Bodhi Linux 4.5 up-to-date respin (April 2023)

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Bodhi Linux 4.5 up-to-date respin (April 2023) Apr 27, 2023 13:41:44 GMT Hippytaff likes this

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Post by R0bur on Apr 27, 2023 13:41:44 GMT

I made the Bodhi Linux 4.5 Legacy (32 bit) distribution ISO unofficial respin.

What's done:
- distribution packages updated to the actual state (April 2023 / Ubuntu 16.04.7 Xenial Xerus);
- the Linux kernel switched from 3.16 (Debian) to 4.4 (Ubuntu);
- the only gcc 5.4 is saved (gcc 4.8 is removed);
- the packages apt, apt-utils, apt-transport-https, libapt-pkg5.0 marked to hold;
- the packages ftp and perl-doc added;
- unneeded /boot directory removed from the squashed rootfs;
- Install Now boot menu item added;
- some troubles of the official distribution image fixed.

The customized ISO image size is 620 MB so it fits any CD. The ISO image labeled as BL45_LEGACY_APR2023 to don't mix up it with the official distribution image.

I can share this customized distribution ISO if the Bodhi Linux Team isn't against it and if someone has interest.

Last Edit: Apr 27, 2023 13:42:12 GMT by R0bur

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Bodhi Linux 4.5 up-to-date respin (April 2023) Apr 28, 2023 21:46:31 GMT R0bur likes this

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Post by enigma9o7 on Apr 28, 2023 21:46:31 GMT

Mainly interested out of curiosity, what was your motivation for doing this? And why do it with 4.5 instead of 5.1?

Did you use current Moksha version, or whatever came with 4.5?

I would be interested in reading a tutorial/writeup of how you did it (step by step kinda thing) but mainly to learn, don't have use case right now, if you feel like wasting a lot of time writing it!

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Bodhi Linux 4.5 up-to-date respin (April 2023) Apr 30, 2023 6:26:30 GMT

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Post by R0bur on Apr 30, 2023 6:26:30 GMT

Apr 28, 2023 21:46:31 GMT enigma9o7 said:

Mainly interested out of curiosity, what was your motivation for doing this? And why do it with 4.5 instead of 5.1?

Some software (cross compilers for legacy platforms as sample) is bound to a specified environment and as Linux kernel as libraries versions does matter for it. I used Ubuntu 16.04, but last time I use Bodhi. The updated ISO image simplifies the process of virtual machines creation.

Did you use current Moksha version, or whatever came with 4.5?

I did nothing special with Moksha Desktop so its version is 0.2.

I would be interested in reading a tutorial/writeup of how you did it (step by step kinda thing) but mainly to learn, don't have use case right now, if you feel like wasting a lot of time writing it!

I followed this manual: help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization (with some variations).

The most trouble I encountered was wrong file permissions in the package 'bodhi-theme-moksha-arc-dark'. The file '/usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/MokshaArcDark.edj' has 0600 and was not accessible for the other users except the Live ISO user 'bodhi'. Therefore I saw a correct interface in the Live mode and wrong one after the installation. I fixed the permissions to 0644 and after that all works as expected.

Last Edit: Apr 30, 2023 6:28:18 GMT by R0bur

TomL Member Posts: 12 Likes: 13	Bodhi Linux 4.5 up-to-date respin (April 2023) May 3, 2023 11:43:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TomL on May 3, 2023 11:43:28 GMT Is this the version that still had ecomorph?

Bodhi Linux 4.5 up-to-date respin (April 2023)

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