Barrys News — Posts tagged "easy-2"

I have named this recompile as "revision-5" and all the binary packages have "-r5" in their filename. The previous compile was version 5.0.6, revision-4:

OpenEmbedded Scarthgap revision-4 compile — January 27, 2025

Here are the version changes between r4 and r5:

abseil-cpp     20240116.2     20240116.3
chromium-x11   131.0.6778.139 132.0.6834.83
git            2.44.1         2.44.3
gnupg          2.4.4          2.4.5
go             1.22.8         1.22.12
leafpad        0.8.15         0.8.19
libarchive     3.7.4          3.7.9
libcamera      0.2.0          0.4.0
librsvg        2.58.2         2.59.2
libstd-rs      1.80.1         1.85.1
libtasn1       4.19.0         4.20.0
libxml2        2.12.9         2.12.10
libxslt        1.1.39         1.1.43
mbedtls        3.6.2          3.6.3
mpg123         1.32.6         1.32.10
nodejs         20.12.2        20.18.2
openjpeg       2.5.0          2.5.3
openssl        3.2.3          3.2.4
openvpn        2.6.12         2.6.14
perl           5.38.2         5.38.4
php            8.2.26         8.2.28
python3        3.12.8         3.12.9
python3-django 5.0.10         5.0.11
python3-jinja2 3.1.4          3.1.6
solvespace     3.1-e7c0c16-20231117  20250207
systemd-boot   255.13         255.18
tzdata         2024b          2025b
vim            9.1.0764       9.1.1198
xserver-xorg   21.1.14        21.1.16
xz             5.4.6          5.4.7

Note, Chromium is updated; however, Easy Scarthgap has changed to Firefox builtin. That is the situation with the latest release of Easy Scarthgap, version 6.6.7. I'm using the official pre-built Firefox, so don't have to compile it, also users can easily update to the latest at any time.

The r5 packages have been uploaded:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/packages/compat/oe/

Here are the recent oe-qky-scarthgap github commits:

https://github.com/bkauler/oe-qky-scarthgap/commits/b8a20b748fe76a13ec6371eb7e4d2c596c0369d5/

Tags: easy

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

Tags: easy

EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.8 released

May 11, 2025 — BarryK

The previous release is 6.6.5, on March 30:

EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.5 released — March 30, 2025

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:

Chromium 136.0.7103.92-1
XSR screen recorder — May 10, 2025
Replace xmessage with gxmessage — May 10, 2025
Remove .sh from TEXTDOMAIN — May 10, 2025
yff video/audio/image converter 2.3 — May 10, 2025
French translation updates — May 10, 2025
German translation updates — May 09, 2025
Fix Tor browser flatpak in Flapi — May 09, 2025
Dependency of PeasyScan missing in Daedalus — May 08, 2025
Kernel 6.6.89 compiled in Easy Daedalus — May 06, 2025
Zarfy updated in Scarthgap and Daedalus — April 29, 2025
truncate utility broken in Easy Daedalus — April 20, 2025
Global IP TV Panel updated 2025MK2 — April 13, 2025
Refine fix Exec line in .desktop has quotes — April 06, 2025
Fix Exec line in .desktop file has quotes — April 01, 2025
sudo-sh handle more parameters — March 30, 2025
PKGget tweaks — March 30, 2025

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!

Tags: easy

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

Tags: easy