== Slackware Live Edition == 03-sep-2024: 1.8.1.1+ New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Fri Aug 30 19:56:06 UTC 2024" specifically for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), LEAN, MATE and CINNAMON. Warning: Secure Boot is non-functional at the moment due to Grub 2.12. Notable liveslak changes: - upslak.sh : prevent loss of persistent data in case of insufficient space; - fix the broken loading of 'optional' packages. 03-jan-2024: 1.8.1.1 New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Sat Jan 6 20:43:01 UTC 2024" specifically for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), LEAN, MATE and CINNAMON. Notable liveslak changes: - fix booting from ISO file using 'livemedia=scandev:' syntax; - fix enabling pipewire in LEAN, XFCE ISOs. 03-jan-2024: 1.8.1 New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Mon Jan 1 19:45:16 UTC 2024" specifically for XFCE (32bit/64bit), LEAN, MATE and CINNAMON. Note: pipewire is enabled by default in all ISOs except the small XFCE ones. 24-dec-2023: 1.8.1 New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Sat Dec 23 02:48:56 UTC 2023" but this time only the KTOWN variant containing KDE Plasma6 Beta2. Note: pipewire is enabled by default in this KTOWN Plasma5 Beta2. The default Plasma session is still X11 but Wayland is fully functional and stable. My intention is to make Wayland the default for the official release, X11 still being a choice (it is not going anywhere). 10-nov-2023: 1.8.1 New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Fri Nov 10 18:46:44 UTC 2023" but this time only the KTOWN variant containing KDE Plasma6 Alpha. 18-sep-2023: 1.8.0 New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Sat Sep 16 18:48:39 UTC 2023" specifically for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), LEAN, MATE and CINNAMON. The DAW ISO is based on Slackware 15.0 "Fri Sep 15 19:48:39 UTC 2023". Notable liveslak changes: - LUKS containers for home and persistence are now supporting many more filesystems, not just ext2/4 but also btrfs, f2fs, jfs or xfs. The accompanying scripts iso2usb.sh and isocomp.sh now support this filesystem choice via a new '-F' switch; - The upslak.sh script can now extend the size of your home and persistence container files, in case you run out of storage there; - Fixed the pxeserver script and expanded its functionality: UEFI boot works (read the comments) and NAT firewalling can be optionally enabled in case PXE clients wouldn't have Internet access otherwise; - Fixed the hang during shutdown/reboot for PXE clients; - Fix UEFI boot using GRUB when ISO is dd-ed or cp-ed to USB thumbdrive, it took a while because this bug was introduced in Feb 2019! - Support for dark theme in KDE Plasma based ISOs, with the LEAN ISO as an example. 19-aug-2023: 1.7.0.1 New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Fri Aug 18 18:37:33 UTC 2023" specifically for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), LEAN, MATE and CINNAMON. The DAW ISO is based on Slackware 15.0 "Wed Aug 16 20:45:00 UTC 2023". Notable liveslak changes: - Fix broken support for Ventoy on UEFI computers. 04-jun-2023: 1.7.0 New ISOs based on Slackware -current "Fri Jun 2 20:56:35 UTC 2023", specifically for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), LEAN, MATE and CINNAMON. The DAW ISO is based on Slackware 15.0 "Fri Jun 2 20:56:35 UTC 2023". Notable liveslak changes: - Support RAM-based Console-OS boot menu in all Slackware Live variants. - Cleaner GRUB timezone selection menu (UEFI boot). - Full support also for Slackware 14.2 ISO with Ventoy multi-ISO boot. - Fixes for several small or annoying bugs. 23-dec-2022: 1.6.0.2 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Thu Dec 22 03:40:55 UTC 2022". New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), LEAN, MATE. Except for the DAW ISO which is based on Slackware 15.0 from now on. 04-sep-2022: 1.6.0.1 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Fri Sep 2 19:09:01 UTC 2022". New ISO for DAW. 15-aug-2022: 1.6.0 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sun Aug 14 18:32:51 UTC 2022". New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), DAW, LEAN, MATE. Also refreshed the 'bonus' section. Notable liveslak changes: - Full support for booting the ISO via Ventoy multi-ISO boot. - LUKS encrypted