The respective kernel versions are as follow:
- Debian's linux-image-3.12-1 for i486
- siduction's linux-image-3.12-8 for i686 and i686-PAE
Especially the i486 image has an extremely small memory footprint, but a slightly larger ISO and installation size.
Changelog:
- sysV is the init system of choice
- general cleanup and lower dependency count
- restructure for better script support
- various applications have been removed to create a leaner base system: mutt, centerim, mplayer2, sucrack, john, aircrack.
- the new CLI browser is w3m with image support and replaces links2
- e3 and mcedit replace vi and nano
- git, pms and raffles are added
- inclusion of new bbq utilities from team members: paletter, dkeger, env-info, bbqgit, fbcolors, get-kernel, frenchmaid, kxt, passwux, grillmeister
- various color schemes for Xresources in dedicated folder
- liquorix kernel sources removed, they can be added via smxi
The kernel for the i686 and i686-pae releases are set to stay static. To enable a rolling release, please apply
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# for i686
sudo apt-get install linux-image-siduction-686 linux-headers-siduction-686
# for i686-pae
sudo apt-get install linux-image-siduction-686-pae linux-headers-siduction-686-pae
To detect missing drivers for your hardware, run fw-detect and follow the instructions there.
To create a bootable USB stick, copy the ISO to the device (e.g. /dev/sdc) using the command:
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sudo dd if=/path/to/linuxbbq-spring-*.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M
Download location: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbbq/files/2014/
The upload is ongoing, please allow a few hours.