= User's Guide = [[PageOutline(2-3)]] This is the HelenOS user's guide. It covers a wide spectrum of topics related to everyday activities of a HelenOS user. The topics are thematically grouped into a couple of categories that roughly correspond to getting HelenOS up and running, getting familiar with the running HelenOS environment and using various HelenOS subsystems. Each topic comes in a dedicated article linked from this page. {{{#!box type=important Read this guide carefully before posting questions to the [wiki:MailingList mailing list]. }}} {{{#!box type=note This guide is not complete and always in need of improvements. }}} == Quick Start == * [wiki:UsersGuide/QuickStart]: Quick and easy way to get HelenOS up and running in close to no time. == Downloading, booting, installing and building == * [wiki:UsersGuide/RunningInQEMU]: Running HelenOS in QEMU on different architectures * [wiki:UsersGuide/RunningInVirtualBox]: Running HelenOS in !VirtualBox * [wiki:UsersGuide/SPARC]: Booting HelenOS on SPARC * [wiki:UsersGuide/Installation]: Installing to hard disk in QEMU * [wiki:UsersGuide/CompilingFromSource]: Compiling HelenOS from source == Playing with the environment == * [wiki:UsersGuide/GUI]: Moving virtual terminals around * [wiki:UsersGuide/Console]: Switching VCs. Mostly. (obsolete) * [wiki:UsersGuide/Shell]: Navigating in the `bdsh`. The primary way to control the system. * [wiki:UsersGuide/Editor]: Using the HelenOS text editor. * [wiki:UsersGuide/TextEditing]: Common Text Editing Keys. If it can edit text, it supports these controls. * [wiki:UsersGuide/CommandReference]: List of commands you can run from the shell. * [wiki:UsersGuide/KernelConsole]: Kernel hacker's penultimate tool to debugging the system. * [wiki:UsersGuide/UserSerialConsole]: Setting up a serial console as the user interface == Going deeper into the subsystems == * [wiki:UsersGuide/TasksMonitoring]: See what is running on the system, killing tasks * [wiki:UsersGuide/ServicesAndDevices]: Introduction to Services and Devices * [wiki:UsersGuide/DisksFileSystems]: Disks and File Systems * [wiki:UsersGuide/Networking]: Configuring and using TCP/IP networking * [wiki:UsersGuide/Audio]: Audio devices and applications