OS persistence and homedirectory now also when booting directly from ISO. 10-jul-2022: 1.5.3 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sat Jul 9 18:50:24 UTC 2022". New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), DAW, LEAN, CINNAMON, MATE. Also refreshed the 'bonus' section. Notable liveslak changes: - XFCE size maximum is now 1000 MB instead of the old 703 MB (CDROM capacity). There was no way that the expanding distro can be squeezed into 703 MB anymore, while being functional at the same time. 20-dec-2021: 1.5.1 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sun Dec 19 18:57:11 UTC 2021". New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit/64bit), XFCE (32bit/64bit), DAW, LEAN, CINNAMON, MATE. Also refreshed the 'bonus' section. Notable liveslak changes: - Add an optional firewall when installing the Live OS via setup2hd. Simple menu-driven approach, applies to ipv4 and ipv6, with the firewall core based on Easy Firewall Generator (slackware.com/~alien/efg). 08-nov-2021: 1.5.0 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sat Nov 6 20:24:12 UTC 2021" with the 5.15.1 preemptive kernel. New ISOs for 64bit SLACKWARE, XFCE, DAW, LEAN, CINNAMON, MATE. The new 32bit ISOs refuse to boot so I have to investigate further, before updating them. Notable liveslak changes: - Secure Boot (SB) is now supported for all 64bit liveslak ISOs. You will have to enroll the liveslak certificate (/EFI/BOOT/liveslak.der) into your computer's MOK (Machine Owner Key database) once: the first time you boot a liveslak ISO on a SB computer. This request will show on boot, just follow the prompts to 'enroll from disk'. 01-nov-2021: 1.4.0.2 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sun Oct 31 19:59:15 UTC 2021" New ISO for DAW only, a respin to address library mismatches due to new icu4c and llvm in Slackware. 28-oct-2021: 1.4.0.1 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Thu Oct 28 01:11:07 UTC 2021" New ISO for DAW only. Notable liveslak changes: - for the DAW and STUDIOWARE variants, full preemptive mode is enabled on boot. - for the DAW variant, use kicker instead of kickoff as the application launcher, since kicker supports proper (merging of) submenus. - optional prioritization of packages in Slackware's ./testing . 25-oct-2021: 1.4.0 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Sat Oct 23 18:57:30 UTC 2021" New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit & 64bit), XFCE (32bit & 64bit), CINNAMON, MATE, LEAN. I have to fix a lot of packages for the DAW image still, so that one is delayed. Notable liveslak changes: - the 'persistence' parameter accepts persistence directory or container which is located in a subdirectory and/or on a system harddisk partition. Examples of new syntax: persistence=/dev/sdX:/path/to/mypersistence persistence=scandev:/path/to/mypersistence 09-sep-2021: 1.3.10 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Wed Sep 8 18:07:38 UTC 2021" New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit & 64bit), XFCE (32bit & 64bit), CINNAMON, MATE, DAW, LEAN. Notable liveslak changes: - Allow empty password for the live and root accounts, by passing 'livepw=' and/or 'rootpw=' at boot. 13-aug-2021: 1.3.9.6.1 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Sat Aug 7 19:04:04 UTC 2021" New ISO for SLACKWARE (64bit) because the previous '1.3.9.6' version was unable to boot into KDE Plasma5. 10-aug-2021: 1.3.9.6 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Sat Aug 7 19:04:04 UTC 2021" New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit & 64bit), XFCE (32bit & 64bit), MATE, DAW, LEAN. 16-jul-2021: 1.3.9.5 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Thu Jul 15 22:37:59 UTC 2021" with the new 5.13.2 mainline kernel. New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit & 64bit), XFCE (32bit & 64bit), CINNAMON, MATE, DAW and LEAN. 19-jun-2021: 1.3.9.4 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Fri Jun 18 20:33:08 UTC 2021" New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit & 64bit), XFCE (32bit & 64bit), CINNAMON, MATE, DAW and LEAN. 13-mar-2021: 1.3.9.3 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Wed Mar 10 20:32:52 UTC 2021" New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit & 64bit), XFCE (32bit & 64bit), CINNAMON, DAW, LEAN and MATE. 15-feb-2021: 1.3.9.1 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Fri Feb 12 21:42:42 UTC 2021" Just *before* the 2nd mass-rebuild and tagging of Slackware 15.0_alpha1. 