From 4a28a7595ddcc4a930a5a744e9d759d901d0d784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matheus Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 01:12:46 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] README: update --- README.md | 20 +++++--------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 21eeae13..0171851e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Astral is a 64 bit operating system with its own kernel written in C for the x86 - SMP capable preemptible kernel - Networking (TCP, UDP, DHCP) - POSIX compatibility -- Ports: X.org, fvwm3, gcc, bash, quake, vim and more +- Ports: X.org, wine, fvwm3, gcc, bash, quake, vim and more - Filesystems: tmpfs, devfs, ext2, fat{12,16,32} -- Block devices: NVMe, virtio-block -- Network devices: virtio-net +- Block devices: NVMe, virtio-block, AHCI +- Network devices: virtio-net, rtl8169 - ACPI: thanks to [uACPI](https://github.com/UltraOS/uACPI), there is ACPI support with proper poweroff, etc. - Multiple user support - Package management using xbps @@ -32,16 +32,6 @@ To build the project, run ``make``. This will create a file named ``astral.iso`` After this, if you wish to create an ext2 disk image, run ``make disk`` ## Running -You can download the latest release from github and run it in the virtual machine of your liking. -For QEMU the following command is recommended: -``qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -M q35 -m 2g -cdrom astral.iso`` +If you built it from source, run ``make run-kvm`` or ``make run-disk-kvm`` -There are a few targets in the makefile to run Astral with qemu when built from source: - -``make run`` - -``make run-kvm`` - -``make run-disk`` (if you built the disk image) - -``make run-disk-kvm`` (if you built the disk image) +There are prebuilt images and instructions at https://astral-os.org/about.html.