Akita Linux BETA 14
- a mongrel: sfs3, kernel 2.6.25.16, wary 5.1.x compatible
- akita repo -
http://akita.scottjarvis.com
- uses jwm, but many other WMs in the repo
- easily enable/disable rox icons, startups, etc
- no office, no cups, all in repo
- many apps i18n'd, lots of French, Spanish, Russian, German translations included
- includes many good console apps: elinks, doc2txt, mocp, mc, pkg
- good for old clunkers, craptops, etc
Download: akita-linux-beta14.iso,
size: 89mb, md5: e084f6d201ef3a84f8a096ce95faafce
Devx, for compiling: akita_devx-b11.sfs,
md5: 68fe4a15228f9cc41ff8cd553e90f3a5, 111MB, sfs3
(Right-click and choose 'SFS Loader' to load/install it)
Summary of updates
- many, many packages added repo, inc: wine-1.5 (directX3d works), skype4, kino, koffice, lmms, ...
- new 'Akita SFS Installer', in Menu->Setup->System, or launch from PPM (Screenshot at bottom of post)
- added 'Pkg 0.9.6', CLI pkg manager. supports puppy, debian, ubuntu, slackware repos, install pet/deb/txz. convert pkgs, more
- Pkg can use these repos by default in this akita: upup, dpup, lucid, akita, wary*, quirky, common, noarch
- VLC-GTK updates: watch & record SopCasts out of the box, youtube works again, other updates
- updated to gtkdialog 0.8.3 release (with glade support, no VTE)
- added isotools-0.1 (contains bin2iso ccd2iso ecm mdf2iso nrg2iso uif2iso unecm)
- updates to 'pastengo': support more online streams (copy a URL/path/file/whatever, then just Ctrl-Alt-V) ...
- fixed pEqualizer
- updated many apps to latest: FFconvert, PupControl, Pup-SysInfo, others
Changelog
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Nov 7
- added new program: Akita SFS Installer, in Menu->Setup->System
- download and install any SFS files inthe Akita repo...
- also added new button to Akita PPM, which loads sfs_installer
Nov 9
- updated 'SFS Loader' right click option, now uses sfs_load (not otf_sfs_loader)
- updates to Akita SFS Installer, plus more SFS files in SFS repo
- added to Akita Repo:
"dia-097-akita: diagram creator " off "Graphic 3000K"
"dia_DOC-097-akita: diagram creator help files" off "Graphic +dia 1300K"
"dia_DEV-097-akita: diagram creator, files for compiling" off "Graphic +dia 2K"
"easymp3gain-0502-akita: mp3 volume (gain) editor" off "Multimedia 1700K"
"filezilla-353-akita: great FTP client" off "Internet +libgpg,+libgcrypt,+gnutls 5600K"
"filezilla_NLS-353-akita: filezilla FTP client locales" off "Internet +filezilla 2300K"
"filezilla_DOC-353-akita: filezilla FTP client help files" off "Internet +filezilla 2K"
"fotoxx-87-akita: advanced image viewer, editor and converter" off "Graphic +libfreeimage,+libgtkimageview 2200K"
"fotoxx_NLS-87-akita: image viewer locales" off "Graphic +fotoxx 244K"
"fotoxx_DOC-87-akita: image viewer help files" off "Graphic +fotoxx 633K"
"jasper-1.900.1-w5: jpeg library" off "BuildingBlock 126K"
"koffice-3-akita: KDE office suite" off "Document 48M"
"koffice_DOC-3-akita: KDE office help files" off "Document +koffice 30M"
"LazY-FReD-1.0.2: download PET and SFS files from many, many Puppy sources" off "System 45K"
"libaudio-akita: audio library" off "BuildingBlock 42K"
"libfreeimage-3.10-akita: image library" off "BuildingBlock 1900K"
"libgtkimageview-akita: image library" off "BuildingBlock 27K"
"pdfedit-043-akita: an advanced PDF editor" off "Document +libaudio 5200K"
Nov 11
- added SFS files to akita repo (click 'Update List' in Akita SFS Installer to see them)
- added pets to Akita Repo:
avast-1.3.0-puppy: anti virus with graphical interface, System 2.5M
avast_NLS-1.3.0-puppy: avast locales, System +avast 2.7M
bluegriffon-1.0-w5: WYSIWYG editor for wesbites (HTML, CSS etc), Internet 15M
clamav-0.97.3-w-20111019: anti virus program, System 3.5M
foxitreader-1.1.0-20090810: nice pdf reader, full version, Document 2.3M
foxitreader-1.1.0-20090810-lite: nice pdf reader, light version, Document 1.7M
skype_static-2.1.0.81: call conferencing and chat, Internet 27M
thunderbird-16.0.2-akita: email client, latest stable branch, Internet +dbus-glib 21M
thunderbird-3.1.20-akita: older email client, still good, security branch, Internet +dbus-glib 12M
tightvnc-1.3.10: VNC client and server off Network 722K
