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* XFCE: move compiler related packages from 'min' to 'noxbase' Eric Hameleers2018-09-042-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | With the goal to make the 'min' module smaller so that potentially we can compress it with zstd instead of xz and thus minimize the size increase of the resulting squashfs module (~10%). Quick benchmark with just the 'min' module zstd-compressed and the rest xz-compressed shows more than 10% reduction in the boot-up time of the XFCE Live OS. Unfortunately, this will add 20 MB to the ISO size which will have to come from somewhere in order to keep the ISO size below 703 MB.
* PLASMA5: syndication moved from kdepim to frameworks Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-1/+1
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* Finish the zstd compression implementation in liveslak Eric Hameleers2018-09-012-24/+58
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The new zstd compression support for squashfs modules allows for a much snappier system because zstd decompression is 5 times faster than that of xz (see https://sourceforge.net/p/squashfs/mailman/message/35989805/), but at the expense of ISO sizes that are at least 10% bigger. The latter means that we have to do some more pruning of the XFCE and PLASMA5 images to make these fit in a CDROM and DVD image, respectively. Here are some initial benchmarks with PLASMA5 Live ISO images, booting in QEMU (times are in minutes:seconds): Stage ZSTD XZ --------------------------------------- Boot to runlevel 4 start 0:39 0:50 SDDM Login Manager visible 0:55 1:26 Plasma5 desktop ready 1:42 3:17 I also tested two of the bigger applications, measuring the time between entering the command in a terminal and having a usable application window: Stage ZSTD XZ ---------------------------------------- LO Writer window visible 0:17 0:34 Chromium window visible 0:09 0:14 It is obvious that a big Desktop Environment like Plasma5 where a lot of binaries have to be loaded from their squashfs modules benefits a lot from zstd, because after booting, the Plasma5 DE is available in roughly 53% of the time it takes when using xz compression. Zstd support in squashfs was added to Linux kernel 4.14. That means, no customimzation of Slackware is required to make the Live OS work from zstd-compressed squashfs modules. In order to *create* these zstd-compressed squashfs modules, you will need some custom packages at the moment, until they get added to Slackware-current: zstd and a rebuild squashfs-tools to add the lacking zstd support to mksqhashfs/unsquashfs.
* XFCE: some more pruning to manage the ISO back below CDROM max size Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+3
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* When installing local packages from subdir, use 'upgradepkg' Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+2
| | | | | The old use of 'installpkg' prevented upgrading an already present package while 'upgradepkg --install-new' allows for all options.
* XFCE: update the package list so that the ISO stays below CDROM size Eric Hameleers2018-09-014-136/+142
| | | | | Also, split 'x_base' into 'noxbase' and 'x_base' so that in future we can create a 'rescue' option using just 'min' and 'noxbase'.
* PLASMA5: do not add 'kde-wallpapers' to the ISO Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | These wallpapers don't really add value to the ISO and when using the new supported compressor 'zstd' we need to trim the ISO size down to the max size of a DVD. The zstd compression creates ISOs that are ~10% larger than when using xz.
* Add zstd compression support for squashfs modules Eric Hameleers2018-08-262-10/+35
| | | | | | | | | This will provide compression ratios approaching those of xz, while achieving decompression rations similar to lzo (5 times faster than xz). We will need to have a zstd package in Slackware first, and then rebuild squashfs-tools to add zstd support.
* Rename some variables in anticipation of adding zstd compression support Eric Hameleers2018-08-261-7/+7
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* SLACKWARE: disable baloo Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-0/+8
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.2.0.11.2.0.1 Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-1/+1
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* Add modules in alphabetical order, because that is how they are assembled Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-6/+6
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* PLASMA5: updated package list; switched from 'testing' to 'latest' Eric Hameleers2018-08-052-3/+3
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* New eliloconfig in Slackware 14.2 no longer needs our patch Eric Hameleers2018-06-301-25/+0
| | | | | The elilo package in Slackware 14.2's ./patches has our liveslak patch to eliloconfig already incorporated.
* XFCE: keep the ISO size below 700 MB while adding required packages Eric Hameleers2018-06-273-2/+11
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.2.01.2.0 Eric Hameleers2018-06-251-1/+1
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* Use correct 'ktown' URL in slackpkgplus.conf Eric Hameleers2018-06-251-4/+15
| | | | | | If we use 'testing' repository to get the Plasma 5 packages, then the slackpkg/slackpkg+ configuration should reference that 'testing' URL as well, to avoid confusion when the user runs 'slackpkg upgrade-all'.
* Slackpkg started requiring opt-in to using it on slackware-current Eric Hameleers2018-06-241-0/+6
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* PLASMA5: add missing packages and switch to 'testing' repository Eric Hameleers2018-06-242-1/+7
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* Add support for on-disk OS configuration file Eric Hameleers2018-06-154-1/+52
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The configuration file must be in the liveslak main directory ('/liveslak' by default) and be called 'DISTRO_os.cfg' where DISTRO is the lower-case name of the distro ('slackware' by default). The following variables can be defined in the configuration file, one per line, in the format VAR=value: BLACKLIST, INIT, KEYMAP, LIVE_HOSTNAME, LOAD, LOCALE, LUKSVOL, NOLOAD, RUNLEVEL, TWEAKS, TZ, XKB. Since the configuration file is sourced by the live init script, it is OK to have comments in it that are prefixed with '#'.
