Salix Xfce 15.0beta1
Posted: 27. May 2022, 09:45
Hi all!
So here is the first beta for Salix 15.0! There's a ton of improvements and additions compared to the last alpha release. We're definitely getting a lot closer to a final 15.0 release.
I believe that all problems that have been reported with the last alpha relase are now fixed. Additionally, more of our standard tools, such as salix-codecs-installer and guefi are included. Our main package manager, spkg, has been updated to fix several issues that had popped up with 15.0.
One very important addition is that Flatpak is now installed by default and supported out of the box. This makes a huge range of software immediately available to Salix users. Just visit flathub.org (there is also a menu entry for that), search and click install! Desktop integration of flatpaks is possible through our new flatpak-tools package. I may yet add a few more tools in that package to make flatpak management in Salix even easier. Or use the flatpak tool from the command line, which allows you to install, upgrade and remove flatpaks.
Our own repositories have been filled with more than 1000 additional packages since the alpha and there is a lot more to come. There is not going to be a shortage of available software in 15.0, we're aiming for building almost everything from SBo and having it in our own binary package repositories.
With respect to Sourcery and spi, these tools are probably not going to make it to 15.0. There is not going to be a shortage of available software in 15.0, we're aiming for building almost everything from SBo and having it in our own binary repositories. Having users deal with the complications of building packages from source is something that I'd like to avoid. slapt-src is going to be included though, so doing it is not going to be impossible for anyone that wants to.
On a different note, we now have a new default icon theme and a new cursor theme, both coming from the Qogir project as well as a new Xfwm4 theme, specially made for Salix. The desktop layout has remained the same classic layout though, I don't find anything else as productive as that. We may still make some further changes until the final release, like replacing the standard Xfce menu with whiskermenu. Opinions welcome.
You may download the beta release using the following links:
Salix64 Xfce 15.0beta1 (64-bit, x86_64)
(md5: e52680bc676a0251da60cedd0836ca55, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 0beta1.iso
Salix Xfce 15.0beta1 (32-bit, i586/i686)
(md5: 22a2eb8e1ac61c636189030aeca8a451, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 0beta1.iso
Please include the following information if you report something:
* 32bit or 64bit iso
* UEFI or BIOS (in case of 64bit iso)
* Language during installation
Thank you for testing!
So here is the first beta for Salix 15.0! There's a ton of improvements and additions compared to the last alpha release. We're definitely getting a lot closer to a final 15.0 release.
I believe that all problems that have been reported with the last alpha relase are now fixed. Additionally, more of our standard tools, such as salix-codecs-installer and guefi are included. Our main package manager, spkg, has been updated to fix several issues that had popped up with 15.0.
One very important addition is that Flatpak is now installed by default and supported out of the box. This makes a huge range of software immediately available to Salix users. Just visit flathub.org (there is also a menu entry for that), search and click install! Desktop integration of flatpaks is possible through our new flatpak-tools package. I may yet add a few more tools in that package to make flatpak management in Salix even easier. Or use the flatpak tool from the command line, which allows you to install, upgrade and remove flatpaks.
Our own repositories have been filled with more than 1000 additional packages since the alpha and there is a lot more to come. There is not going to be a shortage of available software in 15.0, we're aiming for building almost everything from SBo and having it in our own binary package repositories.
With respect to Sourcery and spi, these tools are probably not going to make it to 15.0. There is not going to be a shortage of available software in 15.0, we're aiming for building almost everything from SBo and having it in our own binary repositories. Having users deal with the complications of building packages from source is something that I'd like to avoid. slapt-src is going to be included though, so doing it is not going to be impossible for anyone that wants to.
On a different note, we now have a new default icon theme and a new cursor theme, both coming from the Qogir project as well as a new Xfwm4 theme, specially made for Salix. The desktop layout has remained the same classic layout though, I don't find anything else as productive as that. We may still make some further changes until the final release, like replacing the standard Xfce menu with whiskermenu. Opinions welcome.
You may download the beta release using the following links:
Salix64 Xfce 15.0beta1 (64-bit, x86_64)
(md5: e52680bc676a0251da60cedd0836ca55, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 0beta1.iso
Salix Xfce 15.0beta1 (32-bit, i586/i686)
(md5: 22a2eb8e1ac61c636189030aeca8a451, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 0beta1.iso
Please include the following information if you report something:
* 32bit or 64bit iso
* UEFI or BIOS (in case of 64bit iso)
* Language during installation
Thank you for testing!