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PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 released

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 has been released. The distribution is based on Debian 11 and is amd64.

Disclaimer: You use PostX Gnu/Linux at your own responsibility. The author of techtimejourney.net (JJ Posti) or any other party is not responsible if any kind of damage or harm will occur . NO WARRANTY is given and the user therefore agrees to use this software at his/hers own risk.

AMD status on Debian 11: Things got a lot better with AMD graphics cards on Debian 11. However, some issues still persist with newer cards when booting into a freshly installed system. For example, the dm (Lightdm) might not show up or things might not function at all on xserver. If you are in any doubt when it comes to your graphics card´s functionality, use something like Virtualbox with extension packages to experience the system.

Size of the image is about 1012mb.

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 download: https://techtimejourney.net/postx08_images/

Package repository: https://techtimejourney.net/postx08/

Sources repository: https://www.techtimejourney.net/postx08-sources/

Always backup your data before proceeding to installation.

Live environment: username: postx password: live

Lightdm is the display manager.
Openbox is the desktop. Right-Click menu is visible here.
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PostX Gnu/Linux delayed to December, new filemanager coming

I have decided to delay PostX Gnu/Linux release to be at the end of December. It´s better to tune the features to their peak rather than do a too early release. The previous having said, there is a new filemanager coming soon. This will likely be the default on the upcoming distribution release. Here is a development screenshot.

Spin FM dev screenshot.

Still in development quality code of Spin FM will be released during the next weekend.

New wallpaper added, PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 coming in October

New wallpaper has been added:

https://www.techtimejourney.net/wp-content/gallery/new-gpl-gallery/lk2.png

PostX Gnu/Linux 0.8 will be coming in October. It will be based on Debian 11. Starting from 0.8 the plan is to make more regular releases and enhance the upgrade schedule. This means that release building will be more scripted and automated than before.

From PostX 0.6 to 0.7 – Upgrading guide.

This guide is for upgrading the PostX Gnu/Linux to 0.7 version. As of 3rd of January 2021 Debian Buster is having some issues with grub-efi and grub.cfg generation. This leads to failures when generating new images. Given the previous, the more manual way of upgrading PostX Gnu/Linux was chosen at this time.

Notices:

  • Disable secure boot before attempting to install (Bios).
  • Possibly disable legacy boot (Bios).
  • Before proceeding read the section: Know issues – AMD from this document.

To begin get PostX Gnu/Linux 0.6 and install it.

https://www.techtimejourney.net/PostX0.6/

0.6 release notes and guide.

When that is done then proceed with the instructions below. Remember that you do everything with your own responsibility and if things get broken it is your responsibility to fix them. Always backup anything important before proceeding.

Disclaimer: Upgrade changes system structure. Make sure you copy all important configs and customizations before proceeding. If something goes wrong it is user’s responsibility to fix the issues and deal with possible damages.

Notable changes, excluding version upgrades:

– Text editor will change from Metapad to ++Editor.

– ImageViewer is added.

– Quick Terminal is back as primary terminal.

After upgrade, the Openbox menu will be out of date, since programs have changed. See, step 4.

Upgrading steps

1. Enable repository :

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/postx.list

Change this section:

#Techtimejourney repo

#deb [trusted=yes] https://www.techtimejourney.net/postx-current postx main

To:

#Techtimejourney repo

deb [trusted=yes] https://www.techtimejourney.net/postx-current postx main

2. Upgrade apt sources & install postx-keyring & prepare for upgrade

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