EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.11 released

Another one! These are all minor version bumps since 7.0, mostly fixing bugs, also applying refinements and improvements. Heading toward version 7.1, coming soon. Here are the highlights since 7.0.9:

• Fixes for Xorg Wizard — September 15, 2025
• Fix for overlayfs corruption — September 14, 2025
• Fix install packages non-root in containers — September 13, 2025
• Save session by pivot_root for overlayfs — September 12, 2025
• Fix for shutdown using overlayfs — September 11, 2025
• SeaMonkey 2.53.21 compiled in Easy Excalibur — September 10, 2025

Also, improved browser download icons, by forum member SteveS, see forum post:

http://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=15720 

There was also another issue, desktop icons disappearing in containers; fixed.

Also, now back onto overlay filesystem. Version 7.0.9 uses aufs, but I think that the issues with overlayfs have been resolved, so going forward it is probably the better choice. I say "probably" with reservations, as like aufs.

Note that the default layered-filesystem, overlayfs, can be overridden by "qfix=aufs" on the kernel commandline.

If you are a newcomer to EasyOS, recommend to read the 7.0 announcement for further details:

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0 released — August 15, 2025

Here is the announcement for 7.0.9:

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.9 released — September 10, 2025

Download version 7.0.11 from here:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2025/7.0.11/

Or, a fast mirror in Europe courtesy of NLUUG here:

https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2025/7.0.11/

Or, in Australia courtesy of aarnet:

https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/easyos/amd64/releases/excalibur/2025/7.0.11/

Feedback welcome at the forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=156516#p156516

...if you find a bug, let us know!    

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