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by BarryK
Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: How to open the Quirky Void .img with mount-img
Replies: 8
Views: 469

Re: How to open the Quirky Void .img with mount-img

A quick look at this:

https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ... place.html

...not quite sure if it can clone just a single partition in a drive.

Seems that can, but probably a very good idea to try on a computer where you don't mind if something goes wrong.

by BarryK
Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: How to open the Quirky Void .img with mount-img
Replies: 8
Views: 469

Re: How to open the Quirky Void .img with mount-img

To open the Quirky Void .img (https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=115931#p115931) with mount-img and displays the two partitions, just add btrfs at in the line 109 of /usr/bin/mount-img (EasyOS 5.7) Line 109 aFS="$(blkid ${LOOPn} | tr ' ' '\n' | grep '^TYPE' | cut -f 2 -d '"' | g...
by BarryK
Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

Re: QV version 240403 pre-alpha uploaded

For those who are interested in what btrfs can and cannot do... There is a mount option "commit=<seconds>" which sets how often the RAM buffers get flushed to the storage media. Described here: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs-man5.html#mount-options QV currently has "comm...
by BarryK
Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

Re: QV version 240403 pre-alpha uploaded

Having an Intel integrated gpu in a HP desktop with HD Graphics 4600 Core i7-4790 Haswell, I restarted X and ran xorgwizard. uxa was indicated as currently in use. Is testing desired for sna? the dialog informs I am using uxa and offers to switch to uxa, not sna. I guess if it is already running ux...
by BarryK
Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

Re: QV version 240403 pre-alpha uploaded

bugnaw333,
I checked, there is /usr/bin/python3.12, and /usr/bin/python3 a symlink to it.
I'll fix that, thanks for reporting the bug.
You can fix it now, just make a copy of the python3 symlink, name it "python".

by BarryK
Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:18 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

Re: QV version 240403 pre-alpha uploaded

Tried launching Firefox from the WWW desktop icon, but still hadn't loaded after a couple of minutes, so killed it in Htop. I am currently using a copy of Firefox on the internal SSD, and it is running well. I wonder which is causing most of the slowness, the low read speed off the Toshiba stick, o...
by BarryK
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

Re: QV snapshot management

OK, here is QV version 240403 pre-alpha:

https://bkhome.org/news/202404/qv-versi ... alpha.html

Bug reports welcome!

by BarryK
Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: DebianDogs
Topic: Pseudo Full Install (testing)
Replies: 25
Views: 1347

Re: Pseudo Full Install (testing)

wiak, dancytron, I have been following this thread. The above to two points are reasons why I have gone for btrfs and full-install in my experimental new QV. btrfs supports read-write compression. What is missing though, is encryption. ext4 supports fscrypt per-folder encryption, that I was using in...
by BarryK
Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

Re: QV snapshot management

re:snapshots how much disk space does a typical snapshot take up, if for instance one adds a 100 mb app before snapshotting? No space. As this guy reported, he was using 60GB in the partition, after taking a snapshot, partition usage still showed 60GB: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/2c...
by BarryK
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

Re: QV snapshot management

An update on that "QV lockdown implemented":
I tested a Flatpak and an AppImage, they worked in Lockdown mode.
Also, a swap partition will be detected at bootup and used, in Lockdown mode.

by BarryK
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded
Replies: 58
Views: 4026

QV version 240409 pre-alpha uploaded

I recently started a new thread "Quirky has returned": https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=11029 However, what has evolved is far more than Quirky Linux. The common factors are does not use aufs/overlay, nor SFS files. I am naming the new distribution "QV", which could b...
by BarryK
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: How to edit .img file?
Replies: 6
Views: 508

Re: How to edit .img file?

If you are already running an EASY, merely open the filemanager to the folder with the image, and double-click the image file. Hope that helps How to open and edit in Puppy? How to package IMG after editing? Is there any software to edit IMG? debianfan You are not providing enough information. Are ...
by BarryK
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Is there an EasyOSplus?
Replies: 3
Views: 547

Re: Is there an EasyOSplus?

I don't understand the question.

Containers inherit the kernel, Xorg, no systemd, no pipewire, no polkit, and more, of the host OS, and may be a very poor fit for other distros.
It is not worthwhile pursuing that direction.

by BarryK
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Is there an EasyOSplus?
Replies: 3
Views: 547

Re: Is there an EasyOSplus?

The problem with containers is they are not a very suitable environment to running other distributions. Too many limitations and compromises.

A Virtual Machine is much better to run another OS, and that is already taken care of with Qemu etc.

by BarryK
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:30 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Quirky has returned!
Replies: 7
Views: 1245

Re: Quirky has returned!

Lockdown has been implemented, see blog post: https://bkhome.org/news/202403/qv-lockdown-implemented.html One change that I'm thinking, is will allow swap partitions. So, if there is a swap partition, it will be used. I locked out swap partitions, but rethinking, that is probably unnecessary paranoia.
by BarryK
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:26 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: EasyOS, kernel panic on a core duo (SOLVED)
Replies: 6
Views: 370

Re: EasyOS, kernel panic on a core duo

Pikaxhu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:15 am

Trying to start testing https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64 ... -amd64.img on a:

Why have you downloaded version 5.6.7? The latest is 5.7.

by BarryK
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Quirky has returned!
Replies: 7
Views: 1245

Re: Quirky has returned!

