EasyOS Scarthgap-series 6.4.5
EasyOS was created in 2017, derived from Quirky Linux,
which in turn was derived from Puppy Linux in 2013. Easy
is built in woofQ, which takes as input binary packages
from any distribution, and uses them on top of the unique
EasyOS infrastructure.
Throughout 2020, the official release for x86_64 PCs was
the Buster-series, built with Debian 10.x Buster DEBs.
EasyOS has also been built with packages compiled from
source, using a fork of OpenEmbedded (OE). Currently, the
Scarthgap release of OE has been used, to compile binary
packages for x86_64.
Earlier releases of EasyOS compiled in OE are the
Kirkstone-series, Dunfell-series and Pyro-series. They
have also been compiled for aarch64 and EasyOS runs on the
Raspberry Pi4.
The last release of the x86_64 Dunfell-series was January
10, 2023, version 4.5.5. The announcement and release
notes are here:
https://bkhome.org/news/202301/easyos-dunfell-series-version-455-released.html
The latest (maintenance) release of the Kirkstone-series
was on August 14, 2024, version 5.8.4, announcement here:
https://bkhome.org/news/202408/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-584.html
The Kirkstone-series is likely to receive maintenance
updates until the end of 2024.
The version number is for EasyOS itself, independent of
the target hardware; that is, the infrastructure,
support-glue, system scripts and system management and
configuration applications.
The latest version is becoming mature, though Easy is an
experimental distribution and some parts are under
development and are still considered as beta-quality.
However, you will find this distro to be a very pleasant
surprise, or so we hope.
6.0 release notes
This is the start of a new series, packages compiled in
OpenEmbedded Scarthgap release, major version updates
since the Kirkstone-series.
The kernel is 6.6.32. Source, patches and build scripts
here:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/source/kernel/6.6.x/
The online repository for "oe-qky-scarthgap" based on OE:
https://github.com/bkauler/oe-qky-scarthgap
The online repository for woofQ, the build system for
EasyOS:
https://github.com/bkauler/woofq
6.0.2 release notes
Bug fixes...
6.0.4 release notes
Bug fixes, also some significant changes...
- Global
IP TV Panel fixed — July 05, 2024
- Fix
pupdialog fail for non-English text — July 03,
2024
- Predetermined
uid and gid — July 03, 2024
- Streamripper
helper in StreamTuner2 — July 03, 2024
- Gnome
Radio and StreamTuner2 — July 02, 2024
- SpaceFM
file manager compiled in OE — June 30, 2024
- Thunar
filemanager compiled in OE — June 29, 2024
- PCmanFM,
MC, NetSurf packages — June 29, 2024
- rev
utility broken if LANG=C and UTF-8 char — June 27,
2024
- NVIDIA
470 and 525 SFSs created — June 25, 2024
6.1 release notes
Some fixes, new yff, Chromium and kernel version bumps...
6.1.1 release notes
Various improvements...
6.2 release notes
A complete recompile in OpenEmbedded, bumping many
package versions.
6.3 release notes
Now with ibus input method builtin and Chinese rendering
and input support. Greatly improved icon-free-desktop
support.
- ibus-pinyin
compiled — September 09, 2024
- ibus
input method packages compiled in OE — September
09, 2024
- Fcitx5
input method packages compiled — September 08,
2024
- PKGget
icon-free-desktop aware — September 06, 2024
- Brave
browser added to Flapi — September 06, 2024
- Fix
hardware clock profiling — September 06, 2024
- DroidSansFallback
TrueType font — September 06, 2024
- Appi
and Flapi icon-free-desktop aware — September 05,
2024
- Orange-ball
menu entries restructured — September 04, 2024
- appi
and flapi script path changes — September 03, 2024
- Retain
icons when switch rox to jwm — September 03, 2024
- Revisiting
icon-free desktop mode — August 31, 2024
- French
keyboard layout fix — August 31, 2024
- Kernel
6.6.47 compiled fix bt5 mouse — August 26, 2024
6.3.1 release notes
Various little fixes, Chromium bumped:
In 6.3, ibus-pinyin and dependencies was builtin to
provide Chinese input method. These are no longer builtin;
instead, if a Chinese zh_* locale is chosen, there is a
popup requesting to install either ibus-pinyin or
ibus-libpinyin.
6.4 release notes
A complete recompile in OE, support for Zig:
6.4.2 release notes
Lots of new applications:
6.4.4 release notes
Small improvements:
- Arabic
language support added to EasyOS — November 18,
2024
- PupMTP
file transfer, first video — November 17, 2024
- /usr/games,
.mhtml, .webp — November 13, 2024
- JWM
window manager 2.4.7 — November 10, 2024
- Redshift/brightness
tray applet fix — November 08, 2024
- Rox
right-click run-in-terminal — November 07, 2024
- Syntax
fix for mimeapps.list — November 07, 2024
6.4.5 release notes
Major progress running Easy Daedalus in a container in
Easy Scarthgap:
- Container
fast startup and clipboard copy — November 26,
2024
- DNS
Changer PET — November 25, 2024
- Run
xrdb and xmodmap at container startup — November
25, 2024
- Share
/files inside container — November 24, 2024
- Container
/files save fix — November 24, 2024
- Container
session save fix — November 24, 2024
- Remove
network menu entries in container — November 24,
2024
- Fix
for FoxtrotGPS — November 23, 2024
- Quick
flip out of container — November 23, 2024
- Enhanced
flip out of container — November 22, 2024
- Run
Easy Daedalus in a container in Scarthgap —
November 19, 2024
You will need to run SFSget to install
'daedalus_6.4.5_amd64.sfs' in Scarthgap.
About EasyOS
Why would you choose EasyOS
instead of some other Linux distribution?
For a quick overview of how EasyOS is different from
other Linux distributions, read this:
https://easyos.org/about/how-and-why-easyos-is-different.html
You will notice that the download is quite small, yet
contains just about every application you would ever need,
such as Firefox|Chromium browser, LibreOffice, Gimp, Dia,
Inkscape, Planner, Grisbi, Osmo, NoteCase, Celluloid and
Audacious. There are powerful system managers, such as
NetworkManager, EasyContainers, EasyVersionControl and
BluePup.
BluePup for example, is a bluetooth manager, unique to
EasyOS. Another unique tool is 'easydd', a GUI or CLI tool
for writing a drive-image file to SD-card or USB-stick.
Links
Website: https://easyos.org/
News: https://bkhome.org/news
Forum: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewforum.php?f=63
We are very grateful to Ibiblio for hosting
EasyOS, right from the start:
https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/scarthgap/
EasyOS has one mirror of ibiblio.org, thanks to NLUUG,
here:
https://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/easyos/
Legal statement: https://easyos.org/about/legal-disclaimers-miscellania.html
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