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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.0.21.3.0.2 Eric Hameleers2019-01-171-1/+1
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* liveinit: clean up that remount command Eric Hameleers2019-01-171-1/+1
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* Follow the Slackware init with respect to readonly root on boot Eric Hameleers2019-01-172-7/+5
| | | | | The live init script creates a /etc/fastboot file to prevent any file system check on boot. This is cleaner than hacking rc.S and failing.
* PLASMA5: update package list Eric Hameleers2019-01-171-0/+7
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* XFCE: update package list Eric Hameleers2019-01-173-0/+5
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.0.11.3.0.1 Eric Hameleers2019-01-051-1/+1
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* KDE4: take care of changes in search/semantic backends Eric Hameleers2019-01-051-5/+10
| | | | | - virtuoso-ose is no longer part of Slackware. - akonadi backend to be used is now called SQLITE instead of SQLITE3
* Refreshed the package lists for alien, multilib and plasma5 repos Eric Hameleers2019-01-053-0/+10
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* init: the dhcpcd 'pid' file is in another location now. Eric Hameleers2019-01-051-4/+15
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* XFCE: added ed, bc, smartmontools, xf86-input-libinput Eric Hameleers2018-11-043-0/+4
| | | | | | I added ed, bc, smartmontools because they are small and someone needed it. The xf86-input-libinput was added to fix the TrackPoint with recent versions of the X server.
* XFCE: place the commented-out packages alphabetically like before Eric Hameleers2018-09-091-14/+14
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.01.3.0 Eric Hameleers2018-09-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | The fairly large version bump is warranted because this is the first release to support zstd compression. The resulting ISO will boot to a usable desktop environment almost twice as fast as previous releases of liveslak. THe runtime behaviour will also be a lot snappier. This should make a lot of people happy. Note that I have to keep the XFCE ISO xz-compressed to keep its size below 703 MB. The other ISOs will use zstd compression, adding roughly 10% to the ISO size but speeding up the Live OS with 60% or more.
* README.txt updated Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-5/+9
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* Make the default language of the Live ISO configurable Eric Hameleers2018-09-046-27/+87
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Added a new parameter to 'make_slackware_live.sh' script: -l <localization> For example, create a liveslak ISO with dutch as the default language instead of US english: # ./make_slackware_live.sh -l nl Using this parameter you can onfigure a different default language for the resulting ISO image. The default localization if you do not supply this parameter remains "us" as before. The boot menu offers a selection of other languages/localizations to pick from (currently you can select any of 'be br da gb de de_ch es fr fr_ch it ja nl pt ru se us') but now you can create your own brand of liveslak ISO with your own language as the default.
* XFCE: some more pruning of large files to keep ISO size below 703 MB Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-2/+20
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* On loading of 'distro_os.cfg' do not overwrite pre-defined values Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-4/+13
| | | | | Variables defined on the boot commandline have preference over any variable set in the .cfg file.
* liveinit: cosmetical re-arrangement Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-2/+3
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* XFCE: move compiler related packages from 'min' to 'noxbase' Eric Hameleers2018-09-042-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | With the goal to make the 'min' module smaller so that potentially we can compress it with zstd instead of xz and thus minimize the size increase of the resulting squashfs module (~10%). Quick benchmark with just the 'min' module zstd-compressed and the rest xz-compressed shows more than 10% reduction in the boot-up time of the XFCE Live OS. Unfortunately, this will add 20 MB to the ISO size which will have to come from somewhere in order to keep the ISO size below 703 MB.
* PLASMA5: syndication moved from kdepim to frameworks Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-1/+1
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* Finish the zstd compression implementation in liveslak Eric Hameleers2018-09-012-24/+58
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The new zstd compression support for squashfs modules allows for a much snappier system because zstd decompression is 5 times faster than that of xz (see https://sourceforge.net/p/squashfs/mailman/message/35989805/), but at the expense of ISO sizes that are at least 10% bigger. The latter means that we have to do some more pruning of the XFCE and PLASMA5 images to make these fit in a CDROM and DVD image, respectively. Here are some initial benchmarks with PLASMA5 Live ISO images, booting in QEMU (times are in minutes:seconds): Stage ZSTD XZ --------------------------------------- Boot to runlevel 4 start 0:39 0:50 SDDM Login Manager visible 0:55 1:26 Plasma5 desktop ready 1:42 3:17 I also tested two of the bigger applications, measuring the time between entering the command in a terminal and having a usable application window: Stage ZSTD XZ ---------------------------------------- LO Writer window visible 0:17 0:34 Chromium window visible 0:09 0:14 It is obvious that a big Desktop Environment like Plasma5 where a lot of binaries have to be loaded from their squashfs modules benefits a lot from zstd, because after booting, the Plasma5 DE is available in roughly 53% of the time it takes when using xz compression. Zstd support in squashfs was added to Linux kernel 4.14. That means, no customimzation of Slackware is required to make the Live OS work from zstd-compressed squashfs modules. In order to *create* these zstd-compressed squashfs modules, you will need some custom packages at the moment, until they get added to Slackware-current: zstd and a rebuild squashfs-tools to add the lacking zstd support to mksqhashfs/unsquashfs.
* XFCE: some more pruning to manage the ISO back below CDROM max size Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+3
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* When installing local packages from subdir, use 'upgradepkg' Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+2
| | | | | The old use of 'installpkg' prevented upgrading an already present package while 'upgradepkg --install-new' allows for all options.
* XFCE: update the package list so that the ISO stays below CDROM size Eric Hameleers2018-09-014-136/+142
| | | | | Also, split 'x_base' into 'noxbase' and 'x_base' so that in future we can create a 'rescue' option using just 'min' and 'noxbase'.
* PLASMA5: do not add 'kde-wallpapers' to the ISO Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | These wallpapers don't really add value to the ISO and when using the new supported compressor 'zstd' we need to trim the ISO size down to the max size of a DVD. The zstd compression creates ISOs that are ~10% larger than when using xz.
* Add zstd compression support for squashfs modules Eric Hameleers2018-08-262-10/+35
| | | | | | | | | This will provide compression ratios approaching those of xz, while achieving decompression rations similar to lzo (5 times faster than xz). We will need to have a zstd package in Slackware first, and then rebuild squashfs-tools to add zstd support.
* Rename some variables in anticipation of adding zstd compression support Eric Hameleers2018-08-261-7/+7
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* SLACKWARE: disable baloo Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-0/+8
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.2.0.11.2.0.1 Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-1/+1
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* Add modules in alphabetical order, because that is how they are assembled Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-6/+6
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* PLASMA5: updated package list; switched from 'testing' to 'latest' Eric Hameleers2018-08-052-3/+3
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* New eliloconfig in Slackware 14.2 no longer needs our patch Eric Hameleers2018-06-301-25/+0
| | | | | The elilo package in Slackware 14.2's ./patches has our liveslak patch to eliloconfig already incorporated.
* XFCE: keep the ISO size below 700 MB while adding required packages Eric Hameleers2018-06-273-2/+11
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.2.01.2.0 Eric Hameleers2018-06-251-1/+1
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* Use correct 'ktown' URL in slackpkgplus.conf Eric Hameleers2018-06-251-4/+15
| | | | | | If we use 'testing' repository to get the Plasma 5 packages, then the slackpkg/slackpkg+ configuration should reference that 'testing' URL as well, to avoid confusion when the user runs 'slackpkg upgrade-all'.
* Slackpkg started requiring opt-in to using it on slackware-current Eric Hameleers2018-06-241-0/+6
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* PLASMA5: add missing packages and switch to 'testing' repository Eric Hameleers2018-06-242-1/+7
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* Add support for on-disk OS configuration file Eric Hameleers2018-06-154-1/+52
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The configuration file must be in the liveslak main directory ('/liveslak' by default) and be called 'DISTRO_os.cfg' where DISTRO is the lower-case name of the distro ('slackware' by default). The following variables can be defined in the configuration file, one per line, in the format VAR=value: BLACKLIST, INIT, KEYMAP, LIVE_HOSTNAME, LOAD, LOCALE, LUKSVOL, NOLOAD, RUNLEVEL, TWEAKS, TZ, XKB. Since the configuration file is sourced by the live init script, it is OK to have comments in it that are prefixed with '#'.
* Add grep match colorization to the user profile Eric Hameleers2018-06-151-0/+4
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* Update package lists for multilib and plasma Eric Hameleers2018-06-152-0/+4
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.81.1.9.8 Eric Hameleers2018-05-101-1/+1
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* XFCE: try to increase compression rate a bit Eric Hameleers2018-05-101-0/+9
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* Update the package lists for PLASMA5 and XFCE Eric Hameleers2018-05-103-15/+26
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* Adapt to new behaviour of glibc-zoneinfo and the timeconfig script Eric Hameleers2018-03-312-3/+4
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* XFCE: more tricks to reduce ISO size. Eric Hameleers2018-03-151-2/+5
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* XFCE: rename xbase.lst to x_base.lst Eric Hameleers2018-03-152-2/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The order in which the squashfs modules were created should be respected when they are re-assembled to an overlay filesystem. The assembly is done in lexicographical order - therefore xbase.lst needed to be renamed to x_base.lst. Failing to adhere to the original assembly order causes weirdness. In my case it meant that the complete directory /usr/share/applications as contained in xapbase.lst was invisible in the resulting overlay, causing near-empty menus in XFCE. Also added several packages to x_base.lst that are now part of Slackware.
* multilib: refresh the package list. Eric Hameleers2018-03-151-0/+1
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.71.1.9.7 Eric Hameleers2018-03-141-1/+1
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* Add user 'live' to group 'input' Eric Hameleers2018-03-121-1/+1
| | | | | | Group membership of 'input' is needed to access input devices that are exposed through libinput (touch devices are only exposed through libinput) and seems to be a requirement for Wayland.
* Remove unneeded firmware files to reduce the XFCE ISO size Eric Hameleers2018-03-121-0/+4
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* XFCE: keep ISO size below 737.280.000 bytes (703 MB) Eric Hameleers2018-03-122-1/+7
| | | | ghostscript is again removed to make room for new additions in -current.