Flora Linux Files

2025-05-30 11:54 +0900

This distribution is based on Debian-Live 12 with non-free firmware. It includes several useful Desktop applications.

Read this readme.txt file first, before using this snapshot for x64 architecture.
The ISO image can be used as Live USB/DVD or for HDD installation.

Username: user
Password: live
Root password: NOT set (Use sudo)

** Set your language **
To change the default locale (English), edit and replace it with the following texts (parameters) at booting menu by entering 'e'. Then press Ctrl-x or F10 to boot.

Examples:
ar_GE.UTF-8 for Arabian
bn_In.UTF-8 for Bengalese for Bangladesh
bn_IN.UTF-8 for Bengalese for India
de_DE.UTF-8 for German
es_ES.UTF-8 for Spain
fr_FR.UTF-8 for French
hi_IN.UTF-8 for Hindi
hr_HR.UTF-8 for Croatian
hu_HU.UTF-8 for Hungarian
id_ID.UTF-8 for Indonesian
it_IT.UTF-8 for Italian
ja_JP.UTF-8 for Japanese
ko_KR.UTF-8 for Korean
nl_NL.UTF-8 for Dutch
pl_PL.UTF-8 for Polish
pt_BR.UTF-8 for Brazilian Portuguese
ru_RU.UTF-8 for Russian
sv_SE.UTF-8 for Swedish
th_TH.UTF-8 for Thai
ur_IN.UTF-8 for Urdu for India
ur_PK.UTF-8 for Urdu for Pakistan
vi_VN.UTF-8 for Vietnamese
zh_CN.UTF-8 for Chinese for Simplified Chinese (簡体字)
zh_TW.UTF-8 for Chinese for Traditional Chinese (繁体字)

Keyboard-layout is also changeable by replacing the default country code (us).

** Installation into Hard Disc
To install this respin into internal hard disc, Double-click Installer Icon on Desktop. If it does not appear, open menu > System > Install Debian or run the following command instead from GNOME Terminal as root: 

 install-debian

** Download sites
Download is available at the websits below:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/flora-linux-libre/
https://archive.org/details/@usergreen?query=flora+linux-libre
https://linux.sakura.ne.jp/

** Origin of the snapshot.iso
Modified from a personal respin of
Debian-Live 12 (bookworm) for MATE Desktop:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/debian-live-respin-iso/

** Supported locales (L10n)
Many locales are available for multilingual use as mentioned above.
As for Firefox browser, the following languages are supported by default for your convenience as several language packs are preinstalled:
Arabic, Bengalese, German, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Urdu, Chinese

Note:
As for This ISO image, the default language (locale) is set to en_US. That is, English language and East Standard Time. You should change locale into your desired one at Boot Menu Option. You are free to choose whatever locale you want. If not changed on Booting, use the following command to set your default locale after login:

 # dpkg-reconfigure locales

** Multilingualization (m17n) support
For several Asian languages (Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese), input methods are ready for use after login. 
In order to enable Chinese input, click IME toolbar which appears at the right corner on the bottom. Then select item "Chewing". Now you can start Chinese input by pressing Crtl + Space key.
On the other hand, in order to enable Japanese input, click IME toolbar which appears at the same place. Then select item "Anthy". Now you can start Japanese input by pressing Shift + Space key, or alternatively "半/全 漢字" key if your keyboard is Japanese layout.
To return to previous (direct) mode, just press the same key.

If you need another input method for many other languages, add m17n support by installing uim-m17nlib package as follows:
 # apt install uim-m17nlib

** About Universal Input Method (uim)
Uim is an input method module library which supports various scripts and can act as a front end for a range of input methods, including Anthy, Canna, or SKK (for Japanese), Pinyin (for Chinese), Byeoru (for Korean), and M17n (for many other languages). Most of its functions are implemented in Scheme, so it's very simple and flexible.

If you want to use UimToolbar utilities, which shows and controls uim mode, for system tray, run the following command:

 $ uim-toolbar-gtk3-systray &

** Terms of use
This Live ISO image was released in a hope that it would be useful. Therefore you are allowed to redistribute or modify under the GNU General Public License v.3. Its full text can be found both at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html and onboard at /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

README.txt was created and written
by Green