MAIN EDITION: Haggis (486/686) Release Notes
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:05 pm
I'm very happy (indeed) to announce the availability of LinuxBBQ "Haggis", a no-X edition that will form the base for the "Autumn" release series. Typically, this release is smaller than its predecessors.
A few days ago Pidsley and I discussed the exclusion of certain packages from the base edition. Especially the python- and lua-dependencies were (a) plank(s) in our eye(s).
In the new edition, most applications are probably even less known than the BBQ default CLI applications that were included in the last two years. "Haggis" is the opportunity to widen one's horizon and to test (and get accustomed) to even lighter CLI/curses programs.
With regards to software selection, these were the deciding factors:
- best possible functionality
- file size (package/install size)
- dependency count
- CLI or ncurses
- no normal person uses it ;)
For example, the bloated "mocp" music player got replaced by mpg123-frontends "juke" and "playmp3list" -- shaving off several dependencies and some megabytes of ISO size. The IRC client "irssi" even got three replacements, namely "ii", "tinyirc" and "f-irc", together still weighing less than "irssi" alone. "nrss" is the kiss of death for "newsbeuter", and even after adding mail client "cone", the development environment "fte" and the mighty trinity "tmux", "screen" and "dvtm" the install size of the ISO is just about 630MB.
Get the 486-bit version (231MB) at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbb ... o/download
Get the 686-bit non-PAE version (228MB) at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbb ... o/download
No 64-bit, don't even ask. If you need 64-bit, check distrowatch. tl;dr: no more 64bit, except special editions.
Username: bbq/root
password: root
The installer is hidden.
Little hint: in TTY1, press <alt> and <cursor left> or <cursor right> to scroll through the TTYs. Use TTY8 as screensaver ;)
Happy haggis!
A few days ago Pidsley and I discussed the exclusion of certain packages from the base edition. Especially the python- and lua-dependencies were (a) plank(s) in our eye(s).
In the new edition, most applications are probably even less known than the BBQ default CLI applications that were included in the last two years. "Haggis" is the opportunity to widen one's horizon and to test (and get accustomed) to even lighter CLI/curses programs.
With regards to software selection, these were the deciding factors:
- best possible functionality
- file size (package/install size)
- dependency count
- CLI or ncurses
- no normal person uses it ;)
For example, the bloated "mocp" music player got replaced by mpg123-frontends "juke" and "playmp3list" -- shaving off several dependencies and some megabytes of ISO size. The IRC client "irssi" even got three replacements, namely "ii", "tinyirc" and "f-irc", together still weighing less than "irssi" alone. "nrss" is the kiss of death for "newsbeuter", and even after adding mail client "cone", the development environment "fte" and the mighty trinity "tmux", "screen" and "dvtm" the install size of the ISO is just about 630MB.
Get the 486-bit version (231MB) at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbb ... o/download
Get the 686-bit non-PAE version (228MB) at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbb ... o/download
No 64-bit, don't even ask. If you need 64-bit, check distrowatch. tl;dr: no more 64bit, except special editions.
Username: bbq/root
password: root
The installer is hidden.
Little hint: in TTY1, press <alt> and <cursor left> or <cursor right> to scroll through the TTYs. Use TTY8 as screensaver ;)
Happy haggis!