Site News :: DSL v3.2



DSL v3.2 is now released. Final Change log:

* Updated murgaLua to v0.3
* Updated sqlite to v3.3.10
* Updated madwifi-ng modules.
* Updated Broadcomm 10/100 module b44.o
* Updated busybox with >2GB file support.
* New Cron - A perl cron, with new boot option 'cron' and toggle from control panel.
* Added wpasupplicant for wireless security.
* New Mouse Config Lua GUI.
* Added default tone generator for XMMS.
* Added Resolution Selection to Rdesktop.lua
* New boot option "checkfs".  Usage: dsl 2 checkfs - for frugals: dsl 2 toram checkfs
* Simplified MyDSL structure using the level 1 default autoscanned /mydsl directory or user specified level one directory which contains extensions, and optionally the 'optional' subdirectory and/or a 'modules' subdirectory. Dropped now unneeded 'modules' boot time option and support for extensions at level 1.
* New mkmydsl - Simplified Custom iso maker now even easier than before and supports new MyDSL layout and works for both isolinux and syslinux CD versions. Also supports booting with toram or not. On low resource machines boot with:   dsl base norestore mydsl{=hdXY{/dirname}}
* Updated MyDSL to support direct downloading to all supported and mounted drives/directories.
* Improved MyDSL download via the Lua GUI - implemented server side parsing.
* Added volume setting to persist via .umix
* New allow boot option desktop=xxx to override backup.
* New alsa.unc and automated Alsa sound card detection.
* New dsl-dpkg.unc and adjustments to core.
* dsl2unc conversion script.
* Added default Netscape to call Firefox
* Added a default .desktop to /etc/skel for better hard drive support.
* Updated xsetup.sh to add .xserverrc to /etc/skel for better hard drive support.
* Fixed bad default X & Y for Aterm.lnk
* Fixed hard drive install permmision problem on /opt/.mydsl_dir
* For hard drive installs, perform regenerate ld.so.cache and modules.dep only upon first boot.
* Updated "Getting Started" with the new MyDSL simplified directory structure.
* Updated Qemu to 0.8.2, dropped 60MB virtual hard drive, Added qemu-img - read the new readme.txt!
* New dsl-pendrive.bat for Qemu to detect booted pendrive.
* Dropped Synaptic & Enable Apt from menus - use Synaptic and dsl-dpkg extensions.
* Dropped Update to GNU Utils from menu - use gnu-itils.unc or gnu-utils.dsl.
* Fixed Emelfm Superuser from menu.

Download from mirrors or Ibiblio found  here

Enjoy,

Robert
Updated files that are likely in your backup.

.xinitrc
.fluxbox/menu
.jwmrc

Be sure to update these files.
Because the DSL v3.2 RC3 topic was closed i post this here:

I'm not sure but i think that because there is a /mydsl directory on my custom iso (Due to the added extensions) the autoscan feature doesn't look for another /mydsl directory. Am i right? If i am, is there a way to change that? (It is useful to have another /mydsl directory:
- to test extensions between 2 custom isos
- for *.unc and *.uci (these extensions make a live-cd always mounted)
- for extensions you want to keep on one computer only when using the live-cd for different computers)

P.S.: When a topic is closed your last message isn't sent by the Topic Tracker
You only get one autoscanned mydsl directory.
I have also provided named directories, which must be specified, e.g., mydsl=hda2/games
This is not a new feature and had been supported for a long time.
Using named directories one can setup a CD/frugal  which can be booted as several different setups, flavors. I introduced named directories for mydsl in version 1.2.
I prefer autoscanned mydsl directories to named directories because from a computer to another the hdXY part can change.
The problem with DSL v3.2 RC3 (And DSL v3.2?) is that when you make a custom iso with some extensions using mkmydsl then you can't use mydsl{=hdXY{/dirname}} (If you do the extensions in the custom iso aren't loaded at boot time only the ones in hdXY{/dirname} are. It wasn't the case with DSL v3.01).

Btw, it looks like you removed Busybox tar applet and wish from DSL.
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