Distro Logos, Rolling Releases, and EasyOS

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 25, 2023,
updated Sep 27, 2023

• Memory Match Linux Distro Logos

  An enjoyable way to test your memory by matching the pair of Linux distro logos.

• Doubts about Linux rolling releases

  I have stayed away from rolling releases as I consider them to be inherently unstable, or prone to unexpected side-effects. However, have ventured into playing with Void Linux, see post a couple of days ago:
  

  https://bkhome.org/news/202309/first-experiment-creating-a-void-rootfs.html
  

• The return of Simple Network Setup

  For the last 4-5 years, in Quirky Linux and EasyOS, have used NetworkManager, which is a daemon that handles network connection pretty much automatically. Also, network-manager-applet, which is a tray applet.
  

  Prior to that, the network connection tools were "Network Wizard", "Frisbee", "pgprs", "pupdial" and "Simple Network Setup" (SNS). There was a manager to choose between them, named "Connection Wizard".

• Missing CA certificates in Easy 5.5.1

  /etc/ssl/certs is empty, which causes failure to connect with https:// sites using some applications. Reported by tammi806 and caramel here:
  

  https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=99170#p99170
  

  ...scroll down, I posted how to fix it.
  

  I found the cause of the problem. The utility 'update-ca-certificates' is supposed to run in woofQ when building 'easy.sfs'; however, a code change I made prior to releasing 5.5.1, which was to fix another bug, introduced this new one. OK, now fixed.     
  

Update:

• EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.5.3 released

  Version 5.5.2 was released on September 22, and we discovered some bugs, now fixed. Please read the 5.5.2 announcement:
  

  https://bkhome.org/news/202309/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-552-released.html
  

  Here are the release notes for 5.5.3:
  

• ROX-Filer text not translated fixed

  We are continuing to debug Easy 5.5.2. LHESTIA reported this, and thanks to Caramel who discovered why: [...]
  

• Chromium recompiled in OE

  EasyOS 5.5.2 has Chromium version 114.0.5735.198. It has now been compiled in OpenEmbedded/Yocto, a version bump to 116.0.5845.179