* Add grep match colorization to the user profile Eric Hameleers2018-06-151-0/+4
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* Update package lists for multilib and plasma Eric Hameleers2018-06-152-0/+4
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.81.1.9.8 Eric Hameleers2018-05-101-1/+1
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* XFCE: try to increase compression rate a bit Eric Hameleers2018-05-101-0/+9
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* Update the package lists for PLASMA5 and XFCE Eric Hameleers2018-05-103-15/+26
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* Adapt to new behaviour of glibc-zoneinfo and the timeconfig script Eric Hameleers2018-03-312-3/+4
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* XFCE: more tricks to reduce ISO size. Eric Hameleers2018-03-151-2/+5
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* XFCE: rename xbase.lst to x_base.lst Eric Hameleers2018-03-152-2/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The order in which the squashfs modules were created should be respected when they are re-assembled to an overlay filesystem. The assembly is done in lexicographical order - therefore xbase.lst needed to be renamed to x_base.lst. Failing to adhere to the original assembly order causes weirdness. In my case it meant that the complete directory /usr/share/applications as contained in xapbase.lst was invisible in the resulting overlay, causing near-empty menus in XFCE. Also added several packages to x_base.lst that are now part of Slackware.
* multilib: refresh the package list. Eric Hameleers2018-03-151-0/+1
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.71.1.9.7 Eric Hameleers2018-03-141-1/+1
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* Add user 'live' to group 'input' Eric Hameleers2018-03-121-1/+1
| | | | | | Group membership of 'input' is needed to access input devices that are exposed through libinput (touch devices are only exposed through libinput) and seems to be a requirement for Wayland.
* Remove unneeded firmware files to reduce the XFCE ISO size Eric Hameleers2018-03-121-0/+4
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* XFCE: keep ISO size below 737.280.000 bytes (703 MB) Eric Hameleers2018-03-122-1/+7
| | | | ghostscript is again removed to make room for new additions in -current.
* PLASMA5: add applications-extra:falkon Eric Hameleers2018-03-121-0/+1
| | | | | Falkon is the renamed qupzilla browser. Eventually, falkon will find its way into Applications. Consider this a preview version.
* README.txt needed an update Eric Hameleers2018-03-091-14/+27
| | | | | | | - Explanation of the partition layout of a USB stick when created with iso2usb.sh - Updated URLS - Many small fixes, mostly typos
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.61.1.9.6 Eric Hameleers2018-02-101-1/+1
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* PLASMA5: added two new dependencies, cryptopp and cryfs Eric Hameleers2018-02-101-0/+2
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* PLASMA5: no longer apply 'kde4plasma5' package list Eric Hameleers2018-02-091-1/+2
| | | | There are no KDE4 packages left in the latest Plasma 5 releases.
* PLASMA5: added new packages Eric Hameleers2018-02-091-1/+3
| | | | | frameworks: purpose applications-extra: calligraplan
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.51.1.9.5 Eric Hameleers2018-01-191-2/+2
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* alien pkglist: added acpilight and poppler-qt5 Eric Hameleers2018-01-191-1/+3
| | | | | | | | - acpilight is able to control the backlight brightness of a laptop screen, this will be used by the Lumina Desktop if present. - poppler-qt5 is a new dependency for Lumina Desktop in case you do not have my Plasma5 'ktown' packages installed, specifically its poppler package which already contains the required Qt5 libraries.
* Make the 'make-grub.sh' script compatible with grub-2.02 Eric Hameleers2017-12-271-8/+18
| | | | | | | | In particular, it seems that including the 'ahci' grub module caused failure on boot, because the actual Live USB stick would not be detected and the local harddisk would be detected as (ahci0). The script has also been enhanced so that the 'grub-mkimage' commandline will not get fed any non-existing module, which would otherwise abort the command.
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.41.1.9.4 Eric Hameleers2017-12-231-1/+1
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* PLASMA5: add new package Eric Hameleers2017-12-231-0/+1
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* XFCE: add new required packages Eric Hameleers2017-12-232-0/+3
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* Multilib module: add lzlib, plzip and Mako Eric Hameleers2017-12-231-0/+3
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* README: small updates and polishing to align with the Wiki text Eric Hameleers2017-12-231-5/+5
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* XFCE: add some new dependencies for iproute2 and xfce4-terminal Eric Hameleers2017-11-233-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | Added: + libcap-ng + libmnl + libtasn1 + pcre2 Removed: - xpdf (started depending on qt which we don't have in the XFCE ISO)
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.31.1.9.3 Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-1/+1
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* Add support for removing packages in a subsequent squashfs module Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-32/+40
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | A pkglist has a certain syntax: - Lines starting with '#' are considered comments and are ignored. - Empty lines will be ignored. - A line not containing '%' is considered to name a single package to install/upgrade. - Two strings separated by '%' are considered as 'old' and 'new' package where the old package will be upgraded by the new package. This is useful in situations where the package names differ (udev -> eudev). - One string with '%' at the end is considered a package removal request. The string in front of the '%' is the package name to be removed. This syntax was added in liveslak-1.1.9.3.
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