Beryl Distribution Support
Beryl is supported in many distro's and is installed by default in a few. You can find distributions that support beryl on this page. In general, the further down the list you go the harder it will be to get Beryl running. Most distributions have graciously provided our wiki with a howto for installing Beryl as well, these are linked here too. If your distro has a packaged format in which Beryl can be installed, and it's not listed here, please contact DBO at dbo@beryl-project.org and it will be added as soon as possible.
Official Distributions
The official Beryl distro, offers beryl installed by default.
Sabayon
>Performance, Versatility, Stability
With a heavily modified make.conf to ensure that Sabayon runs at the highest speed possible on newer computer hardware and fast on semi-older hardware Sabayon delivers some of the best performance in the Linux world today. Sabayon has also compiled the kernel to run well against many available architectures while still leaving the ability to change anything at your desire. With Sabayon it is possible to boot up with Beryl, to have Beryl automatically setup and installed, or to boot with gentoo legacy. Being built upon the strengths of Gentoo, Sabayon provides a rock solid distribution that stays smooth even under the extreme loads.
Default Distributions
These distibutions offers Beryl installed by default or as an option on first boot.
Knoppix
>Live Linux on a CD
KNOPPIX is a bootable CD or DVD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a productive Linux desktop, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it. (over 8 GB on the DVD "Maxi" edition).
Available Distributions
These distributions have Beryl available in its own repositories.
Fedora Core
>Fedora Core - Howto Install
Fedora Core is built to provide choice. It includes the latest versions of many software packages, including both GNOME and KDE desktop environments. Fedora Extras, a repository built entirely by volunteers, provides thousands more packages, and is enabled for use by default. Beryl is available through Fedora Extras.
Gentoo
>Gentoo - Howto Install
Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux has an advanced package management system called Portage. Portage is a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more.
3rd Party Distributions
These distributions have Beryl available in 3rd Party repositories. See the links for an installation howto.
Ubuntu
>Linux for Human Beings - Howto Install
Ubuntu is a free, open source Linux-based operating system that starts with the breadth of Debian and adds regular releases (every six months), a clear focus on the user and usability (it should "Just Work", TM) and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of support for every release (and with 6.06 LTS you get 3 years on the desktop and 5 on the server!). Ubuntu ships with the latest GNOME release as well as a selection of server and desktop software that makes for a comfortable desktop experience off a single installation CD.
openSUSE
>openSUSE - Howto Install
The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, openSUSE.org provides free, easy access to the worlds most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE. The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux.
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