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EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.4.1

October 30, 2024 — BarryK

I posted just two days ago, both Scarthgap-series and Daedalus-series version 6.4 released:

Daedalus 6.4.1 has been brought up to be more directly comparable with Scarthgap:

  1. The builtin browser changed from Firefox to Chromium
  2. Zig support in the "devx" SFS.

Why Chromium? ...it is my personal preference. It does solve one issue with 6.4; it has Firefox ESR which is installed in /usr/lib/firefox-esr, whereas the "Download latest Firefox" menu entry installs into /usr/lib/firefox, which requires a manual fix to /usr/bin/firefox.bin0

One "downside" of not having Firefox; FF supports DRM (Digital Rights Management), Chromium doesn't. DRM is required to play some videos on YouTube. Example here.

See further release notes here:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2024/6.4.1/release-notes.htm

The obligatory snapshot:

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If you load the devx SFS, then you will get a complete compile development environment, now including Zig support. The devx SFS is downloaded and installed by clicking on the desktop "pkg" icon and choose "SFSget".

You may choose to download the devx only, in which case you can install later (or uninstall), via these two routes:

  1. Menu "Filesystem -> Easy BootManager -> Load extra SFS files"
  2. Click desktop "setup" icon -> "EasyOS" button -> "Bootup" button

The devx has Zig version 0.13.0 and Gvim text editor. Left-click on a .zig file still opens the default text editor which is Geany ...hmm, could change that to Gvim. For now, right-click on a .zig and Gvim is offered, and you get syntax highlighting:

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The ZLS (Zig Language Server) is installed, but an editor that supports it is required. The Devuan package repository does have NeoVim for example. I do intend to post some simple Zig tutorials soon.

Download Daedalus 6.4.1 from ibiblio:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2024/6.4.1/

Fast mirror in Europe, courtesy of the Netherlands Linux/Unix User Group:

https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2024/6.4.1/

And in Australia mirrored by AARNET:

https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2024/

Install help is in this file:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2024/6.4.1/readme.htm

Feedback welcome at the forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=134509#p134509

Have fun!    

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