Author: Sadegh Sadegh Date: To: KatolaZ, dng@lists.dyne.org Subject: Re: [DNG] Devuan Minimal Live Images -- Update
Thanks very mutch.It is so exiting,becouse fo a spesial filling for freedom and beauty.
23.05.2016, 10:09, "KatolaZ" <katolaz@???>: > Dear Devuaners,
>
> a new version of the Unofficial Devuan Minimal Live Images can be
> downloaded at:
>
> http://devuan.kalos.mine.nu >
> The images are available for amd64 and i386 (more architectures might
> come out soon) and, despite including much more stuff, still fit into
> 256MB of space, and can boot in as little as 58MB (i386) or 74MB
> (amd64). Instructions to test them on qemu with framebuffer and sound
> support are available on the webpage.
>
> I have codenamed these minimal live images "otello", after Otello
> Urso, a blind friend of Freaknet who left us several years ago. Hence
> the current version has codename "otello_devel3". Unfortunately, there
> is no minor planet named "otello", even if there is a minor planet
> called "Botello", but I am not too much convinced about it :)
>
> Here is the list of major changes:
>
> - initrd is much thinner, trimmed from most fat, xz-ed, and fits in
> about 6.5MB (it was 29MB in the previous version).
>
> - the squashfs is xz-ed by default, but there are options to use
> gzip/bzip2 as well (e.g. for slow machines)
>
> - boot options have been reorganised. Now the default is an
> accessible boot with no framebuffer. The second option is
> fb-enabled, but asks the user to choose among available
> modes (vga=auto). Seems like a fair deal to me.
>
> - many packages added, from standard admin utilities to personal
> production software, from games to stuff for multimedia (image,
> sound, video playback/record/manipulation).
>
> The full list of packages is available on the webpage.
>
> I have incorporated most of the comments I have received here and
> off-list. I am still working on a few points, which should be fixed by
> the next release, including:
>
> - full support for an accessible boot, by including appropriate
> beeps during the boot process, and at login. There are some at the
> moment, but for some reason I can't make my qemu installation
> produce any sound before linux starts...
>
> - full support for installation on disk.
>
> - full support for data persistence (i.e., mount /home from
> somewhere).
>
> You will also find the scripts I have used to produce the images in
> the devel branch of the gitlab page of the project:
>
> https://git.devuan.org/KatolaZ/devuan-live-minimal/tree/devel >
> BE CAREFUL: THE README IS NOT UPDATED, AND DOES NOT REFLECT EXACTLY
> THE CURRENT STATE OF THE DEVEL BRANCH. IN PARTICULAR, STAGES 3-5 ARE
> NOW FULLY AUTOMATIC. I WILL UPDATE IT ASAP AND LET YOU KNOW.
>
> As usual, comments, suggestions, and criticism are very welcome.
>
> HH
>
> KatolaZ
>
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