Moderator: BarryK
I posted about this to my blog this morning:
https://bkhome.org/news/202410/playing- ... dalus.html
I'm very pleased that the problem with LibreOffice not starting in bookworm is fixed. Well, worked-around by compiling LO myself.
Will this become a new EasyOS series?
Will do a bit more testing, decide in a couple of days.
Looking good so far.
Compiled the 6.6.56 kernel on running "Easy Daedalus".
That's awesome news, Barry!
With the regular package manager having access to the giant Debian repos, and also having appi and flappi when needed/desired, this will be the best Easy EVER in terms of how much software can be installed easily, simply and quickly by non-technical users.
Thanks again for all your efforts!
I tested PKGget by installing various apps.
Also Dolphin file manager, as that is a KDE app and has many requirements so is a "stress test" for compatibility.
Took ages to install, as about 140 dependencies.
Started up, icons did not display, nor the drive partitions.
The latter is a known thing; it isn't in the Dolphin deps list, but also need 'udisk2' package.
Yes, that fixed the partitions; now they display and can be mounted.
But no icons. Managed to get image thumbnails by installing yet more packages, but the icons, no.
After a bit of an online search, found this is a common problem with dolphin. Arch Linux wiki gives advice how to fix it -- which didn't work. Weird, the Adwaita and hicolor icon sets are there, so why can't dolphin see them?
I have to move on. Maybe that can be a project for someone.
A comment: had to install about 160 packages, just to get a file manager working, that isn't even very integrated with EasyOS.
For example, click on a partition and it mounts, but mounts under /media folder, which is contrary to how EasyOS does it.
You would need to have a very very good reason for wanting dolphin, to justify the hassles.
BarryK wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:05 amI tested PKGget by installing various apps.
Also Dolphin file manager, as that is a KDE app and has many requirements so is a "stress test" for compatibility.Took ages to install, as about 140 dependencies.
Started up, icons did not display, nor the drive partitions.
The latter is a known thing; it isn't in the Dolphin deps list, but also need 'udisk2' package.
Yes, that fixed the partitions; now they display and can be mounted.But no icons. Managed to get image thumbnails by installing yet more packages, but the icons, no.
After a bit of an online search, found this is a common problem with dolphin. Arch Linux wiki gives advice how to fix it -- which didn't work. Weird, the Adwaita and hicolor icon sets are there, so why can't dolphin see them?
I have to move on. Maybe that can be a project for someone.
A comment: had to install about 160 packages, just to get a file manager working, that isn't even very integrated with EasyOS.
For example, click on a partition and it mounts, but mounts under /media folder, which is contrary to how EasyOS does it.
You would need to have a very very good reason for wanting dolphin, to justify the hassles.
Thank you, @BarryK , for all the effort you've put into testing PKGget and exploring compatibility with apps like Dolphin.
Your thoroughness is MUCH appreciated and I completely agree with your sentiment/feelings/oppinion —sometimes the final result just doesn't justify the immense effort or the potential issues that arise along the way.
As you mentioned, it's easy to get caught up in trying to perfect things, but we shouldn't obsess, especially when the return isn't worth it.
I believe I speak on behalf of all EasyOS users in thanking you for ALL your hard work. Thanks again for it !!
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YouTube How_To . ==> https://bit.ly/f96ce_xfce_fusilli_HOWTO
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BarryK wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:05 amI tested PKGget by installing various apps.
Also Dolphin file manager, as that is a KDE app and has many requirements so is a "stress test" for compatibility.Took ages to install, as about 140 dependencies.
Started up, icons did not display, nor the drive partitions.
The latter is a known thing; it isn't in the Dolphin deps list, but also need 'udisk2' package.
Yes, that fixed the partitions; now they display and can be mounted.But no icons. Managed to get image thumbnails by installing yet more packages, but the icons, no.
After a bit of an online search, found this is a common problem with dolphin. Arch Linux wiki gives advice how to fix it -- which didn't work. Weird, the Adwaita and hicolor icon sets are there, so why can't dolphin see them?
I have to move on. Maybe that can be a project for someone.
A comment: had to install about 160 packages, just to get a file manager working, that isn't even very integrated with EasyOS.
For example, click on a partition and it mounts, but mounts under /media folder, which is contrary to how EasyOS does it.
You would need to have a very very good reason for wanting dolphin, to justify the hassles.
Probably Dolphin will only work properly OOTB within a complete KDE Desktop environment (with all KDE and QT configuration settings available).