15-jan-2021: 1.3.9 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Wed Jan 13 19:51:45 UTC 2021" New ISOs for SLACKWARE (32bit & 64bit), XFCE (32bit & 64bit), DAW and LEAN. Notable liveslak changes: - Adding 'Console OS in RAM' boot option to the XFCE, DAW and LEAN images: this option boots just 700 MB of squashfs modules ('min' and 'noxbase') resulting in a console-based Slackware with network and the 'setup2hd' installer, running completely in RAM. Suited as a fast rescue/install enviroment since you can remove/reuse the USB stick after boot. - Default language settings changed to 'Generic English', using UTC timezone. US English with Eastern/Pacific timezone is no longer leading. 06-jan-2021: 1.3.8.4 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Tue Jan 5 22:42:46 UTC 2021" New ISOs for SLACKWARE, DAW and LEAN (1.5 GB Plasma5/XFCE base system). Notable liveslak changes: - Introducing 'LEAN' live variant, containing basic yet featureful Plasma5 and XFCE desktop environments. Only 1.5 GB in size. 28-dec-2020: 1.3.8.3 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Mon Dec 28 20:13:50 UTC 2020" Re-spin of DAW ISO was necessary unfortunately. The new kernel in the previous ISO introduced a crippled 'snd-pcsk" speaker driver which does not work with JACK but claimed the default audio device. 28-dec-2020: 1.3.8.2 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Sun Dec 27 22:52:10 UTC 2020" New ISO's are available for SLACKWARE (64bit and 32bit), XFCE (64bit and 32bit), MATE, CINNAMON and DAW. 13-dec-2020: 1.3.8.1 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Sat Dec 12 22:14:17 UTC 2020" New ISO's are available for SLACKWARE (64bit and 32bit), XFCE (64bit and 32bit) and DAW. Notable liveslak changes: - Plasma5 and new XFCE moved from 'testing' to the core of Slackware, which affected SLACKWARE, XFCE and DAW variants. - Fixes for setup2hd 06-dec-2020: 1.3.8 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Mon Dec 7 21:49:58 UTC 2020" Only a MATE and a CINNAMON ISO this time. The others need some work still. Notable liveslak changes: - Many improvements and fixes for setup2hd harddisk installer; a shortcut is placed on the desktop. - XFCE ISO no longer contains development tools, which allowed for re- introducing more useful tools instead (max ISO size is still 700 MB). - DAW ISO has a new default greeter/background/screenlock image. 25-oct-2020: 1.3.7.2 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Fri Oct 23 18:50:26 UTC 2020" Also check the "bonus" section of this website for extra modules you can copy to your USB stick's "addons" subdirectory, such as a DAW software collection, multilib packages, wine, nvidia graphical drivers, broadcom wireless driver, alien stuff etc. Notable liveslak changes: - setup2hd harddisk installer in fact works again after the recent changes. I.e. install the Live OS from the local media, or do a network installion of regular Slackware. 05-oct-2020: 1.3.7 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Sat Oct 3 21:08:05 UTC 2020" Notable liveslak changes: - setup2hd harddisk installer now also offers regular Slackware installation via network mirror (NFS, HTTP, FTP, Samba). - All Plasma5 based Live ISOS can now be configured with a custom backdrop image for the login greeter, desktop and lockscreen. The DAW ISO uses this new feature. 22-sep-2020: 1.3.6.1 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Mon Sep 21 18:48:14 UTC 2020" - Added SLACKWARE, SLACKWARE32, XFCE, XFCE32, PLASMA5 and MATE ISO images. 19-sep-2020: 1.3.6.1 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Thu Sep 17 19:04:29 UTC 2020" - Only a new DAW ISO made available. Notable liveslak changes: - DAW variant has a new submenu 'Slackware Live DAW' under 'Multimedia', which contains all DAW applications. - Allow customization of the live user's full name. - Expand the capabilities of the 'toram' boot parameter: toram=all Prevent writes to disk since we are supposed to run from RAM; equivalent to parameter "toram". toram=os Load OS modules into RAM, but write persistent data to USB. - New boot parameter "domain=your_custom_domain" defaults to "example.net" - Many small fixes for CINNAMON, DAW and XFCE variants. 