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indexEasyOS version 7.4.90 maybe 7.5RC
As reported in previous post, kernel 7.2.6 and built with excalibur-backports packages:
https://bkhome.org/news/202609/easyos-with-excalibur-backports-and-726-kernel.html
Anyone interested in testing it?
Is this kernel OK on old PCs? With all of those backports, do all the apps and utilities still run OK?
If this new version ticks all the boxes, I don't see why not make it a Release Candidate for Easy 7.5.
Download from here:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/test/
I haven't made it available as an update from Easy 7.4.10, as
decided to be cautious. Maybe just do a standalone new install of
7.4.90, then test as much as possible. An EASYCLONE file could
probably be used, in fact, I'm going to do that next.
There could be an update of 7.4.10 or earlier, just extract the three files out of the7.4.90 .img file.
I'll start a new forum thread.
Ha ha, those of you who have been following my posts for awhile
will know I'm currently doing the "nomad" thing, living in caravan
parks and campgrounds. Where I'm currently staying, there is free
Starlink wifi, but very slow upload. The easy-7.4.90-amd64.img
file, at 1.1GB, took about 5 hours to upload! Might be a good idea
to check the md5sum after download.
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EasyOS with Excalibur-backports and 7.2.6 kernel
One of the EasyOS testers reported a missing ethernet driver, that is available in the 7.1 kernel. So, I felt motivated to build Easy with a later kernel; Easy 7.4.x currently has the 6.12.x kernel.
Then thought also, why not also build with the Trixie/Escalibur "backports" package repository. Running it right now. Here are the backports packages that were brought into the build:
alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
at-spi2-common 2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
btrfs-progs 7.1-1~bpo13+1
curl 8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
dhcpcd-base 1:10.5.2-1~bpo13+1
firmware-intel-graphics 20260810-1~bpo13+1
firmware-intel-sound 20260810-1~bpo13+1
fonts-opensymbol 4:102.12+LibO26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
gir1.2-atk-1.0 2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libasound2-data 1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
libasound2t64 1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
libatk-bridge2.0-0t64 2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libatk1.0-0t64 2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libatopology2t64 1.2.16.1-1~bpo13+1
libatspi2.0-0t64 2.61.90-1~bpo13+1
libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
libcurl4-gnutls 8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
libcurl4t64 8.21.0-2~bpo13+1
libdw1t64 0.196-1~bpo13+2
libefiboot1t64 39-2~bpo13+1
libefivar1t64 39-2~bpo13+1
libegl-mesa0 26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libelf1t64 0.196-1~bpo13+2
libgbm1 26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libgl1-mesa-dri 26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libglx-mesa0 26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
libldb2 2:2.11.0+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libnghttp3-9 1.15.0-1~bpo13+1
libngtcp2-16 1.22.1-1~bpo13+1
libngtcp2-crypto-gnutls8 1.22.1-1~bpo13+1
libngtcp2-crypto-ossl0 1.22.1-1~bpo13+1
liborcus-0.21-0 0.21.0-4~bpo13+1
liborcus-parser-0.21-0 0.21.0-4~bpo13+1
libpipewire-0.3-0t64 1.4.9-1~bpo13+2
libreoffice-base-core 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-base-drivers 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-base 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-calc 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-common 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-core 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-draw 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-gtk3 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-impress 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-de 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-en-gb 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-es 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-fr 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-pt 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-ru 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-tr 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-l10n-zh-cn 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-math 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-report-builder-bin 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-style-colibre 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-base 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-calc 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-common 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-draw 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-impress 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-math 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-uiconfig-writer 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libreoffice-writer 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libsmbclient0 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libspa-0.2-modules 1.4.9-1~bpo13+2
libtalloc2 2:2.4.4+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libtdb1 2:1.4.15+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libtevent0t64 2:0.17.1+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libuno-cppu3t64 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3t64 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-purpenvhelpergcc3-3t64 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-sal3t64 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libuno-salhelpergcc3-3t64 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
libwbclient0 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
libxkbcommon-x11-0 1.13.1-1~bpo13+1
libxkbcommon0 1.13.1-1~bpo13+1
mesa-libgallium 26.1.2-1~bpo13+1
openssh-client 1:10.3p1-1~bpo13+1
openssh-server 1:10.3p1-1~bpo13+1
openssh-sftp-server 1:10.3p1-1~bpo13+1
python3-ldb 2:2.11.0+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-samba 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-talloc 2:2.4.4+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-tdb 2:1.4.15+samba4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
python3-uno 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
samba-common-bin 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
samba-common 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
samba-libs 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
samba 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
smbclient 2:4.24.7+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
transmission-common 4.1.3+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
transmission-gtk 4.1.3+dfsg-1~bpo13+1
uno-libs-private 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
ure 4:26.8.0.3-2~bpo13+1
...that "bpo13" identifies the package as a backport to Debian 13.
