Quirky 8.8.1 unofficial release
Readme file:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky/amd64/releases/buster/8.8.1/readme.htm
Download:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky/amd64/releases/buster/8.8.1/
For anyone who might be interested, use it as-is, there will be no support.
WoofQ has some updates for this Quirky build:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky/project/woofq/
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Quirky Linux now officially retired
I have sent an email to jesse Smith at distrowatch.com, informing him that Quirky Linux is now a discontinued project.
The Quirky Linux homepage now has an announcement:
Which states this:
ANNOUNCEMENT
From December 16, 2018, Quirky Linux is a discontinued project.
Documentation and downloads may still be available, but not guaranteed indefinitely.
The ibiblio.org download host will remain up indefinitely, but I
cannot guarantee how long. It does host some Puppy-stuff as well, such
as Wary Puppy and Racy Puppy, and there is still some interest in those.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/
Quirky started, um, about 2013, so has lasted almost 6 years. It was
an experimental distro, un-Puppy-like in that it was originally designed
for full-install only. Though, live-CD and frugal install came
later.
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The end of Quirky Linux
I have been thinking about closing down Quirky Linux for
sometime. The fundamental problem is that my efforts get spread too
thin. To do a "good job", I need to be focused, and something has to go.
My baby now is EasyOS, which is where most of the development goes, and
although I released new versions of Quirky recently, they had minimal
testing.
There is a review of Quirky 8.6 on Distrowatch:
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20181001#quirky
...to which I responded, see comment 101.
I know that there are many people who like Quirky, and will be unhappy that I am retiring it.
In future, I intend to develop EasyOS only, and with some restrictions:
Quirky and EasyOS are built with woofQ, which can use the binary
packages of any distro -- for example Quirky 8.6 is built from Ubuntu
DEBs. However, I am intending to stop all of that, and only build EasyOS
from packages that I have compiled from source -- that is, the entire
distro is compiled by me from source. Currently, this is the "Pyro"
series of EasyOS.
So, Easy Beaver, EasyOS built with Ubuntu DEBs, will also be retired.
There will only be a x86_64 and aarch64 builds of EasyOS, no 32-bit.
Someone who wants a highly polished distro, with a huge repository,
will have to go elsewhere. An offical Puppy Linux release may suit such a
person.
Which brings me to another issue...
I may stop using the Puppy Linux Forum for discussion of Quirky and
Easy. I will probably start another forum just for EasyOS, or someone
might volunteer to undertake that responsibility.
The reason is, I am concerned about the confusion on the Puppy Forum.
It is no longer clear what "Puppy Linux" is. I have been increasingly
moving to the viewpoint that if a distribution is built with woof-CE
(the Community Edition Puppy Linux builder), or a remaster of one, then
it is OK to be on the Puppy Forum. All of the other offshoots should get
off.
Or the forum be redesigned so that the offshoots are clearly distinct and cannot be mis-identified as a "Puppy Linux".
Of course, this is a decision for the administrators of the Puppy Forum. I have my doubts that there is enough motivation to make any significant changes, or any changes.
Finally, repeating what I posted a couple of days ago:
I retired from leading the Puppy Linux project in 2013, now just dabbling in some experimental distros, Quirky and EasyOS.
Furthermore, Quirky and EasyOS are very much just hobbies. I'm not really interested whether they become mainline or widely-adopted distributions. So, I am not trying to develop them toward suitability for a wide user-base. On the otherhand, if a wider user-base find them useful, that's OK also.
My interest is in the technology, just to play around with ideas, and have something usable for myself, and usable also for those involved in providing feedback and testing.
If you want to discuss this, I suggest start a thread on the Puppy Forum.
Tags: quirky
Quirky Beaver x86_64 version 8.7.1 released
NOTICE:
Quirky Linux is a discontinued project. This is the last release.
Retirement announcement is here: http://bkhome.org/news/tag_quirky.html
Quirky Xerus x86_64 version 8.6 was released only a few weeks ago:
http://bkhome.org/news/201808/quirky-xerus-86-released.html
The transition has been made to building with Ubuntu Bionic Beaver
18.04.1 DEBs, and now codenamed "Quirky Beaver", first release is
version 8.7.1, for x86_64 PCs. Some announcement blurb:
Quirky Linux 8.7.1 is the first in the "Beaver" series,
binary-compatible with x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, though built with
woofQ and architecturally very different from Ubuntu.
Quirky is an experimental distribution, that forked from Puppy Linux a
few years ago, and has followed a different path, exploring some new
ideas. Continuing the Puppy tradition, Quirky has a "complete" suite of
applications, drivers and utilities, in a very small size.
Version 8.7.1 is very similar to 8.6, but with a complete upgrade of package versions. The kernel is now 4.18.9.
