|
I think that a news
feature will be helpful
just to let anyone who
is interested know whats
going on. There may not
be a lot of updates, but
I will try and post
important changes and
events.
|
11/12/25
|
This
project is a learning
experience. To make the
spins better I have
learned a lot over its
lifespan. To make the
Manjaro server better I
got the opportunity to
learn more about Systemd.
The reason is I wanted to
have some of the services
already enabled like the
new Debian server.
The problem is Manjaro,
like Arch which its based
on, turns all services off
by default unless
expressly enabled. The way
around that to use a
service to enable the
other services. But that
requires at least the new
service to be enabled.
That is done with
systemd-presets and an
install script in the
package. A crash course on
writing Systemd services
was the answer to create
those new services.
I likely would never have
taken as deep a dive into
Systemd if this project
didnt exist. But it looks
like I have automated
turning on the services
for the server spin. A
side benefit is cleaning
up the buildiso profiles
to remove various work
arounds I had scripted
because I couldnt get my
services enabled on
install in the past. While
they worked they were not
as clean and easy as
creating services to do
things I wanted during
boot like reordering the
loading of broadcom kernel
modules in a specific
order to make the internet
work on my old build
server when testing an
iso.
|
10/22/25
|
The server
spin was a hit on the
Manjaro side. I have now
ported it over to Debian
and it should be released
with the 1125 series. An
advantage of doing it is I
have created a firewalld
config that will work for
both the Mangaro and
Debian servers. So
once minidlna, apache,
firewalld, and cockpit are
enabled they will not be
blocked by the firewall.
|
10/15/25
|
The Manjaro
1025 series is out now.
Its a little different
without Mate Compiz. But
Mate Compiz had its
issues. Compiz moved to
the AUR sometime back. So
every time the libraries
it uses were upgraded the
package needed to be
rebuilt or Compiz stopped
providing desktop effects.
Mate is a fork of Gnome 2,
and it has a special place
in my heart. I have ran
Gnome 2 and Mate in the
past longer than any other
desktop, about 6 years
with Compiz. But I no
longer use it and instead
use LXQt. So I had no idea
when the desktop effects
would stop working.
There were two choices.
Build Compiz with every
update or stop offering a
spin with it. My time is
limited as I care for my
bedbound wife 24/7 so
constantly rebuilding any
package isn't an option.
So 925 was the last Mate
Compiz.
But I still wanted to
offer a Mate desktop. I
decided to do what I do
with the Debian spins.
Give easy to follow
instruction to make
Talking Mate into a normal
Mate desktop by deleting
one file. One advantage is
that Talking Mate will get
a new theme every release
using the theme Mate
Compiz would have used.
I hope everyone
understands. If you like
Mate Compiz and want to
continue running it you
can. SbK Spins are rolling
releases and will continue
to work as long as they
are updated. You will have
to rebuild Compiz every so
often, but Pamac makes
that easy. Simply search
for Compiz, click on it in
the results and then click
the rebuild button.
|
9/21/25
|
The server
took less time to create
than I thought. It only
took a day and a half.
Starting with the IceWM
build profile probably
helped. This morning I
posted the release notes
to the Manjaro forum.
I like creating spins that
can help people that are
not available from the
Manjaro project. The
server is a good example.
It has Cockpit, Firewalld,
and the Minidlna server
installed. The user still
has to enable and start
them but its not to much.
Users can add a LAMP
stack, or any other
software they want. I
still want to add a web
page for the server to the
site, but there is an
included readme that will
get someone started.
|
9/19/25
|
A
discussion in the SbK
IceWM 925 release thread
on the Manjaro forum got
me thinking. A server spin
might be a good idea. I
have a few days to kill
before starting on the
Debian 1025 series so I
started making the
packages for a Manjaro
server spin. Its going to
be a little different than
most of the spins. Since
servers are usually
headless the theming
aspect isnt as important.
But I do want to make it
easy to install. To do
that I am going to use
IceWM as an install
desktop. The theming is
going to be based on the
current website
background. It wont change
when new releases come
out. It will also only be
released every other
release cycle like Talking
Mate.
The minimal iso will be
bare bones. After install
users will boot into a
command line. The full iso
will likely have a IceWM
desktop that can be
started from the command
line on occasion to
make it easier to do some
things for those not 100%
comfortable with the
command line. Both
versions will have Cockpit
installed so the server
can be controlled in a
browser on another
computer if the server is
headless.
