Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[simargl]

You can download it from here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphaos/files



What is different compared to standard Puppy?

• openbox is window manager
  
• spacefm is file manager
  
• can load 3 main and 20 additional sfs modules
  
• supports only 3 modes: live (5); save file on usb flash (13); save file on hard disk drive (12)
  
• uses file /etc/rc.conf for setting up: user variables, network and localization
  
• /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit reduced to 250 lines (in Puppy is 890)
  
• /etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown in just 20 lines (in Puppy is 660)
  
• /dev nodes are not static, they are created each time the system boots
  
• automatic menu update, using openbox pipe menu feature
  
• defining window_manager environment variable under /etc/profile.d
  
• has only 20 desktop files in /usr/share/applications
  
• desktop files use 64x64 icons
  
• uses adrive (extra.sfs) and bdrive (desktop_*.sfs)
  
• makesfs script for downloading packages and compressing them as sfs module
  

Recommended forum posts:

• spacefm for thunar junkies - right click actions by Marv
  

Included software in the main iso / screenshots:

• spaceFM
  
• sfs_load
  
• l3afpad
  
• conky
  
• deadbeef
  
• evince
  
• ffmpeg
  
• gnome-mplayer
  
• gpicview-git
  
• grub4dos-config
  
• lxappearance
  
• lxrandr
  
• lxtask
  
• mpg123
  
• mplayer2
  
• nano
  
• obconf
  
• openbox
  
• pwireless2
  
• sakura
  
• simple-radio
  
• tint2-svn
  
• volumeicon

[Iguleder]

How can you call that "from scratch" when you use ages-old code from Puppy?

[simargl]

... compiled from scratch. If you don't know what that means please visit link bellow.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs

[nooby]

I get curious on if it make you automatically booted as root
what password does root have?
Can you place the files on NTFS and then boot without
needing any linux partition made like ext3 or ext4

what is the menu.lst for grub4dos used for your Lightnix 001

title Lightnix 001 Linux
kernel (hd0,0)/Lightnix001/vmlinuz PMEDIA=atahd PDEV1=sda1 psubdir=Lightnix001 pfix=fsck
initrd (hd0,0)/Lightnix001/initrd.gz

or what do you use?

[simargl]

Currently it looks like this:

[nooby]

pfix=ram,fsck

would that mean you have a lightnix save file
and that you don't load it but still check the integrity of it?

Regardless I will test the OS when you have xorg and firefox or chrome going.

You did not answer if it boots with root=root password=lightnix
automatically or if it boot into user=user password=user
or user=live password=live

[simargl]

[simargl]

Name is changed to Lightning OS, needs more work but currently system is functioning OK,
meaning that xorg with 3D support (tested with game assault cub), sound and internet all work.

Here is DISTRO_SPECS:

[kurtdriver]

Do you have a download link? So we can have a look.

[nooby]

seems somebody else?
also thought of that name?

Lightning OS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lightning-OS/402616869818705

[simargl]

[simargl]

I have one problem with mount command and different behavior in AlphaOS compared to Archpup.

Problem is with partition /dev/sda5, formatted as NTFS. With command:

[simargl]

makepfile.sh, save file creator script from Archpup, made by me and much improved by mavrothal
(in his pre theoretical phase) is improved so it will read variables from /etc/distro_specs.
It's now usable in any Puppy linux, on the other hand does anyone really care...

Beta version of alphaOS will be available today!
Warning: It's not for the beginners!

[nooby]

I hope it will boot up frugally on NTFS
unless it is impossible or very difficult
to provide that feature. Archpup does
so would it be possible to borrow how
they do it?
Just a friendly suggestion.

[simargl]

Iso is uploaded, check first post for the link.