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* Make the '-m' commandline switch more universal...The '-m' parameter of the 'make_slackware_live.sh' script allows you to add more packages to the Live ISO without modifying any of the script's "SEQ_*" package sequence variables. However, the script would prepend "pkglist:" to the argument value, which is redundant since 'pkglist' is the default anyway. By removing this prepend string we can now allow a syntax like this: "-m local:foo" to add a series of packages in the subdirectory 'foo' of the 'local' (or 'local64') directory more easily. Eric Hameleers2019-04-231-1/+1
* Add missing template vars to upslak.sh...Several template vars were added to liveinit.tpl but I had forgotten to also incorporate those in the upslak.sh script. Eric Hameleers2019-04-141-1/+2
* Configure kdesu to use sudo instead of su...That will cause kdesu to ask for the 'live' password instead of the 'root' password. Eric Hameleers2019-02-271-0/+7
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.1.1...Minor version bump in order to release a new Plasma5 Live ISO. 1.3.1.1 Eric Hameleers2019-02-151-1/+1
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.1...Main highlight is that PXE booting is working again. 1.3.1 Eric Hameleers2019-02-151-1/+1
* Fix PXE boot. Fix pxeserver. Add support for PXE-booting UEFI-based PC's...Note that UEFI PXE-boot is not yet working, I do not know why. Eric Hameleers2019-02-151-5/+9
* Add grub-mkimage to the list of required programs Eric Hameleers2019-02-151-2/+2
* Quell the noise generated by dhcpcd on boot Eric Hameleers2019-01-231-0/+4
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.0.21.3.0.2 Eric Hameleers2019-01-171-1/+1
* Follow the Slackware init with respect to readonly root on boot...The live init script creates a /etc/fastboot file to prevent any file system check on boot. This is cleaner than hacking rc.S and failing. Eric Hameleers2019-01-171-3/+0
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.0.11.3.0.1 Eric Hameleers2019-01-051-1/+1
* KDE4: take care of changes in search/semantic backends...- virtuoso-ose is no longer part of Slackware. - akonadi backend to be used is now called SQLITE instead of SQLITE3 Eric Hameleers2019-01-051-5/+10
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.3.0...The fairly large version bump is warranted because this is the first release to support zstd compression. The resulting ISO will boot to a usable desktop environment almost twice as fast as previous releases of liveslak. THe runtime behaviour will also be a lot snappier. This should make a lot of people happy. Note that I have to keep the XFCE ISO xz-compressed to keep its size below 703 MB. The other ISOs will use zstd compression, adding roughly 10% to the ISO size but speeding up the Live OS with 60% or more. 1.3.0 Eric Hameleers2018-09-091-1/+1
* Make the default language of the Live ISO configurable...Added a new parameter to 'make_slackware_live.sh' script: -l <localization> For example, create a liveslak ISO with dutch as the default language instead of US english: # ./make_slackware_live.sh -l nl Using this parameter you can onfigure a different default language for the resulting ISO image. The default localization if you do not supply this parameter remains "us" as before. The boot menu offers a selection of other languages/localizations to pick from (currently you can select any of 'be br da gb de de_ch es fr fr_ch it ja nl pt ru se us') but now you can create your own brand of liveslak ISO with your own language as the default. Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-11/+49
* XFCE: some more pruning of large files to keep ISO size below 703 MB Eric Hameleers2018-09-041-2/+20
* Finish the zstd compression implementation in liveslak...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. Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-20/+35
* XFCE: some more pruning to manage the ISO back below CDROM max size Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+3
* When installing local packages from subdir, use 'upgradepkg'...The old use of 'installpkg' prevented upgrading an already present package while 'upgradepkg --install-new' allows for all options. Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-1/+2
* XFCE: update the package list so that the ISO stays below CDROM size...Also, split 'x_base' into 'noxbase' and 'x_base' so that in future we can create a 'rescue' option using just 'min' and 'noxbase'. Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-2/+2
* Add zstd compression support for squashfs modules...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. Eric Hameleers2018-08-261-7/+31
* Rename some variables in anticipation of adding zstd compression support Eric Hameleers2018-08-261-7/+7
* SLACKWARE: disable baloo Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-0/+8
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.2.0.11.2.0.1 Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-1/+1
* Add modules in alphabetical order, because that is how they are assembled Eric Hameleers2018-08-051-6/+6
* XFCE: keep the ISO size below 700 MB while adding required packages Eric Hameleers2018-06-271-1/+5
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.2.01.2.0 Eric Hameleers2018-06-251-1/+1
* Use correct 'ktown' URL in slackpkgplus.conf...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'. Eric Hameleers2018-06-251-4/+15
* Slackpkg started requiring opt-in to using it on slackware-current Eric Hameleers2018-06-241-0/+6
* Add grep match colorization to the user profile Eric Hameleers2018-06-151-0/+4
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.81.1.9.8 Eric Hameleers2018-05-101-1/+1
* XFCE: try to increase compression rate a bit Eric Hameleers2018-05-101-0/+9
* Adapt to new behaviour of glibc-zoneinfo and the timeconfig script Eric Hameleers2018-03-311-2/+3
* XFCE: more tricks to reduce ISO size. Eric Hameleers2018-03-151-2/+5
* XFCE: rename xbase.lst to x_base.lst...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. Eric Hameleers2018-03-151-2/+2
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.71.1.9.7 Eric Hameleers2018-03-141-1/+1
* Add user 'live' to group 'input'...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. Eric Hameleers2018-03-121-1/+1
* Remove unneeded firmware files to reduce the XFCE ISO size Eric Hameleers2018-03-121-0/+4
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.61.1.9.6 Eric Hameleers2018-02-101-1/+1
* PLASMA5: no longer apply 'kde4plasma5' package list...There are no KDE4 packages left in the latest Plasma 5 releases. Eric Hameleers2018-02-091-1/+2
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.51.1.9.5 Eric Hameleers2018-01-191-2/+2
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.41.1.9.4 Eric Hameleers2017-12-231-1/+1
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.31.1.9.3 Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-1/+1
* Add support for removing packages in a subsequent squashfs module...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. Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-32/+40
* PLASMA5: set QtWebkit as the Konqueror rendering engine if available Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-0/+11
* Show information about CDROM and DVD media sizes at the end...This way you can check in a pinch whether your new ISO will fit or not. Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-0/+2
* XFCE: some pruning was required to make the ISO fit on a CDROM medium Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-1/+1
* Add CACert root certificates to the Live OS and browsers...CACert should be a trusted CA to avoid discomforting warnings about 'untrusted' certificate when visiting my future blog location. Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-0/+82
* PLASMA5: duh... forgot a slash Eric Hameleers2017-10-261-1/+1
* PLASMA5: support Wayland session in SDDM Eric Hameleers2017-10-251-2/+5
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.21.1.9.2 Eric Hameleers2017-10-141-1/+1