The first alpha release of Salix 14.2 is here. This release mainly targets developers and packagers that want to have an easy and fast way of installing a preliminary clean 14.2 system, without having to install 14.1 first and then upgrade that to 14.2.
https://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6903
It has been a lot of time since 14.1 was released, so almost everything has been updated. And due to all the changes, most likely everything will need a rebuild from what is found in 14.1.
Here's a list of known issues:
- you might not be able to launch X on a UEFI system and the 64bit iso. At least it wasn't possible for me in a single Virtualbox installation that I have tried. This could probably be only just an issue with Virtualbox and UEFI,
because I installed the VirtualBox additions and then I could get X. It might not be a problem with installing on real UEFI hardware. More testing is needed.
- if you use the 64bit iso, at boot, select the english locale. All others won't work anyway.
- during installation, make sure you select the correct source for packages with the first try. If you're installing from a CD, don't select "USB stick" as the source. The installation will later fail and you'll have to restart the
installer.
- the wpa_gui, hplip and v4l-utils GUIs don't work
- leafpad doesn't start. Update the package using the package manager (You should get a notification about it soon after boot).
- you'll have to start NetworkManager manually after first boot to have network access: sudo service start networkmanager
- you'll have to select firefox as the default browser when you first click on the quicklaunch icon
- no locale packages in the repositories yet
- some applications/packages are missing. The main ones are: webkitgtk, claws-mail, flash-plugin, libreoffice, openjre, transmission, zim
- a lot of codecs are missing, as well as salix-codecs-installer. So don't expect anything gstreamer-based to play proprietary formats.
- the artwork is exactly the same as in 14.1. This will change (we're open to suggestions).
There's a lot of work to be done. You can start submitting packages now. Feel free to package anything you're missing from your day-to-day work first.
In the mean time, Didier Spaier has been working hard on the installer. He's made it possible to translate the installer in different languages and borrowing translations from his slint project (http://slint.fr/), most of the
translations are almost complete! This alpha does not include these translations, but these will appear in future releases. We're hoping to support as many languages as possible in the installer and we will ask translators for contributions when the infrastructure is ready.
You can download this release from Sourceforge or using a torrent client, using the following links:
Salix Xfce 14.2alpha2 (32-bit, i586)
(size: 763MB, md5: 3c74fc08b0c4c68bd1ffeea6563fb50f)
Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/files/14.2/salix-xfce-14.2alpha1.iso/download
torrent: http://people.salixos.org/gapan/iso/salix-xfce-14.2alpha1.iso.torrent
Salix64 Xfce 14.2alpha2 (64-bit, x86_64)
(size: 711MB, md5: c3614cdf85e620a2dedf262961d5dbdf)
Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/files/14.2/salix64-xfce-14.2alpha1.iso/download
torrent: http://people.salixos.org/gapan/iso/salix64-xfce-14.2alpha1.iso.torrent |