kino-1.3.4-akita: DV video editor off Multimedia 1.6M
kino_DEV-1.3.4-akita: kino files for compiling off Multimedia +kino 20K
kino_DOC-1.3.4-akita: kino help files off Multimedia +kino 3.2M
kino_NLS-1.3.4-akita: kino translations off Multimedia +kino 425K
Dec 23
- fixed youtube URL playback in VLC
- updated VLC-GTK to 2.6.1, support for sopcast streams (requires sp-sc), user can set work dir, other fixes
- updated /usr/sbin/pastengo, added sopcast support
Dec 30
- small updates to VLC-GTK: re-organised 'Stream' tab, import sopcats channels, added more help info, better tooltips,
Jan 07, 2013
- added: sopcast support (/usr/bin/sp-sc)
- added to Akita repo:
- ati_fglrx-12.10-k2.6.25.16-akita, in Desktop, 50M
- gsopcast-0.4.0-i486-akita, in Multimedia, 27K
- nerolinux-4.0.0.0b-x86-akita, in Multimedia, 12M
- nerolinux_DOC-4.0.0.0b-x86-akita, in Multimeda, 3.3M
- nerolinux_NLS-4.0.0.0b-x86-akita, in Multimedia, 1.4M
- sopcast-3.0.1-i486-akita, in Multimedia, 335K
Jan 09
- added to Akita repo:
- freeciv-2.3.3-i486, in Fun, 7.4M
- freeciv_DEV-2.3.3-i486, in Fun, 9K
- freeciv_DOC-2.3.3-i486, in Fun, 7K
- freeciv_NLS-2.3.3-i486, in Fun, 5.8M
- OOo4kids-1.2_en, in Document, 83M
Feb 03
- updated to gtkdialog 0.8.3 release (with glade support, no VTE)
- added isotools-0.1 package (contains bin2iso ccd2iso ecm mdf2iso nrg2iso uif2iso unecm)
- added to Akita repo:
- epsxe-1.6.0-x86-akita, in Fun, 721K - - - > PSX emulator
- lxdream-0.9.1-i386-akita, in Fun, 321K - - - > dreamcast emulator
- libpulse-0.4.1-i386-akita, in BuildingBlock, 131K
- pcsxr-1.9.92-1-i386-akita, in Fun, 2.2M - - - > PSX emulator
- pSX-1.13-akita, in Fun, 569K - - - > PSX emulator
- skype-4.1.0.20-1-i386-akita, in Internet, 30M - - - > duh
- vbam-svn451-1-i386-akita, in Fun, 616K
- wine-1.5.20-i486-akita, in System, 24M
- libasyncns-0.3-i386-akita, in BuildingBlock, 8K - - - > this and all below are needed by wine
- libgphoto2-2.5.0-i486_v2, in BuildingBlock, 6M
- libusb-1.0.9-i486_v2, in BuildingBlock, 74K
- mpg123-1.12.4, in BuildingBlock, 171K
- openldap-2.4.13-i486, in BuildingBlock, 1.8M
Feb 08
- added /usr/sbin/pkg: a clever little CLI package manager,
- type 'pkg' in the terminal to run it.. Supports:
- install local pet files, like petget
- list repo contents, names only or all info, search repo for whatever..
- auto download, install & setup the latest versions, with only `pkg --get PKGNAME`
- install pkg , uninstall pkg, get pkg deps, check pkg deps, check pkg contents,
- check install status, update repo, use multiple repos, choose which deps to get,
- which pkg owns file X, --force option, --ask option, combine packages, and more..
- updated Akita PPM: after update, sort repo newest versions first
- other fixes: qupzilla_NLS, fixed syntax.. flash-chess, fixed deps.. qupzilla(old), fixed dbus deps
- fixes to wary repo file: /root/.packages/livepackages5.txt (fewer deps)
- updated to VLC-GTK 2.6.3:
- fixed fonts sizes in GUI
- added 'record stream' button in OSC
- exit immediately with error msg if VLC not installed
- Feb 15
- added ~/Startup/samba_server (enables easy startup of samba server on reboot)
- Feb 16
- fixed VLC-gtk 2.6.3: placement of gtkrc stuff, 14px icons, and fixes for workdir
- fixed: pEqualizer (added caps_eq-0.4.8 and alsaequal-0.6)
- fixed: various little root menu cleanups
- updated default gtkdialog icon in all windows to akita logo
- updated FFConvert to 1.3.1, PupControl to 2.3, Pup-SysInfo to 2.2, Multiple Sound Card Wizard to 2.2
- updated: Pkg 0.9.6 (/usr/sbin/pkg):
- supports download & install pkgs + deps from the ubuntu, debian and slackware repos.
- supports convert any woof repo file (~/.packages/Packages-*-*) to pup4/akita format
- install/uninstall all pkgs at once, gets all deps for all installed pkgs, more, ...
- pkg conversion: pet2sfs, sfs2pet, dir2pet, dir2tgz, dir2sfs, pet2tgz, more
- other updates and fixes.. run `pkg -H` for full info..
- added Pdiag, diagnostics util, in Menu->System->Info
- added pMirrorGet 0.2.1, in Menu->Internet->FileTransfer
- added to Akita repo:
lmms-0.4.13-akita, music creation program, 13MB, in Multimedia, needs Qt4 (pet and sfs)