Trying Out Soviet #

While it’s not currently suitable for daily use, you can still try out Soviet by running it within a Docker container or through chroot/systemd-nspawn.

Login for container:

• Username: root
• Password: sovietlinux

Using chroot/systemd-nspawn #

Prerequisites:

• Systemd (required for systemd-nspawn, you can still use chroot)

To get started, follow these steps:

1. Download a testing release from our Discord server in the #testing-releases channel.

2. Unpack the downloaded release using the following command:

   tar -xf "/path/to/soviet.tar.gz"
   

3. If you’re using systemd-nspawn, enter the container with the following command:

   systemd-nspawn -bD "/path/to/soviet"
   

   If you don’t have systemd, you can use chroot instead:

   sudo chroot "/path/to/soviet"
   

Using Docker/Podman #

Prerequisites:

• Podman or Docker (Podman recommended)

Running the Container: #

Note: If you want this container to preserve changes you’ve made, remove --rm.

docker/podman run -it --rm ghcr.io/soviet-linux/soviet:latest /bin/bash