Crowz 4.0 Test build Chimaera

zephyr · 2022-04-25 18:54:24

Uploaded a TEST with Calamares, live-build with Chimaera 4.0. Crowz-Openbox 64 bit build.

There is a current README: A short list of changes, and where to start the Calamares installer.

For installation, click the Desktop icon in the PCManFM file manager,
then, click install-Debian (thats is one of the rebranding issues "Debian").

Thank you!

cheers

zephyr

Last edited by zephyr (2022-04-25 19:57:20)

MiyoLinux · 2022-04-28 15:20:37

Hi Zephyr! I downloaded and installed it. Great work!

Here are a couple of things that I noticed and hope it may be of help to you...

The name of the .iso has an extra space toward the end...between amd64 and .iso

I use dd to burn .isos onto USBs. That extra space gave my terminal a nervous-jerkdown. Hahaha! I don't know if GUI apps are affected by the extra space or not.

Before I installed it, I looked over all of the calamares config files, and I noticed in one of them, the "Reboot" command was using a systemctl command for the reboot command of the installer. So, when the installation finished, though reboot was checked, it didn't reboot. I wish I had changed it while in the live session to loginctl reboot, but I didn't think about it at the time...not even sure it would've worked. Unfortunately, I don't recall which config file that was, and they have disappeared after installation and reboot. When I get time, I'll boot the USB again and find it to give you the path to the file.

Regarding the Installer being name "Install Debian". It seems like I recall (a year or two ago) that if you tried to change that, calamares (on Debian-based systems) didn't like it and wouldn't work. I don't remember the particulars though. Maybe there's a way around it???

MiyoLinux · 2022-04-28 15:39:03

That config file is in...

/etc/calamares/modules/finished.conf

Thanks zephyr!

zephyr · 2022-04-28 18:55:21

MiyoLinux wrote:That config file is in...
/etc/calamares/modules/finished.conf

Thanks Dan, I also forgot to label it as Openbox, will upload all three Ob, FB and Jwm sometime tomorrow or even tonight.

Have been spinning my wheels in the mud trying to get a build with the Debian d-i, just something not compatible no matter what I tried and that was with live-build and live-sdk. Calamares was basicly a drop-in replacement.

Still have a major concern, 218mb worth of major concern but leaving as is until I find out why it's leaving a lot of files behind after the install.

Thanks for the tips and help, always appreciated!

cheers

zephyr

MiyoLinux · 2022-04-29 16:04:06

zephyr wrote:

Still have a major concern, 218mb worth of major concern but leaving as is until I find out why it's leaving a lot of files behind after the install.

In /etc/calamares/modules/packages.conf ...

I believe that if you add the following to the end of the remove list, it should help get rid of it...

- 'calamares'

zephyr · 2022-04-29 23:43:02

Miyo wrote: In /etc/calamares/modules/packages.conf ...
I believe that if you add the following to the end of the remove list, it should help get rid of it...

Ha! I saw it, it and it didn't register...thank you Dan! )

Thanks again!

cheers

zephyr

zephyr · 2022-04-30 08:47:40

Miyo wrote:I believe that if you add the following to the end of the remove list, it should help get rid of it...

Uh! ... nope! But, did find a true or false on a lb file which I changed to false and got me about 40 mbs!

Thanks for the help, always appreciate it.

cheers

zephyr

MiyoLinux · 2022-05-01 07:45:39

I thought for sure that would help. It made a big difference the last time I tried it.

Sorry for the misleading information.

zephyr · 2022-05-01 14:09:53

Miyo wrote: Sorry for the misleading information

Not misleading info, think I was looking in the wrong area. Sometimes it is very hard trying to find the bloat. Could be left-overs hiding, even evading the l-b cleaning.

Always appreciate the help, thanks again!

cheers

zephyr

Last edited by zephyr (2022-05-01 14:11:22)

zephyr · 2022-05-05 00:01:00

Greetings: Uploaded 3 flavours of Crowz, fluxbox, jwm and openbox. All builds based on 4.0 Chimaera - 5.10.0-13.

Thank you for testing and using Crowz!

cheers

zephyr

Last edited by zephyr (2022-05-05 02:31:46)

rayburn · 2022-06-22 18:58:54

Thank you zephyr, I have installed crowz on a laptop (fluxbox) and am generally very pleased with it so far. I have changed the repos to ceres, by the way (I am prepared for problems, but none so far!), and all good.

Camtaf · 2022-07-27 15:16:18

Installed JWM version to my old 1.3GHz single core Celeron 2GB ram Toshiba Satellite; running it from a 16GB SDHC card - working well, & quite speedy considering the specs - good work!

Camtaf · 2022-08-14 07:50:40

Just one small problem I've encountered, so far, it doesn't seem to like Radeon graphics (running on a HP thin client - it only gives 800x600) - I shall have to see what Devuan Live loads & add them in...

(This was the Fluxbox version, just in case it matters.)

EDIT: Seems to be the VGA graphics card controlling the D-sub socket. If I attach a DP to VGA converter cable I get SXGA - but if I use Devuan Live, I get a whole load of options - so these thin clients have gone back to that.

(EDIT2: My other thin client is also using the Devuan Live, & that too gives me loads of options, using a DP to VGA, or DP to HDMI cable.)

EDIT3: My little laptop is now using the Fluxbox version, I prefer it to JWM.

Last edited by Camtaf (2022-08-14 14:15:55)

dodcel · 2022-12-25 14:27:26

installed Crowz 4 JWM on an old computer with AMD Sempron 3000 processor, 2 Gb memory.
Crowz is very light, working very well, congratulations on the work.

Greetings!

Last edited by dodcel (2022-12-25 14:28:35)

zephyr · 2022-12-26 07:29:08

dodcel wrote: installed Crowz 4 JWM on an old computer with AMD Sempron 3000 processor, 2 Gb memory.
Crowz is very light, working very well, congratulations on the work.

Thank you, always great to know that the Crowz distro is utilized and appreciated!

cheers

zephyr

MrReplikant · 2022-12-27 13:59:52

Zephyr, were you aware that there is an experimental calamares-settings-devuan package built by me? It's the best place to start, I think, as that is where all the "Debian" branding is placed. You can find the GitHub repo here: https://github.com/MrReplikant/calamares-settings-devuan

If you need any help at all, do not hesitate to contact me.

zephyr · 2022-12-28 02:09:13

MrRepikant wrote: If you need any help at all, do not hesitate to contact me.

Awesome! be in touch to solve a few mysteries!

Sent email

Thank you!

cheers

zephyr

Last edited by zephyr (2022-12-28 02:13:50)

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