# overlay-amd64-openfyde_vmware

**Repository Path**: openFyde/overlay-amd64-openfyde_vmware

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: overlay-amd64-openfyde_vmware
- **Description**: overlay amd64 openfyde vmware
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 1
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2023-01-03
- **Last Updated**: 2025-05-28

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# overlay-amd64-openfyde_vmware

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## Introduction
Same as Chromium OS, openFyde adopts the [Portage build and packaging system](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage) from Gentoo Linux. openFyde uses Portage with certain customisations to support building multiple targets (bootable OS system images) across different hardware architectures from a shared set of sources.

A **board** defines a target type, it can be either for a family of hardware devices or specifically for one type of device. For example, The board `amd64-openfyde` is a target type for an openFyde system image that aims to run on most recent PCs with amd64(x86_64) architecture; whilst the `rpi4-openfyde` board is a target type specifically for the infamous single-board computer [Raspberry Pi 4B](https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/). We usually append `-openfyde` to the board name in openFyde to differentiate between its siblings for FydeOS.

Each board has a corresponding **overlay** that defines the configuration for it. This includes details like CPU architecture, kernel configuration, as well as additional packages and USE flags.

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## About this repository
This repository is the overlay for the `amd64-openfyde_vmware` board, it's part of the openFyde open-source project.

This repository contains the following packages:


| Packages                    | Description             | Reference |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
| app-emulation/open-vm-tools | package for vm tools	|           |
| chromeos-base/device-appid  | Setup device appid 	|           |
| media-libs		      | base libs for graphic	|           |
| kconfig 		      | kernelconfig  		|           |
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## About the board `amd64-openfyde_vmware`
 - This board is a openFyde version for vmware which is similar with [amd64-vmware](https://fydeos.com/release/15.0/amd64-vmware).

 - For best use experience, suggest to use it on [VMware Workstation](https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro.html) for Windows.

## Creating OVA files from bin image
Use `create-ova` script to convert chromium bin image to ova files. It does the following for you:
* Converting `chromiumos_test_image.bin` to vmdk format;
* Resizing vmdk to 15G;
* Creating a temp vmx file;
* Creating ova file.

Before using this script, you must configure relevant tool path in the beginning of the script.