Its still early in the
server spin development,
so it may take some time
before iso's are released
if all goes to plan.
|
8/24/25
|
I am slowly
building the Debian 925
series. The initial iso's
are done and some minor
changes. I fixed a few
minor issues with the
build scripts, but nothing
big, just little issues
that have repeatedly
popped up that never
seemed to get fixed. Then
I looked at the future
themes. I had started out
with 6 months worth of
themes when my wife came
home in August of 2024. I
had added a few here and
there, but was almost
current. I really like
having themes done ahead
of time to just plug into
releases. So a few days
ago I got 8 months of them
ready and another 4 months
partially done.
It makes a big difference
to shift work to slow
times and if something
comes up at my house
releases still go out on
time. I know I need to
work on the website and
list about two years of
themes, but that takes a
lot of time. By having
almost a year of themes in
reserve perhaps I can put
a little time into it.
|
8/16/2025
|
I had a
little time to kill
between the Manjaro and
Debian releases. So I
setup the Debian build
scripts to create a gpg
signature file of the iso.
Manjaro has had this for
awhile. It will add one
more way to make sure the
iso you downloaded was
created by the SbK project
and has not been altered.
For more info on how to
check an iso see
this page.
|
8/14/25
|
Its been
awile since the last
update. I have moved the
project from some ancient
hardware to slightly newer
hardware. There were
a few hiccups to moving
things but it only took
about 3 days to get
everything working. Its
made creating the iso's
faster. So much so
that I am going to be able
to get the Manjaro 825
series out a day early.
|
4/14/25
|
I just
finished the release of
the Manjaro 425 series. It
was a day earlier than the
projected 15th of the
month. The new release
plan has taken a lot of
crunch time work off of me
and spread it out to a
manageable schedule. I
should have done it long
ago.
|
3/30/25
|
My wife has
been in and out of the
hospital a lot
recently. There is a
lot on my plate taking
care of her and dealing
with health care
providers.
That being said, I am
forced to make some
changes to the project.
From the beginning I have
created Manjaro spins
after the release of a
stable update.
Unfortunately they do not
come out on a regular
schedule, and thats ok,
but its leading to some
issues for me.
Debian spins are less of a
problem. Updates happen
all the time in small
batches. So I picked a
date, around the first of
the month for releases. I
can schedule aground other
things and slowly have it
ready on the first
usually.
I am making the changes
because no matter how I
try to change the release
date for Manjaro, the
unpredictability of stable
updates end up falling
near the first of the
month. I have tried to
skip an update and do it
on one in the middle of
the month, but within a
month or two its right
back to near the first of
the month.
So I am going to set a
release date of the 15th
of the month for Manjaro,
and not tie it to stable
updates. This will spread
out the work needed to
create the spins. The only
thing is that a new
install may get an update
soon after install, but
updates are not really an
issue, they are
maintenance tasks when you
are running a rolling
release distro.
|
3/3/25
|
Last week I
changed internet
providers. I had been with
Comcast so long because it
was the only option. But I
hated the service. It was
the slowest tier, but cost
$70 a month. It was almost
impossible to talk to a
real person when there was
a problem. The final straw
that broke the camels back
was internet going down
for two days.
After looking for options
it turned out T-Mobile,
our phone company, offered
5g home internet for $40 a
month with a price lock.
The first few days I had
issues but solved them
all, or so I thought. Then
the first of the month
came and the Debian spins
were done. I tried to get
up the Debian Forums, but
the page wouldnt load and
posted an unreachable
error. The only site I
visit that did it.
Strangely my phone
connected, and it runs on
the same T-Mobile network.
I managed to post the
releases using my phone as
a hotspot. But I still
cant reach it using the 5g
home internet. Its going
to be hard to check on the
posts for replies. I hope
it solves itself over time
as I have a ticket in on
the issue. Even so for a
$30 a month savings, its
not the end of the world,
|
2/15/25
|
Last month
I was able to add a
desktop to both Manjaro
(IceWM) and Debian
(Openbox). I had free time
because my wife was in the
hospital. Earlier this
week she came home after
being there for about a
month. At present free
time is pretty much non
existent.
The main thing that is on
hold is updating the
website to add themes that
have been created for
releases in the last year
or so. I had also hoped to
create theme packages that
would replace a theme with
the users choice of the
over150 Manjaro themes and
over 50 Debian themes the
project has created.
