02/16/2020

Update announcements for the x64 current version of Absolute Linux
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psherma1
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02/16/2020

Post by psherma1 »

If you are updating and still using lilo
(as opposed to elilo)

You will want to edit /etc/lilo.conf to not include a line that has
"vga=771"
or something similar.
Delete such a line the run lilo.
Reboot.
Enjoy practical screen resolutions. :-)


List of recent updates:


Saturday, 02/15/2020

a/zerofree-1.1.1-x86_64-1.txz: *** Added ***
ap/nvme-cli-1.10.1-x86_64-1.txz: *** Added ***
l/libxkbcommon-0.10.0-x86_64-1.txz: *** Added ***
l/openal-soft-1.19.1-x86_64-1.txz: *** Added ***

l/openAL-1.19.1-x86_64-1AL.txz ** REMOVED **


a/aaa_elflibs-15.0-x86_64-21.txz
a/aaa_terminfo-6.2-x86_64-1.txz
a/bash-5.0.016-x86_64-1.txz
a/cryptsetup-2.3.0-x86_64-1.txz
a/hwdata-0.332-noarch-1.txz
a/inotify-tools-3.20.2.2-x86_64-1.txz
a/kernel-firmware-20200207_6f89735-noarch-1.txz
a/kernel-huge-5.4.20-x86_64-1.txz
a/kernel-modules-5.4.20-x86_64-1.txz

a/lilo-24.2-x86_64-9AL.txz
Had to pull vga=771 from lilo.conf
(intel requires modesetting)
for updaters...
edit /etc/lilo.conf,
removing "vga = 771" line
then run lilo to update.

