From c6658d5083d60cf1367f13458d91765bd3892176 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jane Doe Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 00:00:14 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Replace README.md with the latest changes --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 73bb3fc..a69e84f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ Select one of the available browsers or leave empty to skip. - #### Printer & Scanner Support [Interactive - Skippable] Select to install (or not) printer & scanner support software. + A baseline package set will be installed and additional packages will be installed accordingly, if 'Minimal Plasma' or 'Minimal Gnome' has been selected. @@ -353,26 +354,35 @@ If a 'VM' is detected, this stage is skipped. - [ ] [ ] Return to System Configuration - 1. The installer offers the convenient option to permanently set your own kernel parameters for boot, on-the-fly. + - 2. The installer asks to disable Watchdogs in the installed system (if not on a critical platform, like a server). + A watchdog is a hardware or software component that keeps track of a system's performance and intervenes if it notices any strange behaviour or malfunctions. + - 3. System optimizations will be set. -Where applicable, system file configuration will take place EXCLUSIVELY in the corresponding drop-in directories and never at the original '.conf' files, so the installed system preserves its functionality across updates and maintenance is minimized. +Where applicable, system files configuration will take place EXCLUSIVELY in the corresponding drop-in directories and never at the original '.conf' files, so the installed system preserves its functionality across updates and maintenance is minimized. Type 'v' to get a preview of the affected configuration files. -All optimizations used here have exclusively derived from the ArchWiki. +All optimizations used, derived exclusively from the ArchWiki. + - 4. Enter your 2-letter Country Code (e.g. 'US') to set the correct wifi regulations for your country. If a 'VM' is detected, this stage is skipped. + - 5. The installer asks to enable the 'systemd-oomd' service, enhancing 'OOM' management which will now be optimally done by the system manager. 'Systemd-oomd' is a system service that uses cgroups-v2 and pressure stall information (PSI) to monitor system and take corrective action before an 'OOM' occurs in the kernel space. + - 6. The installer asks to install & enable 'irqbalance', which is a software that distributes hardware interrupts across processors on a multiprocessor system, in order to increase performance. + - 7. The installer asks to install & enable 'thermald', which is a daemon used to prevent the overheating of platforms. This daemon monitors temperature and applies compensation using available cooling methods. + - 8. The installer asks to install & enable 'rng-tools', which is a daemon capable of using both environmental noise and hardware random number generators for extracting entropy. + - 9. The installer asks to install & enable 'rtkit' & 'realtime-privileges'. RealtimeKit is a D-Bus system service that changes the scheduling policy of user processes/threads to SCHED_RR, [Realtime Scheduling Mode on request]