01-aug-2020: 1.3.5.4 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Wed Jul 29 19:35:55 UTC 2020". - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_20.08 with PAM and elogind. 25-jun-2020: 1.3.5.3 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Tue Jun 23 21:49:49 UTC 2020" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_20.06 with PAM and elogind. Notable liveslak changes: - The 'DAW' variant is ready. 28-may-2020: 1.3.5.2 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Sun May 24 18:35:29 UTC 2020" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_20.05 with PAM. - MATE ISO contains latest Mate 1.24. Notable liveslak changes: - A new variant 'DAW' is nearing completion - this is a complete Digital Audio Workstation based on Slackware with a stripped KDE Plasma5. - In order to keep the XFCE ISO below CRDOM size, I had to remove gimp and (x)sane. 30-apr-2020: 1.3.5.1 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Tue Apr 28 20:18:40 UTC 2020" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_20.04 (non-pam version). Notable liveslak changes: - iso2usb.sh allows custom partition sizing and room for a 4th partition. - Boot commandline parameter "load=nvidia" finally works if you added the module '0060-nvidia-440.82_5.4.35-current-x86_64.sxz' (from the bonus directory) to the 'optional' directory of your persistent USB stick. Note that this nvidia module is already contained in the PLASMA5 ISO! 19-feb-2020: 1.3.5 ISO images based on Slackware -current "Tue Feb 18 05:20:50 UTC 2020" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_20.02 (non-pam version). Notable liveslak changes: - Include disk partitioning (cgdisk and/or cfdisk) in the setup2hd. - Create a non-root user and set the root password through dialogs. - Attempt to speed up the rsync from the squashfs files to the hard drive. 21-jan-2020: 1.3.4.1 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Mon Jan 20 22:37:58 UTC 2020" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_20.01. Also check the "bonus" section of this website for extra stuff you can copy to your USB stick's "addons" subdirectory. 25-dec-2019: 1.3.4 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Tue Dec 24 18:54:52 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.12. Note that the PLASMA5 image no longer contains the 'alien' and alien restricted' add-on packages in order to keep the ISO size below DVD maximum allowed size. You can find these alien packages as separate modules now: check the "bonus" section of this website. Add them to your USB stick in the "addons" subdirectory. 13-nov-2019: 1.3.3 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Tue Nov 12 03:35:35 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.11. 15-oct-2019: 1.3.2.5 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sun Oct 13 19:01:25 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.10. - MATE ISO contains latest Mate 1.22. 14-sep-2019: 1.3.2.4 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Fri Sep 13 19:16:00 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.09. 12-jul-2019: 1.3.2.3 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Thu Jul 11 18:55:46 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.07. 12-jun-2019: 1.3.2.2 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Wed Jun 12 02:51:04 UTC 2019" - MATE ISO contains Mate 1.22. - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.06. 14-may-2019: 1.3.2.1 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Mon May 13 22:53:13 UTC 2019" - XFCE images respin: fixed with newer aaa_elflibs. 11-may-2019: 1.3.2 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sat May 11 00:24:01 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.05. - MATE ISO contains Mate 1.22. Notable liveslak changes: - On boot, prefer inserted USB or SD card over a CDROM/ISO - Recognize MMC/NVMe device partition naming - Several bug fixes in all scripts 14-feb-2019: 1.3.1.1 ISO image based on Slackware -current "Wed Feb 13 23:01:59 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.02. 14-feb-2019: 1.3.1. Unreleased internal test version. Notable liveslak changes: - Fixed the PXE client boot for real, also fixed the pxeserver. First attempt (unsuccessful) to add support for PXE-booting UEFI-based computers. 