PorteuX 0.4 has been released

[porteux]

• fixed a bug where in some cases the cheatcode 'from' was not working properly

• turned on low battery alert in LXQt

• changed vm.max_map_count from 65530 (default) to 16777216. This fixes issues in games with higher memory map limit, such as DayZ, Hogwarts Legacy, Counter Strike 2, etc

• GNOME is set to use wayland by default. Limitations: PorteuX keyboard application and cheatcode won't work; if nvidia proprietary driver is loaded X11 will run instead of wayland

• fixed a bug where Xfce 4.16+ was not always updating the application menu when a module is activated/deactivated

• dropped qpdfview in favor of atril for better PDF compatibility. LXQt is still missing a better Qt PDF reader

• in GNOME added adwaita backgrounds (light and dark styles)

• changed LXDM (login manager) style

• dropped Xfce 4.16 ISOs (it can still be built from source)

• GNOME updated to 44.1 (current only)

• KDE updated to 5.27.5 (current only)

• kernel updated to 6.3.3

• some critical packages have been updated, like mesa 23.1.0 (current only) and sysvinit (current only)

https://github.com/porteux/porteux/releases/tag/v0.4

[Ed_P]

No new 009 module?

Working so far.

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~#  uname -a
Linux porteux.example.net 6.3.3-porteux #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 22 17:35:46 NZST 2023 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteux/*
001-core.xzm:20230520
002-xorg.xzm:20230520
002-xtra.xzm:20230520
initrd.zst:20230426

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel-6.3.3.xzm : May 22 05:57
001-core-stable-20230520.xzm : May 20 01:21
002-xorg-stable-20230520.xzm : May 20 01:35
002-xtra-stable-20230520.xzm : Feb 3 09:59
003-cinnamon.xzm : Sep 25 2022
009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm : Jan 23 22:14
changes-2023-05-17.xzm : May 17 17:11
firefox-latest-111.0.1-x86_64-1.xzm : Mar 23 01:01
mynemobkmks.xzm : May 17 19:17
printing-porteux-stable-x86_64.xzm : Mar 17 13:48

~#  cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.4-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteux0.4/Modules kmap=us noload=mate;lxqt

ISO: /ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.4-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso

[Kulle]

dropped Xfce 4.16 ISOs
Why?

4.16 is compatible with Porteus 5.0
And the de-xfce_locales.xzm module from Porteus 5 also works in PorteuX ! (essentially)

Can I also use module 003-xfce-4.16-stable-20230416.xzm in PorteuX 0.4 ??

[Ed_P]

Can I also use module 003-xfce-4.16-stable-20230416.xzm in PorteuX 0.4 ??

Should work if you use the 009-porteus5-compatibility-stable.xzm module.

[porteux]

@Kulle, I added Xfce 4.16 modules (just the modules!) for both stable and current in the release page. But answering your question: you probably wouldn't find any problem using a desktop environment from 0.3 in 0.4 as long as you're using the stable version.

@Ed_P, thanks for the feedback!

[Ed_P]

For Ventoy users this grub2 menu supports my ISO booting:

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menuentry " PorteuX 0.4 ISO - Cinnamon"  --class slackware   --class icon-porteux2  {

     set iso="/ISOs/PorteuX/porteux-v0.4-lxqt-1.3.0-stable-x86_64.iso"
     set bootparms="volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteux0.4/Modules \
        kmap=us  noload=mate;lxqt"   # cinn"

     search -f $iso --set=root
     loopback loop $iso
     linux (loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz      from=$iso $bootparms
     initrd (loop)/boot/syslinux/initrd.zst
     }

Obviously the names of the ISO, location of the ISO, and extramod= folder must be changed to match the user's system.

[Kulle]

I've tried v0.4 now:
000-kernel-6.3.3.xzm 001-core-stable-20230520.xzm 002-xorg-stable-20230520.xzm 002-xtra-stable-20230520.xzm 003-xfce-4.16-stable-20230523.xzm

But did not work: Xorg failed to start up - ...

I then replaced the kernel 6.3.3 with 6.2.11
Now the system works

Why doesn't the new kernel work?

[porteux]

Did you remember to also update vmlinux in /boot/syslinux?

[Kulle]

yes, I used everything original from v0.4,
but the kernel 6.3.3 gives me the error : Xorg failed to start up - ...
That's why I now use the kernel 6.2.11
But why doesn't the new kernel work on my hardware?

[seed_clapper]

compared ram usage after boot (stable)

kde 5.23.5 ---- 880mb
gnome 42.10 - 782mb
xfce 4.18 ----- 638mb
mate 1.27.1 -- 619mb
xfce 4.12 ----- 564mb
lxqt 1.3.0 ----- 520mb
lxde 0.10.1 --- 224mb

porteuS (220924)

kde 5.23.5 ------- 846mb
cinnamon 5.2.7 - 795mb
gnome 41.5 ------ 776mb
mate 1.26.0 ----- 661mb
xfce 4.16 -------- 610mb
lxde -------------- 269mb
lxqt 1.1.0 -------- 260mb
openbox --------- 219mb

[porteux]

@seed_clapper, that's a really nice test!

The huge difference in LXQt is probably because you're checking the memory usage using qps, and I have patched it in PorteuX 0.4 to get the real memory consumption, not the incorrect one provided by default.

If you want a more reliable way to check RAM usage across different desktop environments I recommend using the kernel information:

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echo $(( ($(grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}') - $(grep MemAvailable /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}')) / 1024 )) MB

Because PorteuX uses zstd (instead of xz) it's expected that it takes a bit more RAM. I tried my best to optimize other things to compensate but in some cases it's still not quite there yet, as seen in KDE. Gonna check this later.

Thanks!

[porteux]

@Kulle, this is really odd. Can you try a ISO boot in AF? Put the original PorteuX 0.4 ISO in a known place and in the boot screen press TAB and add this (adapting the path accordingly, of course):

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from=/mnt/unit/porteux.iso

[Kulle]

iso will not boot

I downloaded porteux-v0.4-xfce-4.12-stable-x86_64.iso

saved it to sda4.
renamed it to porteux.iso

On the boot screen I press TAB and add
from=/mnt/sda4/porteux.iso

"INIT entering runlevel 4" appears
and then it takes quite a long time:
blinking cursor, screen flashing now and then
and finally
Xorg failed to start up - ...

[Karmi]

I just tried to use Clonezilla to make a backup image of PorteuX 4 xfce 4.12 (Cinnamon DE added) and Clonezilla said there was a problem — run fdisk or something? I mostly avoid fdisk 'n etc. Clonezilla works for Porteus 5 Cinnamon. It's a 16 GB SanDisk USB — 33MiB fat32 & the rest ext4. No biggie, just a point...

[Ed_P]

If you have access to a Windows system try running a chkdsk command on the drive's partition.