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Remove old configuration files

July 10, 2026 — BarryK

I currently have a version history depth of "5", so when update to latest Easy, the version greater than back-5 will get deleted. Easy Version Control will only be able to rollback by 5 versions.

However, I found that old "configuration-*" files in the containers folders are getting left behind:

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I have edited /inc/07new-version script in the initrd, inserted this at line 56:

   #20260710 remove configuration-${ADEL} from containers...
   find /mnt/${WKG_DEV}/${WKG_DIR}containers -maxdepth 2 -type f -name "configuration-${ADEL}" -delete

...where $ADEL is the old version being removed.    

Tags: easy

Video Part-19 easy install to PC

July 09, 2026 — BarryK

This video describes an easy way to install EasyOS to a computer:

"EasyOS Part19: Easiest install to a computer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewx8175jDsM

Intend to create more soon, describing different install methods.    

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EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.4.3 released

July 09, 2026 — BarryK

Yes, another one!

Newcomers to EasyOS, recommend read the 7.4 announcement, as it has more details:

Changes since 7.4.2:

Download:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2026/7.4.3/

Feedback welcome at the forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=173569#p173569

Have fun!    

Tags: easy

Latest Chromium crashes at startup

July 08, 2026 — BarryK

I built EasyOS 7.4.3 in woofQ2, at least what was intended to be 7.4.3. Wrote it to a flash drive, did some testing, looking good, but then thought had better test Chromium. Which crashed at startup, with only this:

# chromium
# Trace/breakpoint trap
#

The latest Chromium in Debian's security repository, is "bleeding edge" and risky. Have had trouble with it before. Found the problem with version 150.0.7871.46:

https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg2110737.html

Either I rollback to an earlier version of Chromium, or wait until the Debian developers release the fix. Guess will wait, hopefully not too long as want to get Easy 7.4.3 out.   

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Fix i965_drv_video.so init failed

July 08, 2026 — BarryK

Some applications that use VAAPI GPU acceleration report this failure at startup, chromium for example. Get this on my ASUS Zenbook laptop.

The fix is to install the 'intel-media-va-driver' package. I also added the 'vainfo' package. These will be in the next release of EasyOS.    

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Video Part-18 edit initrd

July 07, 2026 — BarryK

This video shows how you can single-click to see the contents of .iso (CD/DVD image), .img (drive-image), .sfs (squashfs) and initrd (cpio archive) files. In the case of initrd, you can open it up, edit and update the initrd file. Anyone interested in contributing to the development of EasyOS, and interested in the underlying technology, may open up the initrd file and find bugs and make improvements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itFe-7oJeSQ   

Tags: easy

Video part-17 crippled root

July 07, 2026 — BarryK

I introduced Easy Containers in Part-6. In Part-17, have explained more about what "crippled root" really means:

"EasyOS Part17: Crippled root"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yju1w_Mjmbk   

Tags: easy

yff audio video utility version 3.1

July 06, 2026 — BarryK

Jason (plinej in the forum) has updated his 'yff' audio and video processing utility to version 3.1, see forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8916    

Tags: easy