the 1st partition of the USB stick, and that did make a difference. It looks like I may be able to install tomorrow when I’m more fresh. Don’t want to try when I’m tired and might miss something.

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I have started ClearLinux in VM , lets see if things go as I plan them to be…will report back

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  1. Testing network connectivity before installing was a big problem for me. At the school here in the interior of Panama the network is unsteady. It disconnects every few minutes for about 5 or 6 seconds, then reconnects. Everything will download if you are patient enough, but the network test failed about 25 times before the network was steady enough to pass the test. Then our slow…but successful…install worked even with the net link from mountain top to mountain top going up and down. Just check there’s a network connect, send a few pings, and start the install.

  2. If the network fails install (either during the test or because you forget to set it up) then you have to enter all the same information (keyboard, lang, disk, etc.) over and after you’ve don that 25 times (see above) it gets real hard to want to continue to try ClearLinux

  3. Custom partition so I can share the swap on multiple Linux distros, etc.

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what is the screen unlock password for live desktop ISO ?

It should work without a password, just hit enter key.

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Experiment with Virtualbox installation seems to fail for me : everything goes well except that once installation starts it initially works but then freeze and seems to take ages to complete ( I have saved VM session after letting it run for almost two hours to continue it tomorrow ) despite that I have applied full possible ram in virtualbox settings . Have to think of some other methods now to install clear Linux

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What is new in latest ISO clear-29620-live-desktop.iso.xz ???

Same installer?

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What is clear-29620-installer.img.xz ??

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Is the old installer, it will be removed in near future.

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You can get the latest from Downloads | Clear Linux* Project. For VirtualBox right now, I’d recommend starting with the live server. You can always install the desktop later.

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That’s what I was planning too , install server iso and install xfce and other packages on top

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@mhorn, I would like to see desktop installer making use of existing esp and swap partitions. :blush:

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@mhorn is the owner from the installer

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I installed Clear Linux today on my N3700 NUC and the installation went quite smooth (I would have liked some more feedback, that the install process is still alive, during the prodecure). I was able to set up my golang environment without problems, the go gtk bindings installed fine from github. Firefox works nicely for me (and I found the forum post for the ffmpeg firefox solution soon). On my low power (6W TDP) box my first impression is very good. Keep up your good work with Clear Linux.

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