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ALSA included — now with sound
Here we go again. I just included the base ALSA files, some kernel modules and device nodes to make sure sound is working. Currently sound is muted after boot, so you have to run alsamixer and use the key M to unmute front and PCM (OO is unmuted). Use the arrow keys to change the […]
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WICD included — now with WLAN
Next step: I included the wireless tools, wpa_supplicant and WICD as a graphical frontend. All PCI and USB cards supported by the Vanilla kernel 2.6.29.5 should now be automatically loaded. I re-built the kernel with support for some staging drivers. Firmware for WLAN cards is included for Ralink cards, other firmwares and an update to […]
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Presenting Matt’s Magical Mount Manager
Another build, another new tool: mmmm is a simple yet efficient mount manager that clearly shows to which physical drive a volume belongs: mmmm is built around the XML output of lshw and uses just Ruby and Ruby/Gtk. No DBUS, HAL or Policy Kit required which makes it attractive for builds that try to be […]
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Xconfgui added, packages updated
Another major step is done: An easy to use graphical frontend is added to adjust some final settings before starting into the desktop. The functions currently implemented are: Start of the X-Server to automatically detect the graphics card: Install LessLinux to an USB stick: Use or create encrypted containers: Set the user password: Adjust monitor […]
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libc decisions in future releases
When I started LessLinux I was considering uClibc as base C library, it is small and provides nearly everything that is needed for a small niche distribution like LessLinux. Unfortunately, several applications needed to be patched to compile flawlessly against uClibc. So I went with Glibc, just the BusyBox used in the first stages of […]
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Next release, switched to Glibc 2.9
The next build is available, it is now built upon glibc 2.9. Besides that the former firefox binary is now replaced by a firefox 3.0.10 built from scratch — when starting LessLinux you will notice that Firefox starts in Minefield livery. This is OK for now since it is not an official build. I also […]
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New test version, new download location
All further testing releases will be available from http://download.lesslinux.org/testing/. Connection attempts to the old download server will be redirected. Meanwhile Build 20090407-1111 fixes the complicated shutdown on earlier releases: “sudo” is now configured to allow the use of the command “shutdown”, “halt”, “reboot” and “poweroff” for everyone. Please consider: “/sbin/shutdown” is a simple shell script […]
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Gotta start somewhere
What? LessLinux is a distribution that is aimed to be light, embeddable, simple, stupid. It is not based on any existing distribution and is currently solely intended to be used as a live distribution, started from CD, USB or via PXE. Why? I use LessLinux as a test field for concepts and ideas that I […]