Salix Xfce 15.0RC1
Posted: 8. Aug 2022, 00:17
Hi all!
Finally, here is 15.0RC1! I know it took a lot of time, but we're very close to the final release now. With any luck, there will be no show-stopping bugs with this and we can release it in a few days as final.
A lot of work has been done in the repos since the beta. We now host almost everything that exists in SBo as binary packages! There is still a little bit of work do be done, but we now have several thousands of packages ready for installation. Our repositories for 15.0 alone are bigger than all previous Salix releases combined! Add to that the ability to install software through flatpak and there will be no shortage of software for 15.0!
Few other things have changes since the beta, one that is immediately obvious after installation is that the traditional applications menu has now been replaced by whiskermenu. Lots of other fixes here and there, the default GTK theme is now "Salix" and the default icon theme, Qogir, has received several fixes.
If you're updating from a beta installation and you don't want to reinstall, make sure you run something like this:
There won't be any breaking changes like this from now on.
Please install and report anything that comes up!
Salix64 Xfce 15.0RC1 (64-bit, x86_64)
(md5: 34065908a1c9f73bf0afe3fc506e62e2, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 5.0RC1.iso
Salix Xfce 15.0RC1 (32-bit, i586/i686)
(md5: 34a36deb0fa2e949023ecac5768b656e, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 5.0RC1.iso
(64bit iso has been uploaded already, 32bit iso being uploaded as I'm posting, should be ready in ~15 mins)
Thanks for testing!
Finally, here is 15.0RC1! I know it took a lot of time, but we're very close to the final release now. With any luck, there will be no show-stopping bugs with this and we can release it in a few days as final.
A lot of work has been done in the repos since the beta. We now host almost everything that exists in SBo as binary packages! There is still a little bit of work do be done, but we now have several thousands of packages ready for installation. Our repositories for 15.0 alone are bigger than all previous Salix releases combined! Add to that the ability to install software through flatpak and there will be no shortage of software for 15.0!
Few other things have changes since the beta, one that is immediately obvious after installation is that the traditional applications menu has now been replaced by whiskermenu. Lots of other fixes here and there, the default GTK theme is now "Salix" and the default icon theme, Qogir, has received several fixes.
If you're updating from a beta installation and you don't want to reinstall, make sure you run something like this:
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sudo slapt-get -u
sudo slapt-get -i spkg
sudo slapt-get -i slapt-get
sudo spkg -d qogir-icon-theme
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/icons/Qogir* # for good measure
sudo slapt-get -i qogir-icon-theme
sudo slapt-get --upgrade
Please install and report anything that comes up!
Salix64 Xfce 15.0RC1 (64-bit, x86_64)
(md5: 34065908a1c9f73bf0afe3fc506e62e2, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 5.0RC1.iso
Salix Xfce 15.0RC1 (32-bit, i586/i686)
(md5: 34a36deb0fa2e949023ecac5768b656e, size: 1.4GB)
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/proje ... 5.0RC1.iso
(64bit iso has been uploaded already, 32bit iso being uploaded as I'm posting, should be ready in ~15 mins)
Thanks for testing!