Elive builds on Bullseye: first isos

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Hmmm, I've got some comments/thoughts for Elive here.

  1. @arcnations has a relatively small following, we need to find others too ..... especially those with more followers. i.e: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLinuxExperiment (I bet there's more channels) has 100x more followers. Then again, maybe we should save the big channels for Retro anouncement.
  2. The pager is moved to an area that's blocked by 'cairo-dock', luckily it isn't touched anymore. :scream_cat:
  3. As @arcnation moves from theme to theme the iconified app turns into a horrific big question mark, we should fix that.
  4. To be clear 'chromium' isn't the same as 'google chrome', far from it.
  5. It should have been mentioned that 'Retro' is the up and coming release. Sort of get rumors going and expectations up. Maybe with some previews or mock-ups. :smile_cat:
  6. I still say that every release we do has to be instantly recognizable through it's specific default wallpaper.....otherwise it'll just be more of the same-old, same-old. Visuals matter immensely.
  7. Personally I'm happy with @arcnations calling the appearance "old one" whilst hovering over 'cairo-dock' ..... maybe it wasn't meant to mean that but I still think it's the 'cairo-dock' that especially degrades Elive/E16 to "old fashioned". I've said it before: "Ditch cairo-dock for something that doesn't take over the desktop!" :nauseated_face:
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next build has pagers & cairo-dock improvements about that
it also includes many many fixes I have seen these days

that's an e16 "issue", or not really an issue, e16 reloads and that cached image is cleared out, i dont think is too important but feel free to comment / report it on phab

what about the wallpapers switcher feature? it becomes useless then? (it shows all the available wallpapers)

I'm thinking in a different approach.. like changing the wallpaper in the boot process of the live mode instead, that will avoid the feeling of "no changes"

UPDATE: I'm brainstorming the idea of the wallpaper and having some ideas that will not break the switcher and the preselected ones, will try that for next releases... (notes taken)

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Third build on bullseye: https://www.elivecd.org/elive_3.8.27+_beta_hybrid_amd64.iso , just published, includes many many fixes and improvements after to do a good amount of tests in different computers these days

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Hi,
Thanks for the info. Just downloaded that iso and will try it out and look at the translations for sure.

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Time pass fast, 2 months passed since the public release of the (buster) version 3.8.27 was published

To not let more time pass, I'm going to release in ~2 days the new 3.8.28 builds based on Bullseye, so people can start using bullseye and we have some more activity on the distro

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At least give it a new "look" by changing the wallpaper in the announcements on the website, mail and distrowatch.... on 3.8.28 will prolly already be too late knowing you. :scream_cat:

Most websites that write about distros tend to simply copy/paste the delivered screenshots. that way it'll at least garner a few looks extra and some more interest.

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good point, noted, thanks for remember me the wallpaper thing as next feature

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Updates:

  • Going to release 3.8.28 based on bullseye very soon
  • Different default wallpaper picked per-distro as suggested by @triantares to improve the visual "there's changes" sensation ready: New wallpapers for elive - #7 by Thanatermesis
  • Many fixes & improvements, due to the distro switch but also due to many betatestings in machines
  • Size of the ISO has been reduced because it grown too much in the last bullseye build, by removing less-needed packages like libefl-dev (yes, you can't build & run the demo .c files included in the home now, users needs to manually install the EFL dev libs if wants to do these things, so there's not much people using them), just like other dev libs & tools like gdb
  • pager / cairo-dock improvements for usability / ux
  • appimages supported
  • flatpaks improved
  • installer many improvements included maintaining better the previous installation settings
  • improved screenshot tool added (ctrl + prtn, IIRC)
  • gigantically improved english :slight_smile: by @triantares & @TheTechRobo improvements on eltrans especially
  • persistence improvements
  • many more small improvements
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Elive is a very good and faster operating sistem

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