Porteus v3.2rc2 FAQ and wishlist

New features which should be implemented in Porteus; suggestions are welcome. All questions or problems with testing releases (alpha, beta, or rc) should go in their relevant thread here, rather than the Bug Reports section.
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Porteus v3.2rc2 FAQ and wishlist

Post#1 by brokenman » 08 May 2016, 19:38

Where is KDE4?
The decision was made to go with kde5 as it seems relatively stable. It is a little large but that should improve over time as the transition to an exclusive qt5 and kde5 environment is made. At the moment there is a mix of kde4/kde5.

Where is lxqt?
The decision was made to leave lxqt out of the rc2 release until a suitable network management can be integrated with a usable panel icon.

Why is it bigger than the last release?
A more complete firmware set was added meaning a wider cross section of users will have better compatibility with new hardware. The base modules are larger than the previous release because we wanted better compatibility across the board with third party packages. If you are looking for a super lightweight, secure and customizable environment, please take a look at Porteus Kiosk.

What is new?
Updates of browsers can now be performed from a root console:
update-chrome (64bit only)
update-firefox
update-opera
update-palemoon
Please use these to update your browser as they integrate the duckduckgo default search engine which helps Porteus financially.

Office apps can also be updated in this way:
update-libreoffice
update-wps-office

What's next?
An option to update Porteus will be added in the final release. It will check for base module updates and security patches. This will pave the way for a slackware-current version of Porteus that can be incrementally updated.
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Post#2 by francois » 09 May 2016, 00:34

Thanks for working so hard for the community. It is sincerely appeciated.
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Post#3 by Bogomips » 09 May 2016, 01:25

^ So much so that we are trying to set about raising an appeal for the 4 days you had to take off in order to bring this about. :Bravo:
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Post#4 by brokenman » 09 May 2016, 02:07

So much so that we are trying to set about raising an appeal for the 4 days you had to take off in order to bring this about.
That was a 1 day (US) holiday which converts to 4 days Brasil style. :beer:
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Post#5 by Jack » 09 May 2016, 23:32

I went to the download area and found updates in the 486 area in the x86_64 update there were no files. My question is will or they just not there yet?
I just like Slackware because I think it teach you about Linux to build packages where Ubuntu is like Windows you just install programs you want.

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Post#6 by donald » 09 May 2016, 23:58

@ Jack
These updates do not belong to rc2 -- look at the date = Jan-2015.. :wink:

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Post#7 by brokenman » 10 May 2016, 00:12

@Jack
Yes those updates are for Porteus-v3.1. An rc3 will be released which will contain an update mechanism to pull security patches and base module updates.
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Post#8 by Jack » 10 May 2016, 01:15

I wish Mate had a GUI Youtube Downloader like Mate 3.1 had but I know it needs to update to keep it current. Any thought on this idea?
I just like Slackware because I think it teach you about Linux to build packages where Ubuntu is like Windows you just install programs you want.

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Post#9 by brokenman » 11 May 2016, 01:17

It can be qt based. network-mnager-applet brings in gtk3 plus other deps. Connman with cmst is clunky. Looking fir better alternatives.
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Post#10 by fullmoonremix » 11 May 2016, 09:04

Salutations... :good:

They use systemd... :wall:

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Post#11 by Blaze » 11 May 2016, 17:36

Evan,

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root@porteus:~# NetworkManager -V                                                                                                              
1.2.0                                                                                                                                          
root@porteus:~# uname -r
4.5.3-porteus                                                                                                                                  
root@porteus:~# 
we are use the latest version of NetworkManager.
Linux 6.6.11-porteus #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Jan 14 12:07:37 MSK 2024 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v6 @ 3.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
MS-7A12 » [AMD/ATI] Navi 23 [Radeon RX 6600] [1002:73ff] (rev c7) » Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 K2 3200MHz C16

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Post#12 by brokenman » 13 May 2016, 02:08

Done.
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Post#13 by ncmprhnsbl » 13 May 2016, 07:57

What about a taskbar applet to show the remaining free ram?
what you want is "xfce4-genmon-plugin" (usm -g xfce4-genmon-plugin), pointed at(put it where-ever) a script like this:
call it "mem.sh" (or whatever you want)

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#/bin/bash
free -h | grep Mem | cut -c 36-45
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Post#14 by brokenman » 19 May 2016, 01:40

Yes this can be done. But probably not for this next release. I can push it as an update when I get time. It will take em a couple of hours to write this in since there are many options.
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Post#15 by ncmprhnsbl » 20 May 2016, 04:07

Evan wrote:In right click settings you can choose for it to just show both used and free mem in the taskbar.
was going to mention that one :D
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