Releases will continue as
creating them is mostly
scripted and I have about
6 months of themes already
done. The next Manjaro
release will see the
addition of the 6.12 LTS
kernel to replace 6.6. But
that is likely a few weeks
away.
|
2/12/25
|
I
introduced IceWM in the
last Manjaro series. I
left the bottom panel as a
panel. But that makes it
an outlier compared to the
other spins. One of the
SbK features is docks
instead of panels. I
thought about using plank
as I did with Openbox. But
decided against it because
I want to keep the
resource footprint as low
as I can and another
application will use up
ram and cpu. The resources
used may not be that big,
but there are other
options.
Looking at the IceWM
preferences file I found
exactly what I was looking
for. The panel is
convertible to a dock
similar to the LXQt spin.
It doesnt have intelligent
autohide, but it
does have application
grouping, and the ability
to change the size of the
panel. Instead of autohide
I made the panel sit below
windows so they can be
full screen. I hope that
users like the changes.
If you would like to try
the dock, download
this file. Rename
the original at
~/.config/icewm/preferences
and replace it with the
one you downloaded, then
reboot.
If you find you liked the
panel more, delete the
~/.config/icewm/preferences
and rename the preferences
file you renamed back to
preferences, and reboot.
|
1/25/25
|
My wife
went back into the
hospital a day after my
last post. She has had
lots of ups and downs
since going there. I am
glad in a way that Manjaro
has not updated as it
gives me time to focus on
her. Its all part of an
emotional roller coaster
that never seems to end, I
would just be happy with
some long boring parts.
Her name is Sherry and if
you read this please say a
prayer for her recovery.
|
1/19/25
|
I have
added some hard drive
space because a very old
drive was starting to give
errors. It held the SbK
project. With an extra 1.5
tb I am safe for a little
while. While I was looking
for a drive I noticed
500gb ssd's were
affordable so I got one
for my games.
I love games, and some
very old games are near
and dear to my heart. The
Descent series is one of
my all time favorites. The
original Descent was a dos
game and I remember
playing it on a Pentium 1
running at 75 MHz. Blazing
speed in those days.
Dx1 and Dx2 rebirth are
modern code for these old
game engines, made
possible because Parallax
released the code when the
games were old. You still
need the game content, but
GOG has it cheap. I am
adding Dx1 and Dx2 rebirth
packages to the
repository. The files are
small and if anyone wants
them they can have them
without compiling them.
|
1/12/25
|
I am
splitting off Talking Mate
iso hosting. It doesnt
really fit with the rest
of the desktops because
its only released every
other release cycle. End
users shouldnt notice any
difference as its just a
url change to another
Sourceforge project.
|
1/9/25
|
Work has
gone well the last couple
days. I posted a project
update to the Manjaro
forums yesterday thinking
IceWm would take a month.
But today the last of the
things to be fixed was
fixed. Now its all theming
and getting an extra theme
ready, that should be
finished tomorrow as I am
running out of free time
today.
I dont anticipate adding
any more desktops to the
project. Six is a lot to
build, seven if you count
Talking-Mate every other
series. Im likely at my
limit, especially when
adding the Debian spins to
the total, even with
scripting doing a lot of
the work.
|
1/7/25
|
I have had
some free time. So I
started playing with IceWM
for Manjaro. Its starting
to look good, and the list
of things to fix is
getting shorter. It uses
very little resources
compared to the other
desktops I build. It may
make an appearance
soon.
|
12/29/24
|
I gave up
on Enlightenment, but I
still wanted to replace
Xfce. So I took a look at
my collection of profiles
and available
desktops/window managers.
I took a look at Icewm,
but the icewm-utils
package thats recommended
has vanished from the
repos and isnt in the AUR.
Still it looks
interesting, so I may give
it a try in the future. It
would likely be the
lightest resource spin if
I build it.
Then I looked at Budgie. I
had built Budgie in the
past, its still being
developed, and its
packages are in the
Manjaro repositories.
Since it uses gtk there is
no need to build new theme
generators. So I took some
time and updated and
organized the iso-profile.
It didnt take long. I then
built an iso, which worked
without errors, and its a
very pretty desktop. Looks
like I have found my Xfce
replacement.
|
12/28/24
|
A little
update on Enlightenment.
So far I have a mostly
working iso-profile. I can
build Enlightenment
without errors and the
image starts to the
desktop. I have made it
look ok and have solved
some issues. But there is
an acpid error that pops
up that I have been unable
to solve. Acpid is enabled
in systemd, but at some
point it turns off.
