EDIT: BETA2 now available, later in this thread...
New ISO uploaded: Akita Linux Beta 1, Sept 08 2011
Download mirrors:
http://www.multiupload.com/SLG92MW8QI
(Size 87mb, md5: 5b6b43ea9cce68686f454337d38c33c0)
Changes since last time (akita alpha1):
- faster menus and many faster programs
- better default program choices and settings
- much better delayedrun, with nice flash installer
- more localisation of key programs
- more drivers in zdrv, updated Xorg modules
- cleaner menus, some new easier GUIs
- many programs updated to latest versions
Bugs not yet fixed:
- mrxvt still not UTF-8 enabled
- update the rest of Xorg to xorg-server-7.3-w5 package, and its deps
- still not added eduroam, quickpet or opengl-installer
- not yet updated help files
- update PPM, add filter for 'DEV' and 'NLS' packages
(help wanted!!!)
- create zdrv_cutr GUI,
- update devx (a lot of updates needed, but normal 'devx_420.sfs' still works fine..)
- add MAC address settings to firstrun, maybe
- look into EduRoam GUI... (I didn't forget)
- custom help documentation, update 'puppyhelp'
- support localisation for JWMConfig, wizardwizard, input-wizard.. maybe puppyinstaller <-- help!
- remove unused libs and binaries - many leftovers: icons, gtk1, for example
Feedback welcome
Things to test, if possible:
installation:
- frugal installer, puppy installer, browser installer, pupsaveconfig
- PPM and the wary 5 pets in the repo
- gparted, etc
- save file boot option pfix=delayedsave, forces pupmode=12 when pupmode=13 (disables saving to save file in real-time)
network:
- wireless (wifi) networking - PLEASE test this if you can.. it may be broken!
- pupdial, 3g modems, anything that needs wvdial
- samba-tng and tcsclient RDP working or not?
- mac changer working OK?
system:
- does elinks do its job? (html viewer, simple browser)
- termit to be replaced by faster UTF-8 terminal with working -e command? (urxvt -e not working)
- multimedia working OK?
- vlc-gtk working OK? any major problems?
- any problems with mplayer from PPM?
- any font or UTF-8 issues? (not including *rxvt terminal emulators)
hardware:
- test on netbooks, laptops, etc
- boot straight to desktop? xorgwizard working, if not?
- force feedback for joypads
- wacom and wizardpen drawing tablets
support and help:
- Menu>Help ... puppyhelp needs some fixes
- localisation, any missing translations, incorrect translations?
- important missing help docs? (I will also write a custom one, and get translations)
JWM/ROX desktop environment:
- test Menu>Setup>System>Toggle ROX Desktop
- test JWM-drives on the desktop, mounting unmounting stuff