a/lvm2-2.03.08-x86_64-1.txz
a/pciutils-3.6.4-x86_64-1.txz
a/shadow-4.8.1-x86_64-3AL.txz
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-29.txz
a/util-linux-2.35.1-x86_64-3.txz
ap/cups-filters-1.27.0-x86_64-1.txz
ap/ghostscript-9.50-x86_64-2.txz.
ap/gutenprint-5.3.3-x86_64-2.txz
ap/linuxdoc-tools-0.9.73-x86_64-5.txz
ap/man-pages-5.05-noarch-2.txz
ap/mariadb-10.4.12-x86_64-2.txz
ap/qpdf-9.1.1-x86_64-1.txz
ap/sqlite-3.31.1-x86_64-1.txz
ap/sudo-1.8.31-x86_64-1AL.txz
d/Cython-0.29.15-x86_64-1.txz
d/bison-3.5.2-x86_64-1.txz
d/check-0.14.0-x86_64-1.txz
d/cmake-3.16.4-x86_64-1.txz
d/cvs-1.11.23-x86_64-4.txz
d/doxygen-1.8.17-x86_64-2.txz
d/gdb-9.1-x86_64-1.txz
d/git-2.25.0-x86_64-2.txz
d/kernel-headers-5.4.20-x86-1.txz
d/llvm-9.0.1-x86_64-3.txz
d/make-4.2.1-x86_64-5.txz
d/mercurial-5.3-x86_64-1.txz
d/meson-0.53.1-x86_64-1.txz
d/ninja-1.10.0-x86_64-1.txz
d/python-pip-20.0.2-x86_64-1.txz
d/python-setuptools-45.2.0-x86_64-1.txz
d/rust-1.41.0-x86_64-1.txz
d/strace-5.5-x86_64-1.txz
d/vala-0.46.6-x86_64-1.txz
k/kernel-source-5.4.20-noarch-1.txz
l/ConsoleKit2-1.2.1-x86_64-2.txz
l/gnome-keyring-3.34.0-x86_64-2.txz
l/gtk+2-2.24.32-x86_64-3.txz
l/gtk+3-3.24.13-x86_64-2.txz
l/imagemagick-7.0.9_22-x86_64-1.txz
l/isl-0.22.1-x86_64-1.txz
l/libarchive-3.4.2-x86_64-1.txz
l/libmtp-1.1.17-x86_64-1.txz
l/libsoup-2.68.3-x86_64-2.txz
l/libssh-0.9.3-x86_64-2.txz
l/libtasn1-4.16.0-x86_64-1.txz
l/libzip-1.6.1-x86_64-1.txz
l/mozilla-nss-3.50-x86_64-1.txz
l/ncurses-6.2-x86_64-1.txz
l/neon-0.30.2-x86_64-2.txz
l/pcre-8.44-x86_64-1.txz
l/polkit-0.116-x86_64-2.txz
l/python-packaging-20.1-x86_64-1.txz
l/qt5-5.13.2-x86_64-1.txz
l/readline-8.0.004-x86_64-1.txz
l/sdl-1.2.15-x86_64-9.txz
l/sip-4.19.21-x86_64-1.txz
l/v4l-utils-1.18.0-x86_64-2.txz
n/ModemManager-1.12.6-x86_64-1.txz
n/NetworkManager-1.22.6-x86_64-2AL.txz
n/cifs-utils-6.10-x86_64-2.txz
n/curl-7.68.0-x86_64-2.txz
n/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-x86_64-2.txz
n/dhcpcd-8.1.6-x86_64-1.txz
n/gnutls-3.6.12-x86_64-1.txz
n/iproute2-5.5.0-x86_64-1.txz
n/krb5-1.18-x86_64-1.txz
n/libgpg-error-1.37-x86_64-1.txz
n/libtirpc-1.2.5-x86_64-2.txz
n/nfs-utils-2.4.3-x86_64-1.txz
n/openldap-client-2.4.49-x86_64-1.txz
n/openssh-8.2p1-x86_64-1.txz
n/p11-kit-0.23.20-x86_64-1.txz
n/php-7.4.2-x86_64-3.txz
n/samba-4.11.6-x86_64-1.txz
n/whois-5.5.5-x86_64-1.txz
n/wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-2.txz
x/libinput-1.15.1-x86_64-1.txz
x/mesa-19.3.4-x86_64-2.txz
x/mtdev-1.1.6-x86_64-1.txz
x/vulkan-sdk-1.2.131.1-x86_64-1.txz
x/xkeyboard-config-2.29-noarch-1.txz
x/xterm-353-x86_64-1AL.txz
xap/blueman-2.1.2-x86_64-1.txz
xap/sane-1.0.29-x86_64-1.txz
xap/xlockmore-5.62-x86_64-1AL.txz
xap/xpdf-4.02-x86_64-3.txz
xap/xsane-0.999-x86_64-3.txz






Thursday, 02/13/2020

x/font-AbsoluteDigital-1.0-noarch-1AL.txz
Lot of font editing...
amazingly difficult to find a good set of digital numbers in a font

xap/icewm-1.6.4-x86_64-2AL.txz
Just updated several themes to include digital font





Tuesday, 02/11/2020

x/font-Digital-Display-1.0-noarch-1AL.txz
xap/mozilla-firefox-68.5.0esr-x86_64-1AL.txz
Extra/chromium-80.0.3987.87-x86_64-1AL.txz





Sunday, 02/09/2020

xap/galculator-2.1.4-x86_64-5AL.txz
xap/icewm-1.6.4-x86_64-1AL.txz
Re-edited for Absolute against new 1.6.4 codebase





Wednesday, 02/05/2020

a/etc-15.0-x86_64-20200205AL.txz
ap/sudo-1.8.31-x86_64-1AL.txz
l/gtk-theme-Desaturin-1.3-noarch-1AL.txz





Tuesday, 02/04/2020

a/etc-15.0-x86_64-20200204AL.txz
xap/scite-4.3.0-x86_64-1AL.txz





Monday, 02/03/2020

a/etc-15.0-x86_64-20200203AL.txz
l/gtk-theme-Desaturin-1.2-noarch-1AL.txz
Theme tweaking...