Have found a couple of things to fix, will build it again, then
upload for anyone curious to try it.
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Evince PDF viewer rolled back to gtk2 version
I continue to be frustrated with Evince. This post from peasythope reminded me:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=17445
Yes, 1-pixel wide window borders, how useless. I also think the
UI is poorly designed.
The old gtk2 version of Evince, on the otherhand, has normal system window decorations and a very sensible UI. Makes me wonder if there was a change of developers when moving to gtk3.
Anyway, I have decided to go back to the gtk2 Evince for the next
release of EasyOS. It does lack support for some file formats, but
handles PDF well, as far as I can recall.
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EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.4.10
Changes since 7.4.9:
- EasyOS 7.4.8 and 7.4.9 removed — September 18, 2026
- Precaution when insufficient space in working-partition — September 18, 2026
- Audacious rolled back — September 18, 2026
- EasyClone alternate build path and progress — September 17, 2026
- German users please stay with version 7.4.7 — September 17, 2026
- Fix reading Xlibre server version — September 16, 2026
- Chromium 153.0.8010.47
Download:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2026/7.4.10/
Feedback welcome at the forum:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=176993#p176993
Have fun!
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EasyOS 7.4.8 and 7.4.9 removed
Decided to remove these from ibiblio.org, as too many issues. The latest version is now 7.4.7.
Doing this because thinking of newcomers.
I expect to upload version 7.4.10 soon.
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Precaution when insufficient space in working-partition
A couple of people have run into this problem, of having
insufficient free space in the working-partition. There are
various scenarios where this is a problem.
One of those is when do a version update; the latest 'vmlinuz', 'initrd' and 'easy.sfs' may push the free space below a reasonable value. One precaution that can be taken is to reduce the history-depth; that is, how many previous versions of Easy are kept. I have inserted this code into /inc/07-new-version script, at line 28:
#20260917 check if enough space in working-partition...
WPfreem=$(df -m /mnt/${WKG_DEV} | grep '^/dev/' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 4 -d ' ')
if [ $WPfreem -lt 3000 ];then #3GB
if [ $DEPTH_MAX -gt 2 ];then
DEPTH_MAX=$((${DEPTH_MAX}-1))
echo -n "$DEPTH_MAX" > /mnt/${WKG_DEV}/${WKG_DIR}.session/session1/var/local/version-history-depth
fi
fi
That is one step, more checks can be done.
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Audacious rolled back
Having a bit of a saga with Audacious music player. Easy 7.4.7 has Audacious package from Easy Scarthgap. I have been gradually recompiling them in woofQ2, in Easy Excalibur; and that is the case for Audacious in Easy 7.4.8.
However, pp4mnk has discovered a plugin problem:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=176978#p176978
I have taken the easy way out, reverted to using the Audacious
packages from Scarthgap.
Tags: easy
EasyClone alternate build path and progress
EasyClone is introduced here:
https://easyos.org/install/how-to-clone-a-easyos-installation.html
Forum member pp4mnk suggested it would be helpful to have a progress indication while the "EASYCLONE" file is being created. Forum member oliverjames wants an alternative path in which to build "EASYCLONE", if insufficient space in the working-partition. Discussion here:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=16721
I have implemented both. There is now a button to bring up a dialog window to choose an alternative path, see near bottom:
While creating EASYCLONE, there is a window on the desktop that has lines appended as the build progresses. Here it is at about 90%:
...this makes use of the 'popup' utility, which has the ability to append lines.
Here is the final window, showing the path, in a "temp4" folder where I chose to build EASYCLONE:
EasyClone is proving to be popular, this takes the usability up a
notch.
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