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Welcome to RoshanOS 3 Qalandar
Welcome to your new operating system RoshanOS. This welcome screen will guide you how to use RoshanOS. I would like to thank you for choosing RoshanOS as your operating system. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Don’t hesitate to contact me (info at the bottom) in case of any issue. Good luck & have a great time.
It’s based on MX/Debian Linux, so most things will also work on RoshanOS 3.
Table of contents
- Login Credentials
- Create live USB/DVD from ISO file
- Quick Introduction
- Tryouts
- Advanced Usage
- Issues & Fixes
- Installation Procedure
- Special Thanks
- More
Login Credentials
Use password below if asked anywhere
esite.pk
Operating System (OS) Username: roshantech
Password: esite.pk
Create live USB/DVD from ISO file
Download the ISO file from eSite.pk or SourceForge.net.
Download Rufus software for creating live USB. I have tested it on the Windows 10+ & it was working fine. Rufus might ask you to download a few components from the internet. "DD Image mode" worked fine on Windows 7, it may also work on Windows XP. You may also try other live USB creation software. Etcher and Ventoy worked fine on my MX-CP/RoshanOS 2.0 Linux. Etcher and Ventoy, both are cross platform tools, so they would work on Windows & macOS.
For DVDs, you may use ImgBurn or similar software.
For trying live USB/DVD/ISO
- Shutdown computer if it’s already on
- Start computer & press boot key during BIOS messages
- Some computers show boot menu with F12, F9, F2 or Esc key
- Ask PC manufacturer if you are not sure or ask where you purchased PC
- Select boot medium
After boot, you may check a quick introduction, use tryouts/advanced or install RoshanOS on your computer.
Quick Introduction
Look at the interface screenshot:
Desktop
Above screenshot is a desktop/workspace. RoshanOS contains 9 workspaces for flexibility. You can switch workspaces with its icon, next to the power button on the right side of the top panel.
You can switch workspaces by moving your mouse to the top right corner of the screen. You can also use shortcut: Ctrl + Win/super key and arrow keys.
Start Menu
On the top left is the start menu. Start menu contains a list of application icons organized into categories.
You can also search & execute apps. Click on the top left icon to open the start menu. Or move your mouse to the top left corner of the screen. You can also use a shortcut: Win/super key.
Taskbar
Top screen panel is a taskbar. It contains a start menu, quick app list and/or list of apps running, current app menu, power button, workspaces, few system/status icons and the clock time.
Application Menu
Application menu is also shown on the taskbar as seen in the above screenshot at the center and before the power button.
Background
Background is an image used on the desktop. Background image changes daily automatically along with a few colors i.e title bar, selected item, etc.
Screen Corners & Sides
Screen corners & sides are not useless in RoshanOS. Let's discuss them in detail because they do something special. What you need to do is keep your mouse at the corners or sides and push it in that direction i.e move your mouse at the top left corner & keep moving it in that direction. Repeating this will reverse the current action i.e start menu will be closed.
Note: you can also disable these behaviors from “Screen Edges” in the system settings.
Top Left Corner | Top Side | Top Right Corner |
Left Side | Right Side | |
Bottom Left Corner | Bottom Side | Bottom Right Corner |
Top Left Corner
It opens up the start menu.
Top Right Corner
It shows workspaces/desktops along with the running apps.
Bottom Left & Right Corners
It minimizes/restores all running apps.
Top Side
It contains a taskbar, so we do not attach any mouse action there.
Left Side
Shows screenshot of all running apps on the current desktop/workspace. Clicking on any screenshot will move your control there.
Right Side
Shows screenshot of all instances of the current running app on the all desktop/workspace. For example if Google Chrome is running on the desktop/workspace # 1 and it’s also running on the desktop/workspace # 9. Then it will just show two screenshots of Google chrome. Clicking on any screenshot will move your control there.
Bottom Side
Shows screenshot of all running apps on all desktop/workspace. Clicking on any screenshot will move your control there.
Now you are familiar with the basic interface elements, so now you can use tryouts.
Tryouts
Open the “RoshanOS 3 Tryouts” folder on the desktop and read “Read Me 1st Help File
” file. RoshanOS supports Basic/C/C++/Java/Python/PHP/Perl computer programming languages out of the box. It also includes MySQL, PhpMyAdmin, XAMPP server.
Following popular file types are supported along with other formats: doc/docx (Microsoft Word Doc), xls/xlsx (Microsoft Excel Sheet), ppt/pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation), pdf (Portable Doc Format), rtf (Microsoft Rich Text Format Doc), csv (comma separated file), zip (compressed file), json (JavaScript data file), photo formats: jpg/png/gif/tiff/ico/svg/webp, video formats: avi/mov/wmv/mp4/ogg/webm.
Microsoft Windows and Google Android apps can be run on RoshanOS 3. Please check Advanced Usage.
Now you will learn more about RoshanOS working. RoshanOS includes normal apps as well as web apps.
Show app on the panel/desktop
Right click on any app icon shown in the start menu or the app icons on the taskbar. And click “Pin to task manager” or “Add to Desktop”
Move app window on small screen
On the keyboard, press (& keep pressed) Win key and then click mouse left button anywhere in the app window area & drag app (i.e keep pressing mouse left button & move around). Release both (Win key & mouse left button) when you are in your target position.
Desktop Zoom In/Out
On the keyboard, press (& keep pressed) Win key and then press + key to zoom in and - key to zoom out.
Kill Unresponsive App
On the keyboard, press (& keep pressed) Ctrl key and then press Alt key and Esc key. You will see, the mouse icon is changed. Now click the unresponsive app to stop it. Otherwise just press Esc key to cancel it.
We may add more content here over time, so do check the online version of the doc regularly.
Advanced Usage
Enable Google Android Apps including Google Play Store!
Execute “Run Android Apps Waydroid'' at Home/RoshanOS3 folder and follow instructions.
Enable Microsoft Windows Apps
Open “Run Windows Apps - winapps” given at Home/RoshanOS3 folder and follow instructions.
We may add more content here over time, so do check the online version of the doc regularly.
Issues & Fixes
Application Menu Hidden
Problem: Sometimes the application menu is not shown in the taskbar for some reason.
Solution: Simply open another application & switch back 🙂
We may add more content here over time, so do check the online version of the doc regularly.
Installation Procedure
- Boot with the USB/DVD/ISO
- Some computers show boot menu with F12, F9, F2 or Esc key during BIOS messages
- Before starting the installation
- Choose 1 partition (15 GB or more) for RoshanOS from your Windows/other OS (and remove this partition letter from the list of drives by going to disk management and remove drive letter, this saves your RoshanOS partition of accidental removal from Windows)
- Start installation by clicking the icon ‘Install RoshanOS on your hard disk
- For installation details, open “User Manual” file on the desktop and check second chapter: “2 Installation” or check this video, RoshanOS 3 installation process is very similar to MX-CP
- After installation completed, restart system by clicking power button
- Please note, before PC restarts (i.e before BIOS messages), remove RoshanOS USB/DVD from the system
After the reboot, you may remove the “Install RoshanOS on Your Hard Disk” file from the desktop.
Special Thanks 🙏
Special thanks to
- Allah, the God
- MX/antiX Linux, Debian
- Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman
- SourceForge for hosting ISOs
- And everyone involved in open source, I actually pray for them all regularly 🙏
More
For more, visit our website: www.eSite.pk
You may contact & find me somewhere here 😊.
Aamir Shahzad
RoshanTech
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Pakistan
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