In case it is useful for anyone. Salix 14.0 Live XFCE beta1

[djemos]

I have installed about 2GB of programs on a 4GB persistence file. Swap is not activated. Memory is 2GB in a dual core 64bit system.
After use usb-stick for everyday use, system is extremely fast. You can't even notice you run from usb. You think it is like a real installed system.

About shutdown. Did you checked, if do the same, in a system installed from an installation iso?

[mimosa]

@djemos

On your last point about an installed system, I'm afraid I can't test because it's not my machine (I'm on the road) so the only thing would be if anyone else is experiencing any slowness with the Live beta, with or without persistence.

Please, if you are, report it here

The machine has 4GB RAM so it is probably a stronger spec than this Asus Eeee laptop, for instance; but the latter is reasonably fast (with Slackel Openbox running XMonad as WM). I don't think I actually have swap on it either, FWIW.

[beyer]

Created USB stick straight from .iso, boots into Salix successfully.
After creating a 2G file permanent space (ext2) and reboot, wouldn't come up again:

*** Passing execution process to salix Live v.xfce-14.0-64 ***

ls: /mnt/union/lib64/ld-2.15.so: No such file or directory
ls: /mnt/union/lib64/ld-2.15.so: No such file or directory
/sbin/init: exec: line 245: chroot: not found
[ ...] Kernel panic - not syncing ...

Ste

[djemos]

Did you read this? Download and copy initrd.xz on boot folder on usb?
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic. ... =30#p30584
download one of these initrd files (i486 or x86_64) and copy them to /media/5FD0-4C2E/boot/ (be sure to check mount point if you run salix it will be mounted to /run/media/... so replace /media with yours )
become root

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su

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cp initrd.xz  /media/5FD0-4C2E/boot/

Then umount usb-stick and reboot.

Edit: I have update isos on sourceforge with new initrd.xz. no need anymore to copy initrd.xz on usb.

[djemos]

One little thing - SHut down from the logout menu seems to do the same as Log out. You get to a login screen. It is possible to shut down from there.

Shutdown works fine here.

[djemos]

Isos on sourceforge has been rsynced with new ones.

Bugs that has been fixed.
Salix-live-installer relative bugs. install /home in different partition. Fixed
Persistence not working. Fixed (initrd.xz has been replaced with a new one)
The image behind the grub menu is displaced upwards by about 20-30 pixels and wraps to the bottom of the screen. Fixed.


I have just rsynced the images so it is still beta1 i did not changed the name.
I can say that this is a live xfce edition which works very nice.
I have edited the mdsums in first page of this topic.
I put here also the links and mdsums.


You can download iso files from the following links:

Salix Live XFCE 14.0 beta1 (32 bit)
32 bits ISO (770 MB) — MD5 checksum: c8a71de05d568617be0f25b95af03e57
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
initrd for 32 bits PXE booting (5,9MB): — MD5 checksum: 6bad6904138795f99eea9d3c718be658
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... z/download

Salix Live XFCE 14.0 beta1 (64 bit)
64 bits ISO (787 MB) — MD5 checksum: e7bd316e9467f4eab22e4ca15226844e
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
initrd for 64 bits PXE booting (6,6 MB) — MD5 checksum: 5b86abfc1d57f0ee71ce16e185b7828c
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... z/download

[mimosa]

I haven't downloaded this new version yet, but I tested the previus one on another machine with 8GB RAM, 4GB swap, and an Intel i7 processor. I didn't test installing large packages, but in brief normal use, it did seem quite a bit less responsive than I remmerber 13.37 Live having been, especially given the hardware and partition scheme.

This is no doubt all some local failing, but I mention it for the record. I'm afraid my scope for further testing is quite limited just now.

[djemos]

Yesterday, a friend of mine wanted to install linux, in a 4GB RAM, 4 processors HP Pavilon. So before installing i tested there salixLive-xfce booting from a live-usb i had prepare at home. It was responding very good. Of course it is useful more users to test and respond.

[ikke]

Of course it is useful more users to test and respond.

Salix 14.0 Live XFCE beta1 is working fine for me. Frugally installed.
Wondering when the definitive Salix 14.0 Live XFCE edtion or even the Salix 14.1 Live XFCE beta1 will be available.
Thank you for nice work!

[djemos]

I am working on Salix 14.0.1 Live XFCE and Salix 14.0.1 Live KDE versions. So when it is ready will be out.