Busy fixing bugs, before I release a pre-alpha. Today I found that the Void gutenprint package is broken, kind of. The 'cups-genppd.5.3' utility is supposed to generate all the ppd files, but doesn't just gives a weird error. It seems that the Void devs have not solved it, just avoided it, by shippi...
by BarryK
Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Quirky has returned!
Replies: 7
Views: 1245

Re: Quirky has returned!

Probably stuff you already know. I actually understood the video! It would have been gobbledegook a few days ago. As I understand it, snapshots work on a subvolume, and snapshots can work in a frugal install. I will get around to trying it soon, and post a report. So far, QV is a very pleasant expe...
by BarryK
Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Quirky has returned!
Replies: 7
Views: 1245

Quirky has returned!

Blog post:

https://bkhome.org/news/202403/quirky-has-returned.html

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QV is very early days, but looking promising.

Anyone reading this who has experience with btrfs?

by BarryK
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:55 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: MediaTek Wifi Driver Issue
Replies: 19
Views: 1105

Re: MediaTek Wifi Driver Issue

hnw You seem to have figured out that the devx and the kernel source sfs's need to be loaded. This is the same as all puppies. In EasyOS, you click on the "pkg" icon on the desktop then choose "SFSget" then download the two sfs's. ...install both of them to the main filesystem, ...
by BarryK
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Users
Topic: Comparing aufs vs overlay
Replies: 54
Views: 4693

Re: aufs vs overlay

Overlay won't add and remove layers after boot like aufs will, so you wouldn't be able to load and unload sfs files on the fly. If/when the likes of brtfs (that uses copy on write, snapshots, compression etc) commonly supersedes ext then a btrfs device mounted with compression and populated, which ...
by BarryK
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Kirkstone64 Container Question (SOLVED)
Replies: 6
Views: 332

Re: Kirkstone64 Container Question

OK, thinking more clearly about what you are attempting... qtemu mostly likely will not work in a container, as it is a "crippled root" environment. You would have to run the container with full root capabilities, which then makes it much less secure. That can be done, but why run it in a ...
by BarryK
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:47 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Bug of chromium on easyos 5.7
Replies: 6
Views: 361

Re: Bug of chromium on easyos 5.7

My Lenovo desktop has 32GB RAM and it is showing 43GB free. I think this is a bug to fix. My notebook has 8GB RAM and it is showing 9.8GB free. If I copy a 9GB file to /files, what will happen? Thanos It is the result of running in zram. You are seeing the free space in RAM, large because it is usi...
by BarryK
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: Xephyr without sleeping
Replies: 2
Views: 327

Re: Xephyr without sleeping

Yes, that is an interesting alternative method. Thanks for posting.

by BarryK
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Grub2Config PROBLEM -- Coder(s) Needed !!!
Replies: 80
Views: 4094

Re: Grub2Config PROBLEM -- Coder(s) Needed !!!

I posted there:

https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 88#p113888

by BarryK
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: BookwormPup
Topic: BookwormPup64 10.0.6
Replies: 830
Views: 177657

Re: grub2config v2.01 fails on GPT drive

Checking sda... Boot Partition:None: none Boot flag not found on sda Missings:Boot flag on sda Set the boot flag using GParted or something. wizard I seem to recall awhile back that setting the "boot" flag on the esp partition has become optional. Nothing to do with whether drive is GPT o...
by BarryK
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: easyVoid development
Replies: 219
Views: 13132

Re: easyVoid development

I started the test of WoofV. It requires a lot of spàce. After several hours I arrived at the step 6post-process-rootfs. The free space on my partition has gone down 9GB. PS : In the terminal i saw the message. ./6post-process-rootfs: line 332: strip: command not found I ran "du -m woofV"...
by BarryK
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Users
Topic: Comparing aufs vs overlay
Replies: 54
Views: 4693

Re: Comparing aufs vs overlay

@BarryK Maybe your kernel is misconfigured - from what I see, https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/blob/519f9d01c2ae9bd668c55d0963ee37bf3bf46f9f/easyos/easy-code/boot/initrd-tree/init#L571 mounts / with the defaults, but CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY=y is not a good fit for the Puppy use case (snapmergepu...
by BarryK
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:54 am
Forum: EasyOS
Topic: easyVoid development
Replies: 219
Views: 13132

Re: easyVoid development-Problem setup-client

Like i say in my message (the EDIT 6) i think it's possible that the command to create the script xfe was executed before the command that move xfe to xfe.bin0. In my next tests there was no problem. I have read doc about execution order of commands in script bash. Commands run one after the other....
by BarryK
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:19 am
Forum: Users
Topic: Comparing aufs vs overlay
Replies: 54
Views: 4693

Re: Comparing aufs vs overlay

https://bkhome.org/news/202402/overlay-filesystem-is-still-a-disaster.html This is the error you get if you modify lower layers despite what the warning in overlay documentation says. aufs allows this, overlay doesn't. I am NOT modifying lower layers!!! A note about aufs in EasyOS. I have compiled ...

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