EasyOS 5.2.3 (UPDATED)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 01, 2023,
updated May 03, 2023

• EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.2.3 released

  Easy 5.2.2 was released on April 15, see announcement:

  https://bkhome.org/news/202304/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-522-released.html

  The biggest news item for 5.2.3 is the rationalization of the "apps" and "setup" desktop icons. They launch simple and more specific-purpose GUIs. This is what they look like on the desktop:

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  Also, EasyJWM is a simplification of JWMDesk, see blog post:

  https://bkhome.org/news/202304/new-easyjwm.html

  To read about other changes in 5.2.3, see the release notes:

  http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.2.3/release-notes.htm

  Download link:

  http://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.2.3/

• Buglets if update to 5.2.3 from 5.2.2

  EasyOS 5.2.3 was announced yesterday:

  https://bkhome.org/news/202304/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-523-released.html

  Last night I tested updating from 5.2.2, and all went well, or seemed to. However, booted up this morning and found the "apps" and "setup" icons weren't launching EasyApps and EasySetup respectively.

  Hmm, ok, right-click on "apps" icon, choose "Edit item" and change "/usr/bin/pupapps" to "/usr/sbin/easyapps". Do the same for the "setup" icon, change the run action to "/usr/sbin/easysetup".

  That fixes it, except now the icons are wrong, due to the 'globicons' file not having updated. There are two ways to fix that, either edit the file directly, or right-click on "apps", choose "File apps" then choose "Set Icon..." then drag the required icon. You will find 'apps48.png' at /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps

  Do the same for "setup", drag icon 'configuration48.png' also located at /usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps

  Sorry about that. Choose to save at shutdown, and next bootup should be ok.

UPDATE

• Support EasyOS update beyond 5.2.4

  Easy 5.2.4 will be the last using fscrypt v1. I have posted about the migration v1 to v2:

  I have modified two scripts, /usr/local/easy_version/easy-update and 'init' in the initrd, to handle updating from v1 folder encryption to v2.

  Basically, 'easy-update' copies the contents of of the encrypted folders into a temporary folder, then the 'init' script at next bootup (after the update) recreates the encrypted folders with the new v2 then restores from the temporary folder.