17-jan-2019: 1.3.0.2. All ISO images based on Slackware -current "Thu Jan 17 04:52:06 UTC 2019" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_19.01. - MATE ISO contains the latest packages for Mate 1.20 - the 'bonus' subdirectory contains a multilib module; as well as a module with the Broadcom "wl" wireless driver. - XFCE live modules are compressed with xz to keep them as small as possible, the others are compressed with zstd which gives the Live OS a speed boost at the cost of increased ISO size. Notable liveslak changes: - Fixed the PXE client boot. - Fixed the (harmless) error on boot about writable root partition. - Fixed KDE4 search/semantic backends to work again with slackware-current. 11-dec-2018: 1.3.0.1. ISO image based on Slackware -current "Tue Dec 11 01:16:11 UTC 2018" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_18.12. - the 'bonus' subdirectory contains a multilib module; as well as a module with the Broadcom "wl" wireless driver which some laptops need instead of the one which is part of the Linux kernel. You can copy them to either the 'addons' or the 'optional' subdirectory of liveslak. 09-sep-2018: 1.3.0. ISO image based on Slackware -current "Fri Sep 7 23:00:06 UTC 2018" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_18.09. - Mate ISO contains Mate 1.20. Notable liveslak changes: - New compression option 'zstd' for the squashfs modules, bringing 60% speed gain booting the Live OS in exchange for 10% larger ISO. - Default language of the Live OS is configurable when generating the ISO ('us' is still the default). 29-jun-2018: 1.2.0.1. ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sun Jul 29 08:27:12 UTC 2018" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_18.07. 25-jun-2018: 1.2.0. ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sat Jun 23 04:57:41 UTC 2018" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_18.06_testing. Notable liveslak changes: - Optional config file on USB stick to set defaults for common variables: BLACKLIST, INIT, KEYMAP, LIVE_HOSTNAME, LOAD, LOCALE, LUKSVOL, NOLOAD, RUNLEVEL, TWEAKS, TZ, XKB. 24-apr-2018: 1.1.9.8. ISO image based on Slackware -current "Sat Apr 21 17:39:25 UTC 2018" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_18.04. 15-mar-2018: 1.1.9.7. ISO images based on Slackware -current "Tue Mar 13 04:24:58 UTC 2018" - Plasma5 ISO contains KDE-5_18.03. 10-feb-2018: 1.1.9.6. Plasma5 ISO based on Slackware -current "Fri Feb 9 19:59:54 UTC 2018" and KDE-5_18.02. 19-jan-2018: 1.1.9.5. Plasma5 ISO based on Slackware -current "Wed Jan 17 21:36:23 UTC 2018" and KDE-5_18.01. Notable liveslak changes: - Made the 'make-grub.sh' script compatible with grub-2.02 (so that a EFI-bootable ISO can be created on slackware-current). 22-dec-2017: 1.1.9.4. Plasma5 ISO based on Slackware -current "Fri Dec 22 07:09:35 UTC 2017". 22-nov-2017: 1.1.9.3. ISO based on Slackware -current "Wed Nov 22 05:27:06 UTC 2017". - Add CACert root certificates to the Live OS. - Add Wayland support to the PLASMA5 ISO (removed 'wine' from optional). 22-oct-2017: 1.1.9.2. ISO based on Slackware -current "Fri Oct 20 04:44:44 UTC 2017". - Re-generated PLASMA5 ISO, which fits on a DVD again. 01-oct-2017: 1.1.9.2. ISOs based on Slackware -current "Tue Oct 10 18:08:31 UTC 2017". - Fixes in iso2usb.sh for formatting USB stick. - new Plasma5 Live release. 01-oct-2017: 1.1.9.1. ISOs based on Slackware -current "Fri Sep 29 22:58:54 UTC 2017". - Fixed broken LUKS home in iso2usb.sh. - Newer -current now includes texlive. 20-sep-2017: 1.1.9. ISOs based on Slackware -current "Tue Sep 19 20:49:07 UTC 2017". Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - Allow syntax 'livemedia=scandev:/path/to/live.iso'; With the 'scandev' keyword, liveslak will search for the ISO on all local partitions. - To 'iso2usb.sh' added options to list or scan for removable devices. - Added 'upslak.sh', a script to tweak the Live USB stick: + update kernel & modules; + replace the live init script; + create an 'addon' squashfs module out of the persistent data store; + change the USB wait time on boot (similar to the 'iso2usb.sh' option); + add network modules to the initrd in case of custom Live USB where network support was initially omitted. - And other small improvements/bugfixes to the scripts. 17-jul-2017: 1.1.8.2. ISO based on slackware64-current "Fri Jul 14 22:11:58 UTC 2017". 