Tuesday, November 19, 2019

First rolling release, update 1.3.1

The first rolling release update is now live:

Changelog:
    - libgpg-error updated to 1.36
    - Deadbeef updated to 1.8.2
    - Addded Flatpak support (more info at https://flatpak.org/ and 
      https://flathub.org/home)
    - Puppy version bumped to 1.3.1

How to:
First, upgrade the finstall script by typing "finstall script update" do this 
2 times one for the finstall script then for it to download the rolling release 
scripts, after that is just a simple "finstall upgrade".

nex iso will be 2.0 i have no plans to upload minor version isos unless it's
mandatory

Flatpak !!

just made flatpak run, what a week! 
 
 
 

Rolling Releases for 1.3 (and beyond)

I've just finished testing the new rolling releases system and it finally works 
as i want it:

 - Updates are distributed as sfs files containing deltas and/or new files.
 - The rolling releases script processes incoming new files first, patch the 
   deltas on a temp folder and finally apply the patched files to the system.
 - If the delta patch is for a system-wide lib or application it first declares 
   a temp PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH, makes a backup, copies the patched files into 
   the system an then redeclares the original PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH, i know 
   this doesn't ensures 100% success and saying "nothing wrong is gonna happen" 
   is stupid but at least it makes it a little safer.

The idea for this system is to avoid uploading isos for minor or patch updates
(following the major.minor.patch versioning).

I've uploaded frankenpup isos since 2009 and tried really hard to make all of 
them worth uploading and with the rolling releases i'll upload isos ONLY for major 
releases or critical minor updates instead of when a base lib is added removed or 
updated or a software is removed or replaced making deployment easier and smoother.

This opens many new challenges for me since i'm no expert programmer but this 
small puplet has been my small plaything for years and i'm willing to take on the 
challenge and give it a try.

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Frankenpup 1.3

Frankenpup 1.3 is now LIVE! 
 
Features: 
 - Full multilib system out of the box
 - CLI package manager "finstall"
 - nvidia-xrun on the repo for Intel/Nvidia hybrid graphics laptops.
 - Vulkan, wine, and dxvk packages on the repo.
 
Changelog:

Base chages:
 - Kernel updated to 3.5.11
 - finstall now supports local package installation
 - devx updated with the new kernel headers. 
 
 Packages Repo changes:
 --> Updated
    - Nvidia closed source driver updated to 440.31 for better DXVK performance. 
 
 
THIS RELEASE MAKES 1.0 DEPRECATED, i'm working on a rolling release system for full 
install and frugal to avoid this in the future based on deltas.
  
LINK: HERE 
DEVX: HERE 
KERNEL SOURCES: HERE  
   
 
bugtracker and "wiki":https://github.com/samedog/frankenpup64/issues


 
 SOME SCREENSHOTS: 
 
 
Installing a local package with finstall:



Power Mizer enabled by default on the Nvidia private driver xorg config: 
 
Coanan Exiles on Proton (Valve's wine): 
 
The Sims4 on wine-4.0.1 from the repo with vulkan and dxvk enabled: