Akita Linux BETA 12
- a mongrel: sfs3, kernel 2.6.25.16, wary 5.1.x compatible
- akita repo -
http://akita.scottjarvis.com
- uses jwm, but many other WMs in the repo
- easily enable/disable rox icons, startups, etc
- no office, no cups, all in repo
- massive choice of web browsers in easy installer
- uses vlc and vlc-gtk for media player
- many apps i18n'd, lots of French, Spanish, Russian, German translations included
- includes many good console apps: elinks, doc2txt, mocp, mc,
- good for old clunkers, craptops, etc
Download: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita-linux-beta12.iso,
size: 89mb, md5: 4e5610e26df720a9411af2a05debc76c
Devx, for compiling: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita_devx-b11.sfs
md5: 68fe4a15228f9cc41ff8cd553e90f3a5, 111MB, sfs3
(Right-click and choose 'SFS Loader' to load/install it)
Summary of updates
- Live CD uses graphical grub boot menu
- 3mb smaller, useless stuff, extra apps removed
- VLC-GTK improved further
- updated and improved keyboard settings and hotkeys
- easily toggle sub menus in JWM menu
- easily enable or disable JWM drive icons
- updated gtkdialog, more stuff in repo
Changelog
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Sept 8
- fixed: removed browserlibs, mame tools leftovers, orbit and gconf
- fixed: added fontconfig symlinks into /usr/lib of the mainfs
- fixed: re-installed xrender stuff in /usr/X11R7/
Sept 9
- added to Akita repo:
- dbus-glib_DEV
- gconf-dbus
- gconf-dbus_DEV
Sept 10:
- fixed: simpler keyboard settings.. see ~/.Xmodmap, ~/.jwm/jwmrc_extra, ~/.mrxvtrc
- Windows keys: now load Akita menus
- Print Screen key: now takes snapshot of screen
- Power key: (keycode 222 on mine) now runs akita_shutdown
- JWM hotkeys: simpler, use Alt+* for JWM actions, or Ctrl+Alt+* / Ctrl+Func* for loading apps
- mrxvt keybindings: simpler, more familiar, now same as browsers
- Ctrl+t new tab
- Ctrl+w close tab
- Ctrl+tab next tab
- Ctrl+shift+tab next tab
- Ctrl+v paste
- etc
Sept 11
- updated available wallpapers
- updated to VLC-GTK 2.4.9: fixed immediate playback of `vlc-gtk [file/dir/url/rtmpdump]`
- update: always playback immediately if 1st CLI option is a file/dir/url/rtmpdump
- fix: the cmd `vlc-gtk [URL]` will now play URL immediately
- fix: the cmd `vlc-gtk [rtmpdump cmd]` will now playback cmd immediately
- fix: do not ignore other CLI options if playback is immediate
- added /usr/sbin/pastengo: performs actions on clipboard contents,
- added JWM keybindings for pastengo:
- Ctrl-Alt+g: will google the clipboard contents
- Ctrl-Alt+u: will search the puppy search engine for the clipboard contents
- Ctrl-Alt+v: will run appropriate action on clipboard contents, based on dir, url, filetype, cmd, etc
Sept 12
- updated /usr/bin/akita_setup: new 'Hotkeys' tab, showing all default JWM and Mrxvt keybindings
- updated ptiming and pschedule to latest
- removed unused programs/packages:
- c1541, jamvm, uget-gtk, getez, puppyphone, bluefish, wxbasic, puppybasic, gtkbasic, muppy*,
rgbpaint, treesize, fbxkb, gstpw, ptmtimer, ptimer, pcountdown, lslalarm, lsalarm-manager,
Sept 13
- more JWM keybinding fixes, updates to info in akita_setup
- updated to gtkdialog r422
Sept 14
- updated to gtkdialog r428
- added to Akita repo and PPM:
vte-0.28.2-w5c: advanced terminal libs, BuildingBlock 356K
vte_DEV-0.28.2-w5c: advanced terminal libs, BuildingBlock +vte 356K
screen-4.0.3-w5c: console based window manager, Desktop 379K
screen_DOC-4.0.3-w5c: console based window manager, Desktop +screen 114K
thunar-1.0.2-1-w5: great file manager, Filesystem 425K
bluefish-2.0.2-w5: HTML editor, Document 2000K
bluefish_NLS-2.0.2-w5: HTML editor, Document +bluefish 746K
bluefish_DOC-2.0.2-w5: HTML editor, Document +bluefish 6K
puppyphone-1.2-psip32-1-w5: SIP client, online phone calls, Internet 697K
groovejaar1.0.22.5: grooveshark frontend and downloader, Multimedia +jre 1300K
virtualbox-4.1.22_base: virtualisation, run other operating systems, System +vboxdrv 28000K
vboxdrv-4.1.22-k2.6.25.16.pup4: kernel modules needed by Virtualbox, System +virtualbox 124K
gpm_DOC-1.20.6-i486: enables a mouse cursor on the console, BuildingBlock +gpm 40K
gpm_DEV-1.20.6-i486: enables a mouse cursor on the console, BuildingBlock +gpm 32K
gpm-1.20.6-i486: enables a mouse cursor on the console, BuildingBlock 101K
dbus-1.2.4.2permissive-1-w5: system library, BuildingBlock 288K
dbus_DEV-1.2.4.2permissive-1-w5: system library, BuildingBlock 499K
Sept 15:
- updated to guess_fs-20120911, smaller, faster, with ext4 and btrfs
- updated to gtkdialog rev433, fixes tall table entries
- fixed /usr/sbin/script_grepper: faster, searches inside all shell scripts in $PATH for $1, optionally replace $1 with $2
Sept 16
- added Transcoder 0.0.6, a video coder, in Menu->Multimedia
Sept 18
- fixed: retain desktop settings in: ~/.xinitrc, /usr/sbin/toggle-rox-desktop
- fixed: update_jwm_drives func in /sbin/pup_event_frontend_d
- fixes in xbindkeys, removed uneeded stuff, updated menu entries
- fixes, menu cleanup: some apps removed from menu
- updated gtkdialog to r444
- updated Toggle ROX Desktop: can now also enable/disable JWM drive icons
- updated JWMCfgManager: added button for Toggle Rox Desktop
- added 'upload to imgur.com' ROX right click options for all images
- added: easy toggle JWM submenus, just go to Menu->System->Toggle JWM Submenus
- added: new jwm rcfile ~/.jwm/JWMCONFIG
- added: /usr/bin/jwm_toggle_submenus, toggle $SUBMENU (true or false) in ~/.jwm/JWMCONFIG
- updated: /usr/bin/jwm_menu_create: reads SUBMENU from rcfile
- updated: /usr/sbin/fixmenus: remove SUBMENU=0
- Sept 19
- removed uneeded splash grub image
- update to ISO: uses grub4dos graphical menus
- added to cd /gfxfile (cpio archive)
- updated menu.lst to use file above
- removed old xpm splash image