LXDE -> Version 2.1 RC1.5 :)
Posted: 20 Jun 2013, 14:52
Following the release of Porteus version 2.1 RC1 a couple weeks ago, there were a lot of bug reports and feature requests for LXDE; there were also a number of things still on my "To Do" list that didn't make RC1. I've been hammering away at it and I think I've put all the pieces back together. Given the large number of changes, I'd like to get some additional testing done prior to the official RC2 release. Thus, I've created and uploaded some new LXDE modules and dubbed this unofficial release "RC1.5".
Download:
32-bit: http://porteus-xfce.googlecode.com/file ... 5-i486.xzm
64-bit: http://porteus-xfce.googlecode.com/file ... x86_64.xzm
Here's my changelog:
- set pcmanfm "super user mode" to open inside /root instead of /home/guest (thanks, sean!)
- disabled mousebinding that switches desktops when you scroll up/down on the desktop; Alt+scroll up/down still works for this. (thanks, sean!)
- added several new keyboard bindings for opening applications (thanks, saneks!!)
- changed application menu button to the porteus logo (let me know if you'd like a little spacer to the right to help set it apart from the other icons down there)
- added 'openbox-menu' and modified the openbox right-click menu; it should now update dynamically (thanks, ncmprhnsbl) (there are a lot more things I could add to this menu, feel free to make suggestions)
- fixed 'pxf-sound' so it always opens in the center of the screen
- added new theme: zukitwo-ob, modified it a bit to match the Evolve color scheme
- replaced udisks1 with udisks2 and added sysvinit script to add "comment=x-gvfs-show" to all devices listed in /etc/fstab so these devices will stay visible in the left pane of pcmanfm. NOTE: external devices that are automounted will now be mounted in /run/media/$USER/$UUID rather than /media
- recompiled gvfs for udisks2 support
- updated libfm and pcmanfm to latest stable (1.1.0 for both)
- updated menu-cache and lxpanel to latest versions from git to fix a problem with menu-cache
- changed 'activate' and 'deactivate' to include a restart of /usr/libexec/menu-cache/menu-cached. There are lots of changes going on with the panel so please test that everything is working properly and you aren't losing all menu items or having your panel disappearing when activating modules, etc.
- added scrot (plus imlib2 and giblib as deps) for screenshots
- wrote a new 'gtk-scrot' gtkdialog front end for screenshots; bound it to the Print Screen Key and added a desktop file so it shows up in the menu
*- created ~/.local/share folder so applications can create files there to track recently used files
*- added missing mplayer config file
*- updated gmtk to latest SVN to fix repetetive popus about subtitles
*- added mpg123 so that audacious-plugins would get built with mp3 support
*- recompiled gvfs with samba support, so if you add and use samba, your shares should show in thunar/pcmanfm
*- added tigervnc 1.1.0, recompiled to remove additional deps (gnutls, nettle, p11-kit)
*- recompiled all packages; fixed a few package names (to include 'Ahau' tag) and optimized all 32-bit packages for size (that had already been done in 64-bit)
(NOTE: lines starting with an asterisk (*) are changes that will also apply to the XFCE edition in RC2)
Since this is not an official RC release along with the other desktops, I'll list all of these changelog items again when RC2 is released.
Please give this a spin and report back on this thread with any bugs or other issues, and I'll work on those fixes so we have an even more solid RC2 and final release.
One other thing: A couple folks mentioned that pcmanfm doesn't look any different when you open it up as root vs opening it as guest. While the two do look very similar (and now when you open as root it will start off in /root), there is one difference: When you open pcmanfm as root, there is an icon showing keys near the top left corner, just under "File". I don't see any configuration options to make the window look different otherwise.
Thanks!!
Download:
32-bit: http://porteus-xfce.googlecode.com/file ... 5-i486.xzm
64-bit: http://porteus-xfce.googlecode.com/file ... x86_64.xzm
Here's my changelog:
- set pcmanfm "super user mode" to open inside /root instead of /home/guest (thanks, sean!)
- disabled mousebinding that switches desktops when you scroll up/down on the desktop; Alt+scroll up/down still works for this. (thanks, sean!)
- added several new keyboard bindings for opening applications (thanks, saneks!!)
- changed application menu button to the porteus logo (let me know if you'd like a little spacer to the right to help set it apart from the other icons down there)
- added 'openbox-menu' and modified the openbox right-click menu; it should now update dynamically (thanks, ncmprhnsbl) (there are a lot more things I could add to this menu, feel free to make suggestions)
- fixed 'pxf-sound' so it always opens in the center of the screen
- added new theme: zukitwo-ob, modified it a bit to match the Evolve color scheme
- replaced udisks1 with udisks2 and added sysvinit script to add "comment=x-gvfs-show" to all devices listed in /etc/fstab so these devices will stay visible in the left pane of pcmanfm. NOTE: external devices that are automounted will now be mounted in /run/media/$USER/$UUID rather than /media
- recompiled gvfs for udisks2 support
- updated libfm and pcmanfm to latest stable (1.1.0 for both)
- updated menu-cache and lxpanel to latest versions from git to fix a problem with menu-cache
- changed 'activate' and 'deactivate' to include a restart of /usr/libexec/menu-cache/menu-cached. There are lots of changes going on with the panel so please test that everything is working properly and you aren't losing all menu items or having your panel disappearing when activating modules, etc.
- added scrot (plus imlib2 and giblib as deps) for screenshots
- wrote a new 'gtk-scrot' gtkdialog front end for screenshots; bound it to the Print Screen Key and added a desktop file so it shows up in the menu
*- created ~/.local/share folder so applications can create files there to track recently used files
*- added missing mplayer config file
*- updated gmtk to latest SVN to fix repetetive popus about subtitles
*- added mpg123 so that audacious-plugins would get built with mp3 support
*- recompiled gvfs with samba support, so if you add and use samba, your shares should show in thunar/pcmanfm
*- added tigervnc 1.1.0, recompiled to remove additional deps (gnutls, nettle, p11-kit)
*- recompiled all packages; fixed a few package names (to include 'Ahau' tag) and optimized all 32-bit packages for size (that had already been done in 64-bit)
(NOTE: lines starting with an asterisk (*) are changes that will also apply to the XFCE edition in RC2)
Since this is not an official RC release along with the other desktops, I'll list all of these changelog items again when RC2 is released.
Please give this a spin and report back on this thread with any bugs or other issues, and I'll work on those fixes so we have an even more solid RC2 and final release.
One other thing: A couple folks mentioned that pcmanfm doesn't look any different when you open it up as root vs opening it as guest. While the two do look very similar (and now when you open as root it will start off in /root), there is one difference: When you open pcmanfm as root, there is an icon showing keys near the top left corner, just under "File". I don't see any configuration options to make the window look different otherwise.
Thanks!!