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Budgie Desktop v4 Released
Hello all, I’ve just released v4 of the Budgie Desktop, and you can see more information about this release on the GitHub release page
July 13, 2014
Geany 1.24.1 now available
Users of Evolve OS may now install the Geany text editor on their systems. Geany is a GTK2 text editor, with some IDE functionality. sudo pisi ur && sudo pisi it geany
July 11, 2014
Evolve OS Alpha 1 Released
I am pleased to announce the release of Evolve OS Alpha 1. This version marks the beginning of our public availability as a desktop Linux distribution. This image is a 64-bit ISO, and comes with the Budgie Desktop as standard. Please help by download and testing the image so we can ensure our future releases are as polished as possible for our users.
July 6, 2014
Security Status of Validation ISO, Mini Update
Hello all, Just a quick word on where I’m at right now. A multitude of issues cropped up in PiSi due to the recent changes, and as a result it’s now impossible to update the repository from the Validation ISO. Many apologies for this, but there is not an awful lot I can do apart from issuing a new ISO, but with a new ISO around the corner (Saturday) it makes little sense right now.
June 7, 2014
New Bug Tracker + HTTPS
Hello all! In order to make it easier to get involved with the project and report bugs, I’ve set up a bug tracker on this site. We’re now using The Bug Genie for our bug needs. This is open source software under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 (MPL-1.1). A demo screenshot is provided below.
June 6, 2014
Evolve OS Validation ISO
Hello all. Today I’m releasing a validation ISO for Evolve OS in order to get the ball rolling for a full release. This is a headless (no-desktop) uninstallable ISO which will enable people to help me in cleaning/validating the base system before we progress any further. UPDATE: This ISO is vulnerable due to CVE-2014-0198 and its not possible to update the ISO . Download at your own risk!
June 3, 2014
Evolve OS Pre-Alpha Released (Or shaking off the vapours)
Hello all, As a follow up from yesterday’s status update, well, it boots! So today I’m happy to release a pre-alpha validation ISO. Note this ISO is only available as a 64-bit system, and is not persistent! The desktop and installer are deliberately absent from this ISO, but you can use it to validate the system base, compiler, etc.
May 5, 2014
Status Update
Hello all! It’s been a while since the last bit of news, so I thought I’d update you with where I currently am with Evolve OS building. Today, the last of the “mass-rebuilds” is taking place, ensuring that the underlying toolchain is fully functional and correct.
May 4, 2014
Reusing What Is Already There
As many of you know, with Evolve OS I’m setting out to create an experimental distribution. Hopefully, throughout the course of Evolve OS, I’ll be able to influence and help other projects accomplish common goals and improve current technologies. Recently I’ve been in quite a pickle in terms of choosing a base. Given that Evolve OS is not intended as a daily driver for other users, there are slightly different requirements. A common issue I’ve run into in the past is attempting to keep my own changes in sync with the upstream project, or chasing package versions. What I actually need with Evolve OS is
March 21, 2014
Budgie Desktop 2 Released
Hi all, Very quick post here, v2 of Budgie Desktop has been released! Please check GitHub for more information about the release. A variety of bugs have been fixed, and most notabaly, users can now logout, shutdown and reboot all from within budgie-desktop. Note budgie-desktop uses systemd to perform shutdown and
March 12, 2014