EasyOS version 0.9.9 released

Seems to be working OK (touch wood), so decided to release 0.9.9. Version 0.9.8 was released o November 14, and it is a good idea to look through the announcement:

http://bkhome.org/news/201811/easyos-098-released.html

Version 0.9.9 can be downloaded courtesy of Ibiblio:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/pyro/0.9.9/

There are various experiments underway. For example, 'iwd' is a replacement for 'wpa_supplicant', however, it is not working, so in 0.9.9 wpa_supplicant is used, though the iwd package is there for further experiments.

The kernel is 4.14.81, which apparently has a patch that slows down the kernel significantly. That patch has been reverted in next release, so I will be upgrading the kernel asap.

Highlights
Between 0.9.8 and 0.9.9 there has mostly been under-the-hood changes, that could have introduced new bugs. Hopefully not. For the user, a highlight is SFSget (see top of desktop) is significantly enhanced. 

BUG!
Aargh, a bug snuck through! It is easy to fix, please read this:

http://bkhome.org/news/201811/aargh-sfsget-bug-in-easy-099.html

...please do this before using "sfsget'. 

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