11-may-2017: 1.1.8. ISO based on slackware64-current "Tue May 9 23:33:37 UTC 2017". Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - Add boot-time tweak 'nsh' to disable new sub-pixel hinting in freetype. - Ensure that the XFCE ISO will again fit on a CDROM medium. 19-apr-2017: 1.1.7. ISO based on slackware64-current "Wed Apr 19 04:46:45 UTC 2017". Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - STUDIOWARE was added as a supported Live variant. - Get Slackware packages from a remote mirror in absense of a local copy (thus it is no longer required to download a Slackware mirror in advance). - Several small enhancements/fixes to make the scripts more robust in the event of an error or failure. 15-mar-2017: 1.1.6.3. ISO based on slackware64-current "Fri Mar 10 05:41:05 UTC 2017". - No noteworthy changes to liveslak since 1.1.6.2. 15-Feb-2017: 1.1.6.2. ISO based on slackware64-current "Mon Feb 13 06:21:22 UTC 2017". Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - The 'setup2hd' scripts are now properly working for an install to harddisk. - Only the PLASMA5 ISO has been regenerated, to showcase the new Plasma 5.9 and LibreOffice 5.3.0. 02-Feb-2017: 1.1.6.1. ISO based on slackware64-current "Thu Jan 26 21:33:41 UTC 2017". - Only the PLASMA5 ISO has been regenerated, to reflect the updates in my 'ktown' repository as a result of Slackware library ABI breakage. 27-Jan-2017: 1.1.6. ISOs based on slackware64-current "Thu Jan 26 21:33:41 UTC 2017". Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - New variant: DLACK, installs Dlackware (i.e. Slackware with PAM, Systemd & Gnome3 instead of KDE4). - More fixes to get rid of hardcoded '/mnt' paths in the version of the Slackware installer which is used by 'setup2hd'. - Added packages from the restricted repository (ffmpeg, handbrake, lame etc) to the PLASMA5 ISO. 11-Dec-2016: 1.1.5. ISOs based on slackware64-current "Thu Dec 1 08:49:20 UTC 2016". Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - (e)liloconfig are patched when installed, so they work properly when executed from a Live environment through the harddisk installer 'setup2hd'. - various updates in package content for the XFCE, PLASMA5 and MATE ISOs. - the 'bonus' subdirectory contains multilib related modules which you can copy to either the 'addons' or the 'optional' subdirectory of liveslak: * 0050-multilib-current-x86_64.sxz * 0060-wine-1.9.23-current-x86_64.sxz The two will add multilib capability to your 64bit Live environment. Note that the PLASMA5 ISO already contains these two modules in 'optional'. 09-Nov-2016: 1.1.4. ISOs based on slackware64-current "Fri Nov 4 03:31:38 UTC 2016". Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - iso2usb.sh: get rid of hard-coded program pathnames in favor of searching a hard-coded $PATH . This should improve the usefulness of the script on non-Slackware distros. - make_slackware_live.conf: make the filename 'min.lst' customizable for Live distro developers. - PLASMA5: use the 'latest' instead of the 'testing' repository. 22-Aug-2016: 1.1.3. ISOs based on slackware64-current "Thu Aug 11 18:24:29 UTC 2016". Note: the PLASMA5 ISO contains an experimental setup for testing Wayland. Highlights for this 'liveslak' release: - iso2usb.sh: add safeguard against mistyping the LUKS passphrase. - make_slackware_live.sh: add '-G' parameter to generate ISO image from pre-existing file tree. - liveinit: allow modules to be organized in subdirectories. - XFCE: add tigervnc, cups and HP printer support. 22-Jul-2016: 1.1.2. Based on slackware64-current "Thu Jul 21 23:25:54 UTC 2016" Highlights for this release: - Swedish (svensk) language choice added to the boot menu. - (Tried to) make the Compose Key work OK without disrupting AltGr usage. - X keyboard options can now be passed along wih the "xkb" boot parameter. - Make the username "live" configurable when generating the ISO (LIVEUID). - Provide a separate "0020-slackware_multilib-current-x86_64.sxz" module which you can copy to the addons/ or optional/ directory of your USB stick to make the Live OS a multilib one. 05-Jul-2016: 1.1.1. Based on slackware 14.2 stable. Highlights for this release: - More debug options for the init boot (useful for developers of Live OS). - Allow the creation of persistence directory and (luks) containers in subdirectories. - Add '-M' parameter to make_slackware_live.sh to create a multilib version of a 64bit Live ISO. 15-Jun-2016: 1.1.0. Based on slackware64-current "Wed Jun 15 06:13:17 UTC 2016" Highlights for this release: - Add '-r' option to iso2usb.sh to refresh an existing Live USB stick with content from a newer Live ISO image file. - New boot parameter 'nop=wipe' allows you to wipe persistent data in case of boot- or usability issues. - Deal properly with new kernel drivers such as with 'load=broadcom_sta' so that the kernel can use them immediately. 