LXDE: Coal i686 Release News

[machinebacon]

LinuxBBQ is glad to announce the immediate availability of LinuxBBQ Coal, a release featuring the LXDE desktop environment, based on Debian's unstable and experimental branches. "Coal" is a snapshot of July 30, 2013 and the update of our previous LXDE Base called "Trollinger". The kernel in use is at version 3.10 and comes directly from siduction's repositories.
Notable changes to previous versions are systemd (at version 204), lower dependency count due to absence of gtk-3 packages, the removal of LightDM as display manager, the addition of several CLI applications and BBQ Tools, and several improvements and bugfixes.
The main purpose of "Coal" is to provide a lean, but functional base system for those who want to build up their system by themselves and for those who want to create a redistributable remaster. For convenience, use the shopper or roastyourown tool to create your distro.

Download size: 460MB

http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbb ... o/download

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[pidsley]

Thank you mb. Installed and running well on the test machine. I'm working this morning, so I will get to more testing and tweaking later today.

[swftech]

Awesome! Good job with this one MB :D

[machinebacon]

Thanks colleagues!

@pidsley: try screenfetch -s next time :D

[pidsley]

^ screenfetch is bloat :) that's my own script, and right now it doesn't have a -s switch.

[dkeg]

Thank you mb. Installed and running well on the test machine. I'm working this morning, so I will get to more testing and tweaking later today.

monster conky! nice wall.

[machinebacon]

^ screenfetch is bloat :) that's my own script, and right now it doesn't have a -s switch.

Haha, okay! But I have already packaged it *just for you*! I'm somewhat broken-hearted... ;)

[rhowaldt]

i really like screenfetch - where can we do feature requests? i'd like an -s switch, plus the option to upload to sketchy sites automagically. also, a GUI.

[machinebacon]

It's there, rhowaldt. screenfetch has a -s scrot option, and it even shows the correct BBQ version.

[pidsley]

^ screenfetch is bloat :) that's my own script, and right now it doesn't have a -s switch.

Haha, okay! But I have already packaged it *just for you*! I'm somewhat broken-hearted... ;)

Sorry grillmeister. Maybe the new jwm menu will make up for it?

[machinebacon]

^ Sigh, yes Pidsley, I'm not sure yet ... :)

Thanks my friend!

[rhowaldt]

oh shit i misunderstood about screenfetch! i thought that was pidsley's script. oh well, there goes the joke!
you know what they say, better to have laughed and lost, then to have never laughed at all.

[paolo]

Thanks boss, probably after the holyday Trollinger byebye and welcome Coal :D

[hinto]

wow.. cannot wait for Coal 64.
The BBQ versions of LXDE releases are so blazingly fast, the keyboard burned my fingers ;)
-Hinto

[machinebacon]

Hinto, the 64 should come in the middle of August, I first finish the 32-bit block :)

[ivanovnegro]

It is definitely my favorite release.

[machinebacon]

^ IN SPITE OF THE CONKY? :)))

[pidsley]

Still playing around with Coal -- anyone looking for a more "full-featured" but still less bloated browser (until roaster gets all its new features) -- netsurf installs with a very minimal footprint.

[ivanovnegro]

^ IN SPITE OF THE CONKY? :)))

That is why I had to mention it. It destroyed the picture. :D I will make Coal the default on our ancient machine without the conky.

[DebianJoe]

We seem to be avoiding an important issue. "Why doesn't your script have an -s switch?" Are argvs bloat? :D

I remember looking into netsurf as an option for FB browsing, but never did try it out. How much does it compare with links2?