xap/scite-4.1.4-x86_64-3AL.txz





Sunday, 02/02/2020

xap/screenshots-1.2-noarch-1AL.txz





Saturday, 02/01/2020

xap/icewm-20200202-x86_64-1AL.txz




Friday, 01/31/2020

xap/mozilla-firefox-68.4.2esr-x86_64-2AL.txz





Thursday, 01/30/2020

xap/spacefm-20200130-x86_64-1AL.txz
l/gtk-theme-Absolute_Gray-1.9-noarch-1AL.txz
l/gtk-theme-Desaturin-1.0-noarch-1AL.txz
a/etc-15.0-x86_64-20200130AL.txz





Wednesday, 01/29/2020

xap/ddd-3.3.12-x86_64-6AL.txz
Extra/android-studio-3.5.3_191.6010548-x86_64-1AL.txz





Monday, 01/27/2020

a/etc-15.0-x86_64-20200127AL.txz
Updated /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list

l/absolute-icon-theme-1.3-noarch-1AL.txz
added icon application-x-extension-html.svg






Sunday, 01/26/2020


ap/vim-8.2.0131-x86_64-1.txz
d/android-tools-29.0.5-x86_64-1AL.txz
l/gtest-1.8.0-x86_64-2AL.txz
l/openjdk-8u242_b08-x86_64-1alien.txz
l/protobuf3-3.10.1-x86_64-1AL.txz






Thursday, 01/23/2020

a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-1aAL.txz
Fixed linking in the install script.

xap/smplayer-19.10.2-x86_64-1AL.txz




Thursday, 01/23/2020

When using gslapt:

after you update,
be sure to FILE > MARK OBSOLETE
(and leave checked any you WANT to delete)

AND VIEW-AVAILABE
(for packaes that are NEW, not UPGRADED)

aaa_elflibs is blacklisted in glapt for updates...
s if you want to update, do it manually or change
settings not to block update. (Undeer SETTINGS > EXCLUSIONS)



a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-1AL.txz ***ADDED***
n/krb5-1.17.1-x86_64-1.txz ***ADDED***

a/elvis-2.2_0-x86_64-4.txz ***REMOVED***
l/db42-4.2.52-x86_64-4.txz ***REMOVED***
l/db44-4.4.20-x86_64-4.txz ***REMOVED***


