Not much has changed, this is an experimental release (seems to work) ... Anyway, it has some 2.02 features and can be found at :
http://www.my-plan.org/storage/puppyLinux/
The ISO for burning can be found in this directory
Also included is meanPuppy.tar.gz, a "pack" that builds this "Mean Puppy" if unpacked alongside the "Unleashed" install (as the patches in this version are so extensive I have included the version of "unleashed" used).
At a glance :
- Extensive compression using UPX 2.01.
InkScape, GNumeric and XOrg had to go, Mozilla is replaced by Opera.
Euronews RealVideo is viewable through Opera, as well as the BBC News 24 TV link in gxXine TV thanks to a complete set of Real codecs.
Busybox VI replaced with VIM.
RXVT tweaks, background tweaks, etc.
Some test programs
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Many of the packages referred to in the latest "Unleashed"
package list haven't been uploaded yet...
Init issues
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I had to update "boot/initrd-tree/sbin/init", the PUPSTATE
changes seem to be incomplete so that many of the root-fs
scripts need PUPSTATE but "init" doesn't create it.
Barry's blog documented the process so I added PUPSTATE creation.
I have added running of "makeinitrdgz.sh" to my build script
as it makes things a little more error-proof for me.
Shutdown issues
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The latest "rc.shutdown" gave me problems too - it would never
want to save the session, rather than debugging this one I just
patched it from the last puppy Mozilla "r2" ISO.
TCL issues
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xft Tcl stuff ... This basically only works if a install of
the XOrg libraries is present. The missing .so is "libXss".
I got the one for xfree-4.3.0 and I complied it, I found that
although most TCL stuff worked iCal and SockSpy segfaulted.
I got hold of iCal 2.3.2, recompiled and had a look for more
dependencies (strings <file> | grep "\.so"), but I couldn't
get around the segfault when running in "mean" xfree-4.3.0.
The funny thing is that I can use the xfree-4.3.0 libXss as
long as I am running from a Puppy ISO with XOrg.
Anyway, I just reverted to tcl/tk 8.4 and recompiled iCal.
This also gives me a space advantage, so I'd like to stick
with TCL 8.4 if I can ... Everything seems to work now.
Icon for "Connect"
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The connect icon has moved, "globicons" still points to the
old file.
Cheers
JohnM