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| All the code specifically written by the Batocera Linux team, unless covered by a license from an upstream project, is given under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html|LGPL v3 license]]. | All the code specifically written by the Batocera Linux team, unless covered by a license from an upstream project, is given under the [[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html|LGPL v3 license]]. |
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| All the technical discussions and decisions are made collaboratively with public communication across the Batocera Linux team and the community. You can join it freely on the #developers [[https://discord.gg/ndyUKA5|Discord channel]]. Everybody is welcome to our [[https://discord.gg/ndyUKA5|Discord channels]], and the Batocera Linux team condemns any form of discrimination. There are no private beta testers: everything is discussed freely across the community, as long as everyone is respectful of anyone else. Of course, we are prohibiting bots, spammers, aggressive and disrespectful language, and the moderator team keeps the right to kick/ban anyone from our Discord channel and forum if they transgress these rules. If you need help, you can come to [[https://discord.gg/ndyUKA5|Discord]] and find many helpful contributors with specific colors on their names (blue for helpers, green for moderators). | All the technical discussions and decisions are made collaboratively with public communication across the Batocera Linux team and the community. You can join it freely on the #developers [[https://discord.gg/ndyUKA5|Discord channel]]. Everybody is welcome to our [[https://discord.gg/ndyUKA5|Discord channels]], and the Batocera Linux team condemns any form of discrimination. There are no private beta testers: everything is discussed freely across the community, as long as everyone is respectful of anyone else. Of course, we prohibit bots, spammers, aggressive and disrespectful language, and the moderator team keeps the right to kick/ban anyone from our Discord channel and forum if they transgress these rules. |
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| ===== Is selling Batocera on a pre-installed machine or SD-card/USB-drive allowed? ===== | ===== Is selling Batocera on a pre-installed machine or SD-card/USB-drive allowed? ===== |
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| Yes, it is allowed! We are aware that several other open-source projects have taken their roots from Batocera, and we love it -- we regard this as a seal of approval of the quality of our code and project ;-) | Yes, it is allowed! We are aware that several other open-source projects have taken their roots from Batocera, and we love it -- we regard this as a seal of approval of the quality of our code and project ;-) |
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| ===== What distribution is Batocera based off of? ===== | |
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| Batocera Linux is using [[https://buildroot.org/|Buildroot]], a distribution optimized for embedded Linux. It natively supports cross-compilation so that Batocera can run on multiple ARM and x86 devices. Even if Batocera provides [[pacman_package_manager|pacman]], it's only used for content distribution and you cannot install Arch Linux packages (neither Debian, Ubuntu or any other desktop-oriented Linux distribution). | |
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| ===== How can I help? ===== | ===== How can I help? ===== |
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| Our license and [[:compile_batocera.linux|build process]] make it fairly easy for anyone with development skills to [[https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera.linux/issues|help us]]. But you don't necessarily need to be a developer to help: [[:wiki:wiki-editing-practices|editing wiki articles]], [[:help_with_translation|translation]], [[https://batocera.org/tutorials.php|tutorial videos]], reviews, [[:blog_writing|blog writing]], [[:write_themes_for_emulationstation|themes]]... there are plenty of things you can do! The best entry point is to come to our [[https://discord.gg/ndyUKA5|Discord channel]] and tell us how you want to help (or check out the [[:contributing-to-batocera|various]] [[:coding_rules|wiki]] [[:compile_batocera.linux|articles]]). | Our license, [[:batocera.linux_architecture#buildroot|Buildroot origins]] and [[:compile_batocera.linux|build process]] make it fairly easy for anyone with development skills to [[https://github.com/batocera-linux/batocera.linux/issues|help us]]. But you don't necessarily need to be a developer to help: [[:wiki:wiki-editing-practices|editing wiki articles]], [[:help_with_translation|translation]], [[https://batocera.org/tutorials.php|tutorial videos]], reviews, [[:blog_writing|blog writing]], [[:write_themes_for_emulationstation|themes]]... there are plenty of things you can do! The best entry point is to come to our [[https://discord.gg/ndyUKA5|Discord channel]] and tell us how you want to help (or check out the [[:contributing-to-batocera|various]] [[:coding_rules|wiki]] [[:compile_batocera.linux|articles]]). |
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| You can also make a donation to the project. The development team's work is **much easier** when we have access to new development boards, USB wifi adapters or bluetooth controllers. So, [[https://www.paypal.me/nadenislamarre|any contribution to our Paypal account]] is always appreciated. Thank you! | You can also make a donation to the project. The development team's work is **much easier** when we have access to new development boards, USB wifi adapters or bluetooth controllers. So, [[https://www.paypal.me/nadenislamarre|any contribution to our Paypal account]] is always appreciated. Thank you! |
| ===== What font is that? ===== | ===== What font is that? ===== |
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| The original Batocera logo (the one on the start page of this wiki) uses [[https://www.dafont.com/urba.font|the Urba font]] by Preston Racette, which is "100% free for personal and commercial use". [[https://www.fontzillion.com/fonts/preston-racette/urba|Backup link.]] | The original Batocera logo ([[https://wiki.batocera.org/_media/joystick-black-title-subtitle-outlined.png|the one]] on the [[:start|start page]] of this wiki) uses [[https://www.dafont.com/urba.font|the Urba font]] by Preston Racette, which is "100% free for personal and commercial use". [[https://www.fontzillion.com/fonts/preston-racette/urba|Backup link.]] |
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| The alternative font used in the former splash video is [[https://www.dafont.com/entangled.font|Entangled]]. | The alternative font used in the former splash video is [[https://www.dafont.com/entangled.font|Entangled]]. |