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Triton OS: Getting Started

After you've downloaded your Triton OS image, go ahead and use balenaEtcher or the dd command to write it to your SD card.​

The first time Triton boots it will resize itself to the full size of your SD card and reboot.

The second boot will bring you to the login prompt.

Triton OS Lite

Login as root with the password raspberry. Now register your WiFi credentials to get on the network:

Then add a normal user (it's not good to use root all the time):

Reboot and login as your user.

Triton OS Desktop

Login as triton with the password raspberry. Use the icon on the top panel to connect to your wireless network.

Thinking of subscribing?

To subscribe to software and updates you'll need an SSH key.​​

Login as root with the password raspberry.

Now generate an SSH key.

Press Enter at each prompt to accept the default for that prompt.​

You'll need the contents of the public key file that gets generated:

Now you can choose your plan.

After subscribing, register your SSH key before you run emerge to add or update packages:

Want an alternative?

Gentoo provides binary packages that will run on a Raspberry Pi but are compiled to support all ARM64 processors. These packages are not optimized for Raspberry Pi. If you don't want to purchase a subscription, or you need a package immediately that you are waiting for Triton OS to include, you might want to use the official Gentoo package repository.​

Create a new file /etc/portage/binrepos.d/gentoobinhost.conf:

Portage will now use the official Gentoo binary package repository when the Triton repository cannot be used.

If you don't want to use the Triton repository at all, delete the file /etc/portage/binrepos.d/tritonbinhost.conf.

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