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New findmnt utility from util-linux

May 11, 2025 — BarryK

Testing Easy Daedalus 6.6.8, I started Chromium from a terminal, and observed an error message, that 'findmnt' is missing. Chromium runs /etc/chromium.d/dev-shm, which needs 'findmnt'.

Chromium still works, but anyway, would be good to put in that utility. So it will be in the next release of both Scarthgap and Daedalus.

Note to newcomers; EasyOS follows the Puppy Linux tradition of using busybox utilities, with a cutdown selection of utilities from util-linux package. Many years ago, the reason for doing this was to save space. These days, it doesn't matter, but we still like busybox and have kept it. Well, EasyOS is based on the busybox 'init' and we like the 'ash' shell interpreter; so have good reasons for keeping busybox. Also, it does have some unusual utilities that are useful.

Github commit:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/466b41c47c9660bc59f720665fe82f4c71dd7a41      

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EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.8 released

May 11, 2025 — BarryK

The previous release is 6.6.5, on March 30:

A lot of "water under the bridge" since then; releases of Kirkstone-series and Scarthgap-series has happened. Both of these are built with packages compiled in OpenEmbedded, Kirkstone being older and retired except still getting the occasional maintenance release. Scarthgap is current, and was my recommended choice for newcomers, until recently; The Daedalus-series is built with packages from Debian/Devuan Bookworm/Daedalus, hence has access to the very large package repository. Users have expressed a preference for the larger repository.

For Easy Daedalus, a lot has happened since version 6.6.5:

Download 6.6.8:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2025/6.6.8/

...if you are a newcomer, the link has a readme file with useful getting-started information.

Mirror in Europe, courtesy of NLUUG:

https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/easyos/amd64/releases/daedalus/2025/6.6.8/

Feedback welcome in the EasyOS section of the Puppy Forum:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=148459#p148459

have fun!    

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XSR screen recorder

May 10, 2025 — BarryK

Forum member stemsee has created this:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=14306

EasyOS already has EasyCast screen recorder, builtin, but XSR looks good, so have added it builtin also, to both Scarthgap and Daedalus. It will be in the Multimedia menu category.

Had to compile 'xrectsel' utility dependency, from here:

https://github.com/ropery/xrectsel 

Github commits:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/95cdcbef4d171b59f7e8f0df0131db24542e269f 

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/67e5473afe31befb2c19b3cc5966eeabcb6948e6   

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Replace xmessage with gxmessage

May 10, 2025 — BarryK

In a few scripts anyway. Problem reported by Don (don570 in forum) with xmessage displaying non-English:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=14323

Fixes, github:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/41740535823659bce1fcf209db03d497b4a10c0d

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/0ae4d83221ac1d736c30a97b9a19c42ab3648b5c    

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Remove .sh from TEXTDOMAIN

May 10, 2025 — BarryK

It may have been legal syntax, but is odd that some TEXTDOMAIN variables in scripts had ".sh" in the value. Now removed, see github commits:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/bdd285683e7216c1aa013382d55d0970b340b37c

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/dc6a6a95540f65e278b3745bf5bc4a26055bf4e5   

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yff video/audio/image converter 2.3

May 10, 2025 — BarryK

Jason (plinej in the forum) has created this, see forum:

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

Easy Scarthgap has version 2.1, and Daedalus doesn't have it builtin. Have updated the PET to 2.3 and it is now builtin in Daedalus.  

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French translation updates

May 10, 2025 — BarryK

Thanks to forum member SteveS for updates to some French translations. Github commit:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/1781da1dc4f9a554b4b602d519a5e915756be24e

Forum thread:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=148404#p148404   

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German translation updates

May 09, 2025 — BarryK

Lutz has sent me updated and new German language translations. He is known as L18L in the old Puppy Forum, don't think he joined the new (current) forum. Github commits:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/3c4943a98af8c36571b9f627d6e00f175d7b0267

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/6df5d2743211b7f6bf122ca4f18b296476c0bcba

Note, Lutz had created easy.mo and peasy.mo with symlinks for the individual scripts. That potentially causes issues when others might want to contribute, using the official MoManager, so I split into individual .mo files. Lutz will know what I mean by that.

Also, forum member madanadam sent Turkish menu translation for icewm:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit/8836a9adc7c0f4996e0513265c9e97796c57eb94

Thanks guys.    

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