Package versions may be seen here: 1 2
More details, including an overview of the release history of Quirky, is here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/beaver-8.7.1/release-beaver64-8.7.1.htm
The primary download site is courtesy of ibiblio.org:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/beaver-8.7.1/
As usual, there is a choice of an image file to write to a USB-stick, or an ISO, instructions are here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/beaver-8.7.1/howto-install.htm
Feedback is courtesy of the Puppy Forum:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106460
EasyOS
I would like to mention also EasyOS, the latest version released
yesterday. EasyOS is also built by woofQ, and mostly the same packages
as for Quirky, so they are very similar. The difference is that EasyOS
is a fundamental rethink of the underlying architecture, so, another
experimental distribution. EasyOS is also available as the "Pyro" and
"Beaver" series. See announcement of the latest EasyOS, "Easy Beaver",
version 0.9.3:
http://bkhome.org/news/201809/easy-beaver-093-released.html
And, for an overview of what EasyOS is all about, see here:
Note that EasyOS gets most of my attention these days, and perhaps
ultimately Quirky will be retired. Though, the future is completely open
at this stage.
Note, there was a Quirky Beaver version 8.7, with a brief life of two days. There was a security advisory for the 4.18.8 kernel, requiring an upgrade to 4.18.9, and youtube-dl (Youtube downloader script) did not work, also requiring an upgrade.
Quirky Beaver 8.7.1 Bug reports
20180923So far, one bug found. 8.7.1 has the Busybox 'fdisk', not the full 'fdisk' from the 'util-linux' package. If running from live-CD, and run the Quirky Installer, the advice for configuring GRUB is wrong, due to the less-functional Busybox applet. The fix is easy, just install 'fdisk' from the Ubuntu repository. The bug and the fix is discussed in the forum: 1
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Quirky Beaver x86_64 version 8.7 released
NOTICE: Quirky Beaver 8.7 was only released for two days before being replaced by 8.7.1, with important bug fixes. Please go here:
http://bkhome.org/news/201809/quirky-beaver-x8664-version-871-released.html
Quirky Xerus x86_64 version 8.6 was released only a few weeks ago:
http://bkhome.org/news/201808/quirky-xerus-86-released.html
The transition has been made to building with Ubuntu Bionic Beaver
18.04.1 DEBs, and now codenamed "Quirky Beaver", first release is
version 8.7, for x86_64 PCs. Some announcement blurb:
Quirky Linux 8.7 is the first in the "Beaver" series,
binary-compatible with x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, though built with
woofQ and architecturally very different from Ubuntu.
Quirky is an experimental distribution, that forked from Puppy Linux a
few years ago, and has followed a different path, exploring some new
ideas. Continuing the Puppy tradition, Quirky has a "complete" suite of
applications, drivers and utilities, in a very small size.
Version 8.7 is very similar to 8.6, but with a complete upgrade of package versions. The kernel is now 4.18.8.
Package versions may be seen here: 1 2
More details, including an overview of the release history of Quirky, is here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/beaver-8.7/release-beaver64-8.7.htm
The primary download site is courtesy of ibiblio.org:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/beaver-8.7/
As usual, there is a choice of an image file to write to a USB-stick, or an ISO, instructions are here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/beaver-8.7/howto-install.htm
Feedback is courtesy of the Puppy Forum:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106460
EasyOS
I would like to mention also EasyOS, the latest version released
yesterday. EasyOS is also built by woofQ, and mostly the same packages
as for Quirky, so they are very similar. The difference is that EasyOS
is a fundamental rethink of the underlying architecture, so, another
experimental distribution. EasyOS is also available as the "Pyro" and
"Beaver" series. See announcement of the latest EasyOS, "Easy Beaver",
version 0.9.3:
http://bkhome.org/news/201809/easy-beaver-093-released.html
And, for an overview of what EasyOS is all about, see here:
Note that EasyOS gets most of my attention these days, and perhaps
ultimately Quirky will be retired. Though, the future is completely open
at this stage.
Have fun!
Tags: quirky
Quirky Xerus 8.6 released
Quirky Linux 8.6 is the latest in the "Xerus" series,
binary-compatible with x86_64 Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, though built with
woofQ and architecturally very different from Ubuntu.
Quirky is an experimental distribution, that forked from Puppy Linux a
few years ago, and has followed a different path, exploring some new
ideas. Continuing the Puppy tradition, Quirky has a "complete" suite of
applications, drivers and utilities, in a very small size.
Version 8.6 is an incremental upgrade from 8.5, with package upgrades
and architectural improvements. The SeaMonkey web browser is now 2.49.4
and the Linux kernel 4.14.63. EasyShare, simple network file and printer
sharing, continues to evolve, and now supports connection to an Android
phone.
Release notes:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/xerus-8.6/release-xerus64-8.6.htm
There is a choice to download either a ISO file for a CD, or an image for a USB flash drive:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/xerus-8.6/
Instructions to install:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/xerus-8.6/howto-install.htm
There are some alternative install scripts, for those experienced on the Linux commandline:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/xerus-8.6/alternatives/
The latest woofQ, as used to build Quirky 8.6, is here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/project/woof-project/woof-project-20180816.tar.gz
Forum feedback thread, discussion of 8.6 starts on page 53:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106460
Have fun!
Tags: quirky
Quirky Xerus x86_64 version 8.5 released
Version 8.4 was released February 9, 2018, and the pace of
development has continued rapidly, just 18 days later and we have 8.5.
release notes are here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/xerus-8.5/release-xerus64-8.5.htm
Install instructions:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/xerus-8.5/howto-install.htm
Download:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/quirky6/amd64/releases/xerus-8.5/
Forum feedback:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=984243#984243
Have fun!
Tags: quirky