Starting it with a
terminal command fixes the
issue and you can log out
and then in without the
error. But its only
for that session. I have
tried countless ways of
doing it automatically, so
far none have worked.
The next issue is iso
size. I have striped the
minimum to just a few apps
and it builds to 2.6 gig.
The Full iso would likely
be around 3.5 gig if not
more. Its going to be a
challenge to get them
smaller.
After that is the
maddening complexity.
Enlightenment has a ton of
settings, likely more than
KDE. Its enough to give me
a headache.
I then found out that
themes are binary blobs.
This is a spin killer, it
makes theming a big long
chore. No thanks, I do
this for fun.
I tried, and got farther,
but in the end its just
not worth it.
|
12/25/24
|
Merry
Christmas everyone! I am
feeling ambitious. After
replacing Gnome with
Openbox I have my sights
set on replacing Xfce. The
desktop I am going to try
is Enlightenment.
I have tried to make an
Enlightenment spin in the
past and failed. So this
may take some time, likely
a lot of time. I will need
to build the Desktop
profile, mostly from
scratch, and theme
generators. Until its
ready I will continue
building Xfce-Compiz.
|
12/22/24
|
After
adding Openbox to the
Manjaro spins, I decided
to add it to the Debian
lineup as well. This
proved more challenging
than I thought, and I
learned a ton during the
initial setup. I am still
tweaking it a little as I
have over a week before
the Debian 1/25 series is
released, but its looking
good. What I have learned
will help the Manjaro
version as well,
especially the start menu.
|
12/16/24
|
In order to
align the Manjaro builds
to the middle of the month
I am building the 24.2.1
series starting today. Its
a little much doing the
Manjaro and Debian series
within a few days of each
other. Debian is done at
the first of the month and
Manjaro is tied to an
update cycle so Manjaro is
the easiest to move.
Gnome has been dropped,
though it might resurface
later when Cosmic is
closer to release status.
Right now its in early
Alpha. Xfce-Compiz is in
the 24.2.1 series, but it
may get dropped as well.
It shares a lot of
functionality with
Mate-Compiz and Xfce is
one of the three desktops
the Manjaro project
releases. Just not sure
what if anything would
replace it.
Openbox received a little
work and its theming
should be better. Its nice
to have a low resource Gtk
desktop to go with LXQt.
|
12/11/24
|
I am about
to release an Openbox spin
for Manjaro.
|
12/10/24
|
I have both
series built and it has
given me some time to
think. The project really
doesnt have a focus. It
started out making
desktops and as more were
added it just became a
list of desktops. Some of
the desktops have good
download numbers, some
dont. Sadly the ones with
the lowest downloads also
take the most work to
build.
I am looking at what to
keep, what to stop
building, and what to add.
LXQt will stay for sure,
as well as Cinnamon. But I
am thinking on focusing
more on desktops that uses
low system resources,
though Cinnamon isnt in
that category I love
it. Any of the three
main desktops of Manjaro
will need a good reason to
continue building, and
Gnome is likely going to
be dropped.
More will be reviled as I
do some more thinking and
testing.
|
12/1/24
|
I just
finished the release
announcements for the
Debian 1224 series. The
Debian side of the project
is running smoothly. I am
starting to enjoy the
predictable nature of
Debian spins. They come
out the same day every
month and dont rely on a
lot of waiting for updates
to be released.
|
11/12/24
|
I have been
waiting on the big monthly
stable update for Manjaro
before releasing the next
release series. I have
been busy getting theme
sets done. At present
there are 4 completely
done, not counting the one
for the next series. There
are also 2 that just need
icons to finish them. That
will help getting releases
out fast.
|
11/6/24
|
I got the
11/24 Debian series out
in one day. Mainly
because I started building
the packages and test
iso's five days early. I
am currently waiting on
the next Manjaro stable
update for the next
release. Packages have
dribbled out but there
should be a big one soon.
I am really enjoying
Quant. Everything just
works and uploading
changes is easy. I have
pretty much finished the
website check for old
url's and everything
should be working.
|
10/24/24
|
The move to
QuantCDN is finished for
the most part. I am sure
there may be a few things
I missed and will need to
be fixed. But the
repositories are online
and the website is working
nicely. It will be
nice to just use a host
and not worry if its down.
|
| 10/21/24 |
Soon after
I started the project I
found TuxFamily. They
offer free hosting for
open source projects.
