On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 17:43:02 -0400, . wrote in message
<CAPr39sqcatB+p1GwvTKok0VLEmFZFswHhbk7ac5sEzQqiPK86w@???>:

> Recently a couple people in irc were trying to install excalibur
> because they had hardware too new for daedalus. Right now that's a
> bad idea because excalibur is still in testing and it's changing (and
> breaking) fast. When it goes into freeze it will settle down and be
> easier to use.
>
> I made a daedalus live-iso with backports kernel (6.9.7)
> https://get.refracta.org/files/experime … 1_0049.iso
> <https://get.refracta.org/files/experimental/refracta_12_bpo6.9.7_amd64-20240731_0049.iso>

..with md5sum b31f3373bdac15e3fe3820e594f2103f
refracta_12_bpo6.9.7_amd64-20240731_0049.iso ?

> I started with a refracta-nox iso that has lots of extra utilities and
> added xorg, openbox, lxpanel and a few firmware packages and
> network-manager. The iso can be used to test a newer kernel, to
> install with refractainstaller or do a debootstrap install. It uses
> only devuan repositories, so if you install it, you are installing
> devuan.
>
> Almost forgot... Here's the README:
>

> root password:    root

>
> sudo is enabled without password for shutdown and reboot.
> Right-click on the desktop to reboot or shutdown immediately.
>
> sudo with password is enabled for all commands during a live session.
>
> There is no display manager. Use 'startx' to get an openbox
> session.
>
> Installed firmware packages:
> amd64-microcode
> firmware-amd-graphics
> firmware-atheros
> firmware-brcm80211
> firmware-iwlwifi
> firmware-linux-free
> firmware-misc-nonfree
> firmware-realtek
> intel-microcode
> fsmithred


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