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Release Candidate 6 Now Available - John - 07-09-2024
For this RC I focused a lot on bug fixes and refinements:
- Replaced gksu with a YAD sudo script
- Added DarkHTTPd (a lightweight web server)
- Added French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese support to Sylpheed
- Fixed several small bugs and formatting issues
- Restored Galternatives and Archive-extract programs
- Added a subroutine to bypass menu rebuilding at startup if the language is set to en_* (for faster boot time)
- Set up Firefox-esr so that it works using the Fluxbox & JWM window framing by default
- Modified "lowram" subroutines to work properly after HD install
I am having surgery tomorrow, so I may be less available for the next week or so.
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - dbohdan - 07-10-2024
Right now there is a mistake on the download page. The link for dsl-2024.rc6.lz4.iso and for dsl-2024.rc6.lz4.iso.md5.txt goes to the respective file for RC5.
P.S.: Hope everything goes well!
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - John - 07-10-2024
Thank you for catching that. I was rushing to get the release out before the surgery. Everything went about as well as can be expected. I just need to take it easy for a few days and have a nice new scar at the base of my neck.
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - sharkscott - 07-22-2024
I had surgery recently as well. I hope you are doing well. I think what you are doing with DSL is awesome and I hope you continue. If I ever get the money to donate to your efforts I will. I happen to be in a hospital because a 3rd of my left foot had to be cut off because of an infection they couldn't figure out where it came from. Hilarious huh?
I've used the old DSL on several computers that I took apart, found better parts for, and put back together then gave away to people that couldn't afford they're own. That was several years ago. Before I became homeless which is another story I won't tell here. Anyways, I hope you are doing well. I tell everyone I meet that I get to talk about Linux too about DSL, how much I like it and your work with it.
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - John - 07-22-2024
Hi Sharkscott,
My condition is not very serious; I had a partial thyroidectomy and it turns out that the growth was not cancerous. I hope you have a strong recovery and things start to look up for you. Thank you for using DSL but please take care of your needs first before thinking about donating to the project.
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - marshq - 08-30-2024
God bless you all people that contributed to DSL existence for so many decades! I wish you all the very best from the very deep of my heart!
DSL was and is the ultimate tool and OS to save lives and older devices as well. Besides it's stability, flawless security and it's amazing versatility - while it was such a tiny 50MB OS fed with so many tools - this amazing masterpiece of art was possible because such great people exist and existed.
After two decades, I still can't forget one guy's face - his PC was 2MB ram only - when he saw his system booting from a tiny USB stick, running flawlessly, lightning fast, while able to browse the Internet full speed. Trust me, it was pure magic then, it's pure magic today, thank you all of you contributors, developers, Ladies and Gentlemen!
I should mention DSL was highly versatile since it's beginning, a most powerful OS and extremely powerful tool, it was never ever a toy.
You are the ones making the dreams come true, thank you!
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - Poppy11smith - 09-05-2024
(07-09-2024, 03:49 AM)John Wrote: For this RC I focused a lot on bug fixes and refinements:
- Replaced gksu with a YAD sudo script
- Added DarkHTTPd (a lightweight web server)
- Added French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese support to Sylpheed
- Fixed several small bugs and formatting issues
- Restored Galternatives and Archive-extract programs
- Added a subroutine to bypass menu rebuilding at startup if the language is set to en_* (for faster boot time)
- Set up Firefox-esr so that it works using the Fluxbox & JWM window framing by default
- Modified "lowram" subroutines to work properly after HD install
I am having surgery tomorrow, so I may be less available for the next week or so.
Hey,
It was great that you added France support to sylpheed. Waiting to see the outcome soon.
I wish you a speedy recovery.
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - miaryan - 09-05-2024
Thanks for the awesome update! The bug fixes and refinements, especially replacing gksu with the YAD sudo script, sound like solid improvements. I'm also really interested in the addition of DarkHTTPd—do you have any specific use cases in mind for this lightweight web server? I haven't used it before, so I’m curious how it compares to other options like nginx or lighttpd in terms of performance and ease of setup.
Also, the bypass for menu rebuilding on en_* systems for faster boot time is a nice touch! Do you think this change could be extended for other languages, or is it mostly an English-specific optimization?
RE: Release Candidate 6 Now Available - John - 09-05-2024
Poppy11smith, please let me know how it works for you.
Miaryan, DarkHTTPd is extremely small and minimal. It doesn't have a lot of features, but I've found having an easy to use web server very handy in a pinch. The bypass menu for other languages is something to think about. It could be done, but it would require some coding changes and a small additional space. I like the idea though.