a/aaa_elflibs-15.0-x86_64-20.txz


a/aaa_terminfo-6.1_20200118-x86_64-1.txz
a/btrfs-progs-5.4.1-x86_64-1.txz
a/kernel-firmware-20200122_1eb2408-noarch-1.txz
a/mcelog-168-x86_64-1.txz
a/pciutils-3.6.3-x86_64-1.txz
a/pkgtools-15.0-noarch-30AL.txz
a/sed-4.8-x86_64-1.txz
a/sysvinit-scripts-2.1-noarch-28AL.txz
a/util-linux-2.35-x86_64-1.txz
ap/cups-filters-1.26.2-x86_64-1.txz
d/bison-3.5.1-x86_64-1.txz
d/cmake-3.16.3-x86_64-1.txz
d/gdb-8.3.1-x86_64-3.txz
d/git-2.25.0-x86_64-1.txz
d/guile-3.0.0-x86_64-1.txz
d/make-4.3-x86_64-1.txz
d/parallel-20200122-noarch-1.txz
d/python-pip-20.0.1-x86_64-1.txz
d/python-setuptools-45.1.0-x86_64-1.txz
d/subversion-1.13.0-x86_64-3.txz
l/Mako-1.1.1-x86_64-1.txz
l/apr-util-1.6.1-x86_64-8.txz
l/babl-0.1.74-x86_64-1.txz
l/dbus-python-1.2.16-x86_64-1.txz
l/gegl-0.4.20-x86_64-1.txz
l/gmp-6.2.0-x86_64-1.txz
l/imagemagick-7.0.9_17-x86_64-1.txz
l/keyutils-1.6.1-x86_64-1.txz
l/libcap-2.31-x86_64-1.txz
l/mozilla-nss-3.49.1-x86_64-1.txz
l/ncurses-6.1_20200118-x86_64-1.txz
l/netpbm-10.89.01-x86_64-1.txz
l/python-docutils-0.16-x86_64-1.txz
l/python-six-1.14.0-x86_64-1.txz
l/python-urllib3-1.25.8-x86_64-1.txz
l/redland-1.0.17-x86_64-6.txz
l/serf-1.3.9-x86_64-4.txz
l/talloc-2.3.1-x86_64-3.txz
n/ModemManager-1.12.4-x86_64-1.txz
n/NetworkManager-1.22.4-x86_64-1.txz
n/bind-9.14.10-x86_64-1.txz
n/dhcp-4.4.2-x86_64-1.txz
n/ethtool-5.4-x86_64-1.txz
n/gnutls-3.6.11.1-x86_64-2.txz
n/httpd-2.4.41-x86_64-2.txz
n/ipset-7.5-x86_64-1.txz
n/lftp-4.9.1-x86_64-1.txz
n/libmbim-1.22.0-x86_64-1.txz
n/libqmi-1.24.4-x86_64-1.txz
n/p11-kit-0.23.19-x86_64-1.txz
n/php-7.4.2-x86_64-2.txz
n/samba-4.11.5-x86_64-1.txz
x/libva-2.6.1-x86_64-1.txz
x/xf86-video-intel-20191209_f66d3954-x86_64-1.txz
x/xorg-server-1.20.7-x86_64-1.txz
x/xterm-352-x86_64-1AL.txz
xap/gparted-1.1.0-x86_64-1.txz






Tuesday, 01/21/2020

a/etc-15.0-x86_64-20200121AL.txz
xap/icewm-20190309-x86_64-3jAL.txz
xap/mozilla-firefox-68.4.2esr-x86_64-1AL.txz
set as default browser
compiled on Absolute with a few tweaks.


Extra/chromium-79.0.3945.117-x86_64-1AL.txz ***MOVED***
Extra/chromium-pepperflash-plugin-32.0.0.156-x86_64-1alien.txz ***MOVED***
Extra/chromium-widevine-plugin-1.4.9.1088-x86_64-1alien.txz ***MOVED***





Sunday, 01/12/2020

l/absolute-icon-theme-1.2-noarch-1AL.txz
xap/absArchive-1.4-noach-1AL.txz
xap/arox-20191203-x86_64-2AL.txz





Thursday, 01/09/2020


a/e2fsprogs-1.45.5-x86_64-1.txz
a/kernel-firmware-20200107_67d4ff5-noarch-1.txz
d/ccache-3.7.7-x86_64-1.txz
d/mercurial-5.2.2-x86_64-1.txz
d/meson-0.53.0-x86_64-1.txz
l/imagemagick-7.0.9_14-x86_64-1.txz
l/libcap-2.30-x86_64-1.txz
l/libidn-1.35-x86_64-2.txz
l/libpsl-0.21.0-x86_64-2.txz
l/libwebp-1.1.0-x86_64-1.txz
l/mozilla-nss-3.49-x86_64-1.txz
l/pyparsing-2.4.6-x86_64-1.txz
l/python-packaging-20.0-x86_64-1.txz
l/python-pygments-2.5.2-x86_64-1.txz: ***Added***
n/curl-7.68.0-x86_64-1.txz
n/iputils-20190709-x86_64-2.txz
x/fonttosfnt-1.1.0-x86_64-1.txz
x/mesa-19.3.2-x86_64-1.txz

xap/clipgrab-3.8.9-x86_64-1AL.txz
xap/absArchive-1.3-noach-1AL.txz
xap/calibre-4.8.0-x86_64-1AL.txz

Extra/mozilla-firefox-68.4.1esr-x86_64-1AL.txz
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