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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

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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 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.

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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

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