Sadly over the last couple
of years they have had a
lot of down time that has
left me scrambling for
other hosts. All of which
have been free hosts with
limitations because there
is no money available. I
am disabled and on a fixed
income, and donations to
the project, which are
appreciated, have been
few.
During a search for
another host because of
problems at TuxFamily I
came across QuantCDN. They
offer free hosting for
open source projects. I
applied and SbK was
approved. I will be moving
to them for hosting the
repositories and website.
It likely will take some
time to learn and setup
the hosting, but life is a
learning journey and I
think its fun.
|
10/2/24
|
I managed
to get the Debian series
out in two days. It helped
that while I was waiting
for Manjaro I had
everything done and
tested. All that was left
was building the final
iso's.
I will start the Manjaro
series today, and might
get LXQt released later
today if all goes well.
|
10/1/24
|
I was
waiting for the usual
monthly update for
Manjaro, it didnt come in
time. Debian is on a
monthly schedule, so
yesterday I started it.
Today the Manjaro update
drops. I cant build both
at the same time. With
whats going on with my
wife I can only build one
series at a time in the
few minutes of free time I
get. I will try and get
Debian done as fast as I
can, but Manjaro will have
to wait till its done.
|
8/7/24
|
The 824
Debian series is done. I
now have a little time
before the next Manjaro
series.
My wife is very sick. The
doctors and nurses in the
hospital wanted me to
place her in a nursing
facility. I have
poor insurance and the
only places available
were, to me, substandard.
Reviews of people left in
soiled diapers for hours
were numerous. She has a
dressing on her lower back
that needs to be kept
clean. So I brought her
home.
I do have home health care
coming in, friends,
family, and my church to
help. But its on me to do
everything else. To say
its hard is an
understatement, but I will
do it, there is no choice.
That being said I will
continue the project. Its
one of the mental breaks
that keeps me sane. I also
have about 4 months of
themes ready in advance.
Please be patient is a
release is a little late.
|
7/21/24
|
This
project has kept me sane
during a very hard time in
my life with my wife very
sick. It helps a lot to
have something to do
without thinking about
whats going on in my life.
For everyone who has said
a prayer for her, I thank
you from the bottom of my
heart to the top. I am a
person of faith and know
prayers are powerful.
The Manjaro 24.0.4 series
is now done. Pantheon is
just to broken to continue
building, but I have added
panel iso's to Mate and
Xfce. I hope everyone who
tries a spin finds them
useful. I will continue
making them as long as I
can. Please understand if
a release is late at this
time. I will do my best to
get releases out.
|
7/2/24
|
My wife is
pretty sick and is
in a nursing home
for long term antibiotics.
This project is keeping me
sane by distracting me
when I am alone. I am
spending a lot of time
with her, and if something
in the future is delayed
please understand. I will
do my best to keep putting
the spins out, but some
things are more important.
|
6/28/24
|
I have been
looking at the Manjaro
downloads for each of the
desktops over a three
month span. The data shows
which are popular. LXQt
and Cinnamon are the most
popular, and then Mate,
Xfce, and Gnome. Talking
Mate is last, but Pantheon
is close.
Talking Mate is something
I will continue making no
matter what. While it
doesnt have a lot of
downloads, its possible
user base is smaller than
standard desktops.
Pantheon is a lot of work,
and while I like the
desktop, its often broken
and not usable. Gnome is
not one of my favorite
desktops and it also
requires extra work to
build.
All of this has me
contemplating if it would
be wiser to build fewer
desktops, and add more
options like a panel iso
for those the project
builds.
|
6/14/24
|
The Manjaro
24.0.2 series is done.
Pantheon is again broken
and I am seriously
considering removing it
from the desktops the
project builds.
With a little time on my
hands before the Debian
builds at the end of the
month I have to take care
of a problem. One of the
hard drives on the build
server is making some
noise and will likely go
out at some point. I have
a ssd I am going to be
moving the build
environments to. It should
protect the data and as a
side benefit speed up the
building of iso's.
To accomplish this I will
have to put the server
offline. I am temporarily
moving the website to
Tuxfamily while I do the
work. The only change that
end users may notice is
the url in the address bar
will be different.
Update: The replacement
went better than I
expected. It took most of
the morning till late
afternoon to get data
transferred and then fix
broken links, NFS shares,
and partition mounts. The
build environments tested
out and were about 7
minutes faster building a
Cinnamon panel iso.
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5/24/24
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The Manjaro
series was finished a
couple of days ago. The
update was over two months
from the last one and had
some major updates, so it
took some time. The
changes to Pantheon were
nice and will hopefully
make it easier to build in
the future.
