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Topic: DSL 4.2.2, Maintenance Release

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curaga

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Posted: Dec. 31 2007,20:48

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You know what? I bet you would have a slight clue as to wtf was wrong with your distro unless people told you

Wrong is very subjective. But he has done really much for DSL. Whatever is wrong to you might only be wrong to, you guessed it, you.

If you want things improved, I have to agree with lucky13, attacking the main developer is not the way to go.

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roberts

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Posted: Dec. 31 2007,22:48

It must be something in the water? Or perhaps it is global warming.
What a way to end the year.

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Posted: Jan. 01 2008,04:53

Having installation problems typically is the result of not rebooting after partitioning...

2. There is documentation and threads for having additional tty's.

3. ctrl+alt+arrow are defaults used in gnome and VT's, but vary in each environment

4. Afaik using a keyboard driven mouse requires the use of some program setup (think there was a forum thread here).

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"Science is not done in isolation"

Plenty, plenty, of science is done in isolation. Edison locked himself up in a shed away from his wife and kids until he figured out carbon would help develop the lightbulb. Read about it.

Hm, but he shared his science.

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"The Wiki was setup for the users by the users and is maintained by the users."

So, why is it on your domain again?

I know damn well if something wasn't mine, I wouldn't have it part of my domain. I wouldn't even want to be affiliated with it. I mean, to not be affiliated to a minimum would mean not making it part of my domain.

So if the wiki does not belong here, then the forums do not either... ? Most ads, logos, names, etc. are 3rd-party as well.

It just seemed like you posted in the wrong thread...

Usually if you have a specific change, a diff or instructions would be useful for others... and some may actually post a finished result, etc. as this is for the community (but you posted it to the wiki now?) ... I just suppose it seems there are different thoughts on what a community supported project _should_ be.

And happy new year! (keep the fishes smilin')

roberts

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Posted: Jan. 01 2008,16:15

Anyone running 4.x is strongly encouraged to upgrade to 4.2.2.

dfm icons for extensions that have "embedded xtdesk right-click menus", e.g. Open Office, are now supported.

dfm icons for extensions that prefixed PATH statements in the command area, e.g., Tcl/Tk, are now supported.

Thanks goes to jls for pointing out the deficiencies in prior 4.x versions.

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Posted: Jan. 01 2008,16:22

Quote (roberts @ Dec. 31 2007,17:48)

It must be something in the water? Or perhaps it is global warming.
What a way to end the year.

Happy new year to everybody!

I understand Roberts very well, when he decides to issue another release after a series of bug fixes or small improvement.

I am following DSL from the beggining. At that time the main live distro was Knoppix, which was very big for my purposes and having menus a little confusing to me (not well ordered) and there was also Demolinux, that very soon became obsolete because the lack of new releases. Not much more.

There were very few small live distros, some of them without graphical interfase, as LinuxCare, some other with a primitive interfase, like MuLinux, and in this context DSL appeared, and also Feather (Among other sons of DSL) and Puppy...

Later on it came a series of medium size live distros like Slax, Beatrix, Sam (now Sam has grow)... and some other for specific purposes (recovery, server, firewall, etc).

Today we can see that only DSL and Puppy as very small graphical desktop live linux with optional extensions, have lasted enough to grow in perfomance. Presently I have chosen again, between DSL and Puppy, and I still prefer DSL because is easy to understand and its developement remains following a clearer line.

If there are, each time, less advantages between two releases this is meaning that the DSL distro is reaching a good limit (remember the limits theory). This is happening as well with other big distros like SUSE or Ubuntu. The DSL distro is a mature fruit.

I enjoy every DSL change, because it means an improvement. I do not need to update my system after every release, but since the system is essentially a live one, the update consist in burning the new copy on a RW-CD, that costs five minutes. I keep two or three CDS with old previous releases, to have a fast back to a safe position if a new release does not fit my needs, and that is all.

So as a DSL old and lasting user, I encourage Roberts and all the Community contributors to follow this excellent work.

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*JT.

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