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Next you will have to download the Linux firmware, which will need to be installed into the microSD card on your Cosmo. Insert a microSD card on your cosmo Cosmo and make sure it is formatted as MS-DOS(FAT32).
You can download can download the latest archive at this address: [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/cosmo-customos-installer-beta.zip http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/cosmo-customos-installer-beta.zip]
* [http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/cosmo-customos-installer.zip http://support.planetcom.co.uk/download/cosmo-customos-installer.zip] (MD5: 554e8ec1f1c57b0fc3a6140b1ecad3ea)
Alternatively, you can also purchase a Linux Media Installation Card with the firmware already preloaded onto the micro SD card. This can be purchased from https://store.planetcom.co.uk/
Once you downloaded the zip archive you will have to extract its content onto your microSD card:
# Open Files by Google and locate the ZIP archive
# Tap the file to reveal the cosmo-customos-installer folder
# Long tap on that folder, select Extract to... and finally select the microSD card as desitinationdestination. Your microSD card should now contain a folder named cosmo-customos-installer with several files inside it.
===Tips===
* There is a default user named 'cosmo'. The password for the 'geminicosmo' user is 'geminicosmo'* The default keyboard layout is English. To configure a different keyboard layout, make sure you have updated update your Linux distributionLinux installation:*# <s>Remove _apt user from /etc/passwd (see point below in known issues) </s>(Not needed anymore)<s><br /></s>*# become Become root by typing 'sudo bash' followed by the 'geminicosmo' password
*# type 'apt-get update'
*# type 'apt-get upgrade'.
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===Known bugs===
* Opening/Closing the unit does not suspend/resume the unit at this time. You will have to manually shutdown the unit via software when you want to terminate your Linux session.