I now have a few days
before starting the Debian
6/24 series. The last
series used an older
Manjaro theme series that
had never been used with
Debian. Since the themes
are pretty much
interchangeable using an
older series just means
more themes for Debian in
the SbK repositories. I
plan on adding more themes
this way. So for the 6/24
series I will again use a
previous Manjaro theme
series that doesnt exist
in the Debian
repositories. Current
Manjaro themes will
follow.
At present there are about
175 complete desktop
themes in the Manjaro
repositories with 6 new
ones added monthly. The
plan is at some point
creating an application
for Manjaro and Debian
that can set any existing
theme to a desktop. I dont
have the coding skills at
present but I am learning
to code. If anyone would
like to create an
application that would do
it, I would be happy and
help in any way I can.
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5/6/24
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I have been
able to complete the
Debian 524 series. Talking
Mate is the last one and
it is built. I should
upload it tonight after
final testing and put out
a release announcement in
the morning.
The 524 series did not
have a preceding Manjaro
release so the themes wont
be the same. Instead I
used a theme series from
before I started making
Debian releases. This has
the benefit of having more
themes for Debian because
the packages needed to use
the themes are now in the
Debian repository.
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5/3/24
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I was all
ready to build the Debian
524 series. Then I found
that there was a HUGE
logjam in testing, at
present count its over 700
packages just for LXQt. I
was able to build
the minimal iso, but not
the full. I contemplated
ways around the problem,
including building
unstable iso's (which
build fine). But in the
end decided against it,
after all Sid breaks
things. The last thing I
want is to put out iso's
that fubar a month or so
after install.
I will put off building
the Debian series for a
week or two. Even if a
month is skipped its
better than users with
broken systems. The 424
series still install just
fine, and will work even
if packages are held back
for a few weeks.
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3/30/24
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We are
heading into the busiest
time of year for
gardening, and I love
gardening. Early spring
will eat my free time up
quickly. To keep the
releases on schedule I
have started making themes
for releases in advance. I
now have 2 sets of themes
done, and I am hoping to
get at least one more
ready. That way no matter
what I can hopefully get a
release out quickly.
At present the 4/24 Debian
series is ready to build
the final release iso's. I
should have LXQt out on
April 1st.
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3/15/24
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I have some
family commitments this
weekend, then I am an
election judge on Tuesday
of next week. Thats an all
day thing and I am
physically useless for a
few days afterward.
Because of this I released
almost all of the Manjaro
23.1.3.2m series today.
I still have Talking Mate
left, and it will be
released sometime next
week. The older iso still
works if you cant wait to
install it.
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2/28/24
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After
banging my head into a
wall yesterday fixing the
Directory Menu applet
settings in the
Xfce-Compiz release, a bug
surfaces in the Cinnamon
iso I built. Its an easy
bug to troubleshoot this
time, intel-ucode image
not found,just like the
amd-ucode error last
series. It will take a lot
more work to fix. This bug
will affect anyone with
intel graphics. That means
a package needs to be
added to all iso's, and so
everything in this release
series will have to be
built and uploaded again.
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2/24/24
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I just
announced the LXQt
23.1.3.1 release, its
really nice in my opinion.
I also finished changing
to the new modified
website theme. The pages
look good and scale to
about 800 pixels wide.
That should be ok for most
computers still in use
today. The text overlaps
the solid background below
that slightly, but its
still readable.
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2/23/24
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Real life
got in the way of starting
the Manjaro 23.1.3.1
series. Traveling 40
minutes one was for my
wift to have a cataract
removed, and then back the
next day to a doctor, then
taking care of her ate up
my free time. Some
things are infintly more
important than putting out
spins. I will get the LXQt
out today.
I also took a look at the
website in Chrome. It was
awful. I went to work and
fixed it. The pages should
all be replaced soon, I
just need some free time,
and that is in short
supply lately.
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2/9/24
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After
finishing the 2/24 Debian
series I took a look at my
electric bill. It seems
leaving an extra computer
on all the time to host
the website is wrecking my
budget plan. I had hoped
the "Buy me a coffee"
button would have helped
offset the cost, but so
far no one has donated. So
its back to free hosting.
The projects
spinsbykilz.com url will
be replaced by
spins.tuxfamily.org.
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1/14/24
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The 23.1.3
Manjaro series is in
progress. LXQt is
uploading now.
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