The Debian-Live Daedalus Starter Kit

[fredx181]

@spotted Here's a list of rcrsn51's packages in the repository (from what I know):
alsamixer-tray audio-converter av-converter batterup bt4stretch camphonetab cputemp f3-flash-check filefinder hplip-print-scan media-file-joiner p910nd-print-server peasyclock peasydial peasydvd peasy-dvd-iso-maker peasy-dvd-player peasyfwmon peasyglue peasymag peasy-media-clipper peasymount peasymp3 peasy-net-player peasy-net-viewer peasypartview peasypdf peasyport peasyprint peasyscale peasyscan peasywifi peasyxorburn peasy-ytdl photo-cropper popup-image samba-server-control savefolderbackup simple-python-http-server snappie sound-card-selector touchpad unzipper vnstat-tray wlanmaker yassm

[spotted]

Thanks both,
I put palemoon-guest in usr/local/bin but did not realise that all the apps there were from you both. The only new one I found is 'timezone-setup', me clock dont sync with the internet!
I have installed 'ntp'. and set timezone to 'gmt+7' but no luck, ntp preferences greyed out, dont know what I did wrong to hose internet time! Thanks

[fredx181]

I have installed 'ntp'. and set timezone to 'gmt+7' but no luck, ntp preferences greyed out, dont know what I did wrong to hose internet time! Thanks

I think it's because ntp expects active systemd, but systemd is not running on this system. (edit: but in fact I'm not sure, could be a bug also)

Myself I use "tzupdate" apt install tzupdate (ntpdate is a dependency, so will be automatically installed) it's very convenient as it detects automatically your timezone and ntpdate gets the time from internet, so nothing you need to adjust if you have internet connection.

Another option is to install "peasyclock" (if not installed already), run it and make your preferences.
Note: uninstall ntp first, it may conflict with peasyclock.

Fred

[spotted]

Thanks Fred,
I saw peasyclock in the lineup but thought that it would be a clock for the desktop, didnt look at it.
I am trying the first option in peasyclock.
Wont know what happens until I log shut down and wait a while. Thanks again Fred

[Clarity]

NTP is a wonderful service and an important one.

One method that make a best case is to have a single LAN PC gather the time from one of the atomic clock sites, then, be the local LAN authority for "the time" for all home units. Thus, it become the LOCAL NTP server where local units synchronize time.

NTP is the standard for generations. It is fast and effective, and "should" be a part of all PUP/DOGs, IMHO.

I am not sure if this has ever been documented in Puppyland. I did look thru the OLD forum as well for entries or instructions for a local setup of NTP using PUP-DOGs as the local NTP server. There really should be a selectable either in Menu or in the taskbar's time icon for NTP becoming a server or identifying the local NTP in the home: And if none locally identified, goto a Atomic Clock site for the time and assume local server responsibility. The penalty/cost for being the local time server is negligent and so small to be insignificant.

I had WRONGLY assumed that FirstRUN processing in Puppy was structured for this. I also thought same was true for FATDOG and will check.

It is important to have EVERYONE on the local network/home network to be operating on the same TIME.

In today's world, many/most homes are NOT just a single PC environment. They are LANs with related devices. And all home services should be on the time.

FYI

[spotted]

@ fredx
Time in the tray now working correctly, thanks. Only job left it to install bullseye to my laptop SSD. Have to read up on secure boot to move out of legacy boot, too many jackers about. Thanks again.
Thanks to rcrsn51 also, especially for youtube-dl. In the 6gb of 'funnies and failures' I havent lost one download yet.

[rcrsn51]

If you have ffmpeg and a media player like Mplayer/MPV/VLC on your system, you already have the tools to do basic video editing.

The default player is Mplayer. To change it, open the Config and uncomment the line for your preferred player.

Click the Help button for instructions. Start/stop times can also be expressed in minute:second format.

If you just want to extract a clip from a media file, Fast mode should be good enough. But for more complicated operations like joining clips or adding effects, you may experience problems with audio syncing. Switching to Slow mode has several advantages.

1. Clips are transcoded into MKV format, which should sync better.
2. Clips from different sources with different formats can be combined.
3. The CLIPOPTS variable in the Config can be used to apply filters on-the-fly. For example:

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CLIPOPTS="-vf scale=480x320 -aspect 3:2"

To join clips, you need a text file containing full pathnames of the clip files. Use Right-click>Copy path.
Recently-made clips are automatically recorded in the file /tmp/clips.txt.
Hint: You can comment out lines in the clips.txt file with a # to omit them from a Join operation.

If you want to switch the final MKV project into another format, use AV-Converter.

See the following posts for more features.

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[rcrsn51]

AV-Editor has tools for adding slides to your project. A slide can be a plain background with text, a graphic image or a graphic with added text.

For best results, use one of your MKV clips as the slide base.

These slides can be inserted anywhere into your set of clips and seamlessly joined together.

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[rcrsn51]

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[rcrsn51]

AV-Editor has two Fade tools. You can fade-in at the start of a clip, fade-out at the end, or do both.

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[rcrsn51]

AV-Editor can change the audio track of a clip.

Regarding audio: the Join tool also works with audio files, provided that they have the same format. If necessary, standardize the files using AV-Converter and ANY-MP3 mode.

