Illidan's Castle of Runes

About Everest Linux
Everest Linux Distro is a community based GNU/Linux distribution originated and mainly distributed in China. It features friendly support for hardware in wide varieties and good support for Chinese locale. The Everest Project aims to make a lightweight and fast Linux distro by optimizing and trimming out redundant packages. It also commits to provide Everest users with a release in every half year and a snapshot per month. Its user friendliness (especially to Chinese native speakers) and its pursuit of free spirit in free software has attracted wide attention among F/OSS-interested people.

Upgrade Workflow
1. Download image.

2. Make local installation source

mount Everest.iso /media/iso -o loop
mkdir -p /media/everest/0.3
ln -s /media/iso/Everest/RPMS/ /media/everest/0.3/RPMS.base
genbasedir /media/everest/0.3

3. Edit apt configuration file

vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/everest.list

Add following content:

rpm file:///media/everest 0.3 base

If you also have the tool ISO image, add it in a similar way.

4. Add the on-line installation source to everest.list:

rpm ftp://mirror.linux-ren.org/pub/everest/0.3/apt i386 base extras
rpm-src ftp://mirror.linux-ren.org/pub/everest/0.3/apt i386 base extras
rpm ftp://rabbit:&geotech&@www.rabbitonly.org/mirror/everest/0.3/apt i386 base extras
rpm-src ftp://rabbit:&geotech&@www.rabbitonly.org/mirror/everest/0.3/apt i386 base extras

5. Upgrade with APT

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

6. Reboot to enjoy the fresh Everest GNU/Linux.

Note: If you're confident about your Internet connection rate and want to upgrade on line, what you only need to do is Step 4 through 6.