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* Finish the zstd compression implementation in liveslak Eric Hameleers2018-09-011-20/+35
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 Hameleers2018-09-011-2/+2
| | | | | Also, split 'x_base' into 'noxbase' and 'x_base' so that in future we can create a 'rescue' option using just 'min' and 'noxbase'.
* Add zstd compression support for squashfs modules Eric Hameleers2018-08-261-7/+31
| | | | | | | | | 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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* XFCE: keep the ISO size below 700 MB while adding required packages Eric Hameleers2018-06-271-1/+5
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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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* Add grep match colorization to the user profile Eric Hameleers2018-06-151-0/+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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* Adapt to new behaviour of glibc-zoneinfo and the timeconfig script Eric Hameleers2018-03-311-2/+3
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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 Hameleers2018-03-151-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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.
* 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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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.61.1.9.6 Eric Hameleers2018-02-101-1/+1
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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.
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.51.1.9.5 Eric Hameleers2018-01-191-2/+2
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.41.1.9.4 Eric Hameleers2017-12-231-1/+1
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* 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.
* PLASMA5: set QtWebkit as the Konqueror rendering engine if available Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-0/+11
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* Show information about CDROM and DVD media sizes at the end Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-0/+2
| | | | This way you can check in a pinch whether your new ISO will fit or not.
* XFCE: some pruning was required to make the ISO fit on a CDROM medium Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-1/+1
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* Add CACert root certificates to the Live OS and browsers Eric Hameleers2017-11-221-0/+82
| | | | | CACert should be a trusted CA to avoid discomforting warnings about 'untrusted' certificate when visiting my future blog location.
* PLASMA5: duh... forgot a slash Eric Hameleers2017-10-261-1/+1
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* PLASMA5: support Wayland session in SDDM Eric Hameleers2017-10-251-2/+5
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.21.1.9.2 Eric Hameleers2017-10-141-1/+1
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.9.11.1.9.1 Eric Hameleers2017-10-011-1/+1
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* XFCE: make a bit more room in the ISO for python3 Eric Hameleers2017-10-011-1/+1
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* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.91.1.9 Eric Hameleers2017-09-191-1/+1
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* Add upslak.sh, a script to tweak the Live USB stick. Eric Hameleers2017-09-191-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Purpose: to update the content of a Slackware Live USB stick. upslak.sh accepts the following parameters: -b|--nobackup Do not try to backup original kernel and modules. -d|--devices List removable devices on this computer. -h|--help This help. -i|--init <filename> Replacement init script. -k|--kernel <filename> The kernel file (or package). -m|--kmoddir <name> The kernel modules directory (or package). -n|--netsupport Add network boot support if not yet present. -o|--outdev <filename> The device name of your USB drive. -p|--persistence Move persistent data into new Live module. -r|--restore Restore previous kernel and modules. -s|--scan Scan for insertion of new USB device instead of providing a devicename (using option '-o'). -v|--verbose Show verbose messages. -w|--wait<number> Add <number> seconds wait time to initialize USB.
* Add dhcpcd to the initrd always Eric Hameleers2017-09-191-6/+6
| | | | | | Dhcpcd is for NFS root support. Adding it outside of the network kernel module loop allows us to update the kernel modules separately and more easily.
* PLASMA5: remove the non-functional Wayland sesion from the dropdown Eric Hameleers2017-09-191-0/+2
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* XFCE: remove some more files to keep the ISO file size below limit Eric Hameleers2017-09-191-0/+1
| | | | | The XFCE ISO is meant to fit on a CDROM medium. CDROM ISO images must be at most 737.280.000 bytes (703 MB).
* Prefer syslinux files available on the computer. Eric Hameleers2017-09-101-0/+3
| | | | | | We will use our own copy of syslinux files only as a fallback, because it is safer to use the versions of files that come with syslinux on the computer which runs iso2usb.sh.
* Rearrange some variable definitions to create a re-usable block for upslak Eric Hameleers2017-07-231-8/+10
| | | | | | The 'upslak.sh' script will be added in the near future, it allows (among others) to upgrade the liveslak kernel and its modules on your liveslak USB stick.
* Slackware Live Edition: version 1.1.8.21.1.8.2 Eric Hameleers2017-07-181-1/+1
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* Run a 'slackpkg new-config' just to be safe Eric Hameleers2017-07-181-0/+2
| | | | | Normally there should not be .new files, but recently there was a bug in ap/cgmanager where the .new files were not moved to their final spot.
* XFCE variant: make it fit on a 703 MB CDROM medium again Eric Hameleers2017-07-181-4/+24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Yet more aggressive pruning of unneeded files (documentation mostly). Packages that were (re-)added: min/ghostscript min/libedit min/libidn2 xbase/SDL2 xbase/SDL2_gfx xbase/SDL2_image xbase/SDL2_mixer xbase/SDL2_net xbase/SDL2_ttf xbase/libbluray xbase/ocl-icd Packages that were removed: min/elvis min/lilo xapbase/xpaint xbase/djvulibre xbase/gtk+ xbase/liberation-fonts-ttf xbase/xv xfce/orage
* Bump the version to 1.1.8.1 (for a new Plasma5 ISO)1.1.8.1 Eric Hameleers2017-06-301-2/+2
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* Add 'sdhci-pci:sdhci-acpi' to KMODS Eric Hameleers2017-06-161-1/+1
| | | | | Adding 'sdhci-pci:sdhci-acpi' to KMODS is needed to make liveslak boot off a Dell e7440 with O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD Controller.
* Add mmc-block to the initrd to support booting from SD card Eric Hameleers2017-05-211-1/+1
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