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[Clarity]

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CLIPOPTS="-vf scale=480x320 -aspect 3:2"

Is this externally set, only? OR can the utility set/show this when used?

[rcrsn51]

AV-Editor v2.2 adds a tool that normalizes the loudness of some audio streams. Start a separate file like /tmp/normclips.txt to hold the pathnames of the target files - just copy them from your main clips.txt file.

Note that loudness is measured in decibels, which are negative numbers. The more negative the value, the lower the volume.

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[rcrsn51]

The GitHub source is here. Download the .deb package from here.

This is a vanilla third-party repo2sfs build with ZERO extra packages required.

I am running this on a converted Chromebook with the non-standard UCM audio hardware. Jitsi detected all the components easily.

[spotted]

In the go figure department.
In peasy-ytdl I changed line 42 to "-f 18" but it stays -F when reloading the app. I copied peasy-ytdl into fatdog64 and -f 18 shows up and works great. For fun and game I copied peasy-ytdl into easyos ARM64 and it works as -f 18 in arm as well, go figure.

[rcrsn51]

In the go figure department.
In peasy-ytdl I changed line 42 to "-f 18" but it stays -F when reloading the app. I copied peasy-ytdl into fatdog64 and -f 18 shows up and works great. For fun and game I copied peasy-ytdl into easyos ARM64 and it works as -f 18 in arm as well, go figure.

If you already have a config file /root/.peasy-ytdl, its value of the DEFAULT_OPTIONS variable will take priority over the value you set in the code.

Use the Config button or delete the current config file.

[spotted]

@ rcrsn51
embarrassed, the penny didnt drop!
On first use I read help, thats where I got -f 18 from. Did the update because I remember BK saying youtube is always changing the goal posts. Looked in config and saw coder stuff, thats not for me, penny didnt drop, looked in view, yea, thats root with show hidden files, went on to use it and it works great. Now I understand about peasy putting .peasy-ytdl into root so thanks for all your work.

[rcrsn51]

I have uploaded here a squashfs module for Ungoogled Chromium. It can be auto-loaded at bootup from your "live" folder or activated on-demand. The package also contains the Widevine content decryption stuff.

The usual "guest" user is required. For testing purposes, start the app from a terminal with "chromium-guest".

Be aware that Ungoogled Chromium does not have a pre-selected search engine. In the address box at the top of the screen, enter a search engine URL like www.google.com. A shortcut icon for it will appear in the middle of the home screen.

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ae0086959c4e6e26c72ec7c58d0e70c9  ungoogled-chromium-marmaduke-110.squashfs

[rcrsn51]

AV-Editor v2.3 is posted above with a new tool that creates blank MP4 video clips. These can be used as backgrounds for making slides with text/graphics/audio.

[rcrsn51]

Here is the alternate Realtek Ethernet driver "r8168" compiled for k5.10.0-8-amd64.

As was discussed earlier in this thread, the in-kernel r8169 driver works poorly with some Ethernet adapters.

[rcrsn51]

The Bullseye combo-wifi-driver-pack k5.10.0-8-amd64 now supports the Realtek 8812au and 8821au adapters. These are AC-mode devices that work with DRIVER=nl80211 in the PeasyWiFi config. Older versions of the pack contained an 8812au driver that required DRIVER=wext.

All PWF users should now switch their config to DRIVER=nl80211.

[rcrsn51]

My-squash-loader v2.2 is posted here. Previous versions handle "forgotten" modules by cleaning up their links on the next boot. This is done by the script ~/Startup/remove-broken-links. While this method usually works fine, there are a few situations where it does not.

V2.2 adds a modified version of /usr/local/bin/snap-ex that deactivates any still-mounted modules at shutdown.

Remove-broken-links is still present to handle cases where a machine crashes without proper shutdown.

[dancytron]

My-squash-loader v2.2 is posted here. Previous versions handle "forgotten" modules by cleaning up their links on the next boot. This is done by the script ~/Startup/remove-broken-links. While this method usually works fine, there are a few situations where it does not.

V2.2 adds a modified version of /usr/local/bin/snap-ex that deactivates any still-mounted modules at shutdown.

Remove-broken-links is still present to handle cases where a machine crashes without proper shutdown.

Upgraded and did a quick test on DD stretch (systemd enabled) and it seems to work fine.

[rcrsn51]

Thanks. In the final shutdown messages, you should see the lines "Unmounting xxx ...".

[dancytron]

Thanks. In the final shutdown messages, you should see the lines "Unmounting xxx ...".

The unmounting message works too.

[rcrsn51]

I have posted on Page 1 a download for the now-official Bullseye Starter Kit.

[fredx181]

I have posted on Page 1 a download for the now-official Bullseye Starter Kit.

Mirrored at Github: https://github.com/DebianDog/MakeLive/r ... md64-8.iso

[rcrsn51]

Thanks. I have added a link on the main post.

[rcrsn51]

I have posted here hplip-print-scan v3.19.8 for Bullseye.

[rcrsn51]

I have posted here a slightly modified version of the gmplayer package. Previous versions prefer libjack0 in the Depends section. But this can cause conflicts with other packages that now use libjack-jack2d-0. In one situation, the libjack0 package got auto-deleted, which broke gmplayer.

So I have changed the gmplayer package to also depend on libjack-jack2d-0.