29-May-2016: 1.0.1. Based on slackware64-current "Fri May 27 23:08:17 UTC 2016" Highlights for this release: - Shutdown of PXE-booted Live OS has been fixed (often the computer would hang halfway the shutdown and require a hard reset). - Xorriso can be used as an alternative to mkisofs and isohybrid when generating the ISO image. Xorriso has to be installed separately, it is not part of Slackware. - Module "broadcom_sta" was added to optional/ in case the kernel's support for your Broadcom wireless hardware is not sufficient Use "load=broadcom_sta" on the boot commandline and then the "wl" kernel driver should load. 27-May-2016: New XFCE ISOs: 64bit as well as 32bit variants (the last one is new!) Based on slackware -current "Thu May 26 23:12:27 UTC 2016" 18-May-2016: 1.0.0 stable. Based on slackware64-current "Thu May 12 01:50:21 UTC 2016" Milestones for this release: - new "tweaks" boot option to tweak various aspects of the system. - SSH daemon is disabled by default (the login accounts are too easy to guess) and can be enabled on boot with "tweaks=ssh" parameter. - Several bug fixes thanks to feedback on the final Beta release. 06-May-2016: 0.9.0 (Beta9) Based on slackware64-current "Thu May 5 05:17:19 UTC 2016" Milestones for this release: - Built-in PXE server. - Different way of using 'isohybrid' (doing it just like Slackware does it too) so that the resulting ISO boots in Virtual Box too. - More customization options for your own Slackware Live variant. And many other improvements/bugfixes to the scripts & documentation. If no severe bugs are found, this will become stable version 1.0.0. 19-Apr-2016: 0.8.0 (Beta8) Based on slackware64-current "Fri Apr 15 20:37:37 UTC 2016" aka 14.2_RC2. Milestones for this release: - Bootparam "nfshost=" enables network (PXE) boot of Slackware Live. - Better customization for your own Slackware Live variant. - ISO included for the 32bit Slackware Live Edition. And many other small improvements/bugfixes to the scripts & documentation. 15-Mar-2016: 0.7.0 (Beta7) Based on slackware64-current "Mon Mar 14 02:18:20 UTC 2016" Milestones for this release: - Bootparam "livemedia=" has been expanded to use an ISO image as the Live OS media instead of a disk partition. - Documentation available at http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:liveslak And many other small improvements/bugfixes to the scripts & documentation. 24-Feb-2016: 0.6.0 (Beta6) Based on slackware64-current "Tue Feb 23 19:31:59 UTC 2016" Milestones for this release: - Documentation was added (README.txt). - Harddisk installer was added (setup2hd). - Added '-C' parameter to iso2usb.sh to create an encrypted persistence container file. - Enable more customization: configure your own LIVEDE. 06-Feb-2016: 0.5.1 (Beta5) Based on slackware64-current "Wed Feb 3 22:39:25 UTC 2016" aka 14.2_beta2. Milestones for this release: - Option to use a loop-mounted file for storing persistence data. - New 'toram' boot option allows you to run the Live OS completely in RAM. And many other small improvements/bugfixes to the scripts. 22-Jan-2016: 0.4.0 (Beta4) Based on slackware64-current "Sun Jan 17 07:24:08 UTC 2016" Milestone: LUKS-encrypted /home in the USB Live version. 24-Dec-2015: Beta3 Milestone: working UEFI boot. 10-Dec-2015: Beta2 Milestone: USB version with persistence. 20-Nov-2015: Beta1 First public release of Slackware Live ISO (without source). Please see http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/slackware-live-edition/ plus follow-up articles (http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/tag/live/) for all the details. Git repository: git://git.slackware.nl/liveslak.git Git repository (browsable): http://git.slackware.nl/liveslak/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Hameleers