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PostX Gnu/Linux 0.9 is released

Plenty of things changed, minimalism and functionality remained.

All the material is here: https://www.techtimejourney.net/PostX_09/

Here is a mandatory screenshot. Remember to read the release notes in detail. There might be small manual adjustments you need to make. Also, at the end of this post there is a part that you should run as a script, to fix some issues that came apparent after this release. These issues will be addressed in future builds.

F6 key pressed: Tint2 and clock with a day appearing.

Important0: Spin-FM/sfm no trash found: mkdir -p .local/share/Trash/files

Important1: https://github.com/postman721/Cyberpunk-Dark-Volume-OSD-On-Screen-Display/blob/main/README.md

The wandering keyboard issue.

Keyboard is not a fixed entity and thus its numbering will move upon fresh install. This will do harm to osd. Here is a fix for it.

sudo apt install evtest #Install evtest

sudo evtest #Find your keyboard

sudo nano /usr/share/osd.py #Open osd.py

KEYBOARD_DEVICE = “/dev/input/event4” #Modify the number to match the device number of keyboard.

Exit Openbox and login again.

Important2: Fix for sources and troublesome firmware. Save the script below, for example, script.sh. Then do sudo bash script.sh and run it. It will fix the sources list and remove a troublesome firmware. Notice that Nvidia part is only needed when Lightdm or other X resources are stopped and you are actually installing Nvidia proprietary from nvidia.com



#!/bin/bash

# Script to remove raspi-firmware, purge Debian Nvidia drivers, and set up sources for Nvidia and non-free firmware

# 1. Remove raspi-firmware (for Raspberry Pi users)
echo "Removing raspi-firmware..."
sudo apt-get remove --purge -y raspi-firmware

# 2. Remove Debian Nvidia drivers if present - needed only when using proprietary drivers from nvidia.com
#echo "Removing Debian's Nvidia drivers..."
#sudo apt-get remove --purge -y nvidia*

# 3. Overwrite the apt sources list with the new repositories
echo "Overwriting the apt sources list..."

cat <<EOL | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
EOL

# 4. Update the package list
echo "Updating package list..."
sudo apt-get update

echo "Setup complete."

Multiple projects advanced as PostX Gnu/Linux 0.9 approaches

Based on Debian Bookworm having X11 and Openbox. PostX Gnu/Linux release is likely to happen in next 3 weeks or so.

https://github.com/postman721/Spin-Fm

https://github.com/postman721/Quick-Terminal-generic

https://github.com/postman721/Albix

https://github.com/postman721/Metapad

Have already had their new releases.

Also, I have created a new repository: https://github.com/postman721/PostX

Which for now, has some source materials in it. When release is done, I will also likely release the PostX Gnu/Linux building script. In these days it is good to share. And of course, after more than a decade of Debian I am considering to go ahead and building something else for awhile, maybe OpenSuse derivative is on the horizon. Whatever the future holds, PostX Gnu/Linux will stay active on Debian side and will see an increase on automated builds(currently working on it), which means easier and more predictable times of release.

Spin-FM RC4 released

The file manager got its RC4 out today. This is close to the final release – but bugs and issues might still exist. Also supporting or more added features might still come.

The main theme now looks like this. And there are multiple themes to choose from.

Code is available at the project’s Github: https://github.com/postman721/Spin-Fm

Current main features include:

USB Device Monitoring:
Automatically detects USB devices using pyudev and displays them in a dedicated left panel. Click or right-click to mount/unmount devices.
Tabbed File Browser:
Navigate your filesystem using multiple tabs with back/forward navigation and an address bar.
Multiple Selection and Clipboard Operations:
Select multiple files/folders using standard selection techniques (e.g., Ctrl/Shift) and perform bulk operations like delete, cut, copy, and paste.
Context Menus:
Right-click on items to access additional file operations.
Theming:
Apply custom CSS themes to change the look and feel of the application. Themes are stored in the themes/ directory.
Trash Management:
Easily empty your trash directory via the File menu.

Blue Pulse: A Volume Controller with Bluetooth Pairing Integration

Here comes a new program: Blue Pulse. It is a Python application that provides a graphical interface to control system volume, manage input/output audio devices, and pair/unpair Bluetooth devices on Linux systems. This application requires PipeWire.

Here is a screenshot

And here is the link to the project’s Github page: https://github.com/postman721/Blue_Pulse