MilaX Changelog

What's new in MilaX 0.5

Feb 16, 2010
  • Based on OpenSolaris snv128a.
  • JWM as WM, system monitor – conky, keyboard layout switcher – SCIM.
  • Now with fastest browser Midori – Twitter, Facebook and other sites is working well.
  • Fast start: boot LiveCD (LiveUSB), configure network (Menu ->Setup->Net Setup),
  • run zfsinstall (~pfexec zfsinstall), reboot and enjoy.
  • Two add-ons are available for this version:
  • DSS05_SVR4pkg.sh (SVR4 pkg system)
  • DSS05_IPSpkg.sh (Python2.4 + IPS pkg system)
  • How install:
  • (alex@milax)$ wget http://milax.org/files/addons/DSS05_SVR4pkg.sh
  • (alex@milax)$ chmod +x DSS05_SVR4pkg.sh
  • (alex@milax)$ pfexec ./DSS05_SVR4pkg.sh
  • Self Extracting MilaX Add-on
  • SVR4 pkgadd
  • Installing add-on…
  • Extracting…
  • Finished
  • (alex@milax)$ pfexec pkgadd
  • pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in
  • (alex@milax)$

New in MilaX 0.4 (Jun 3, 2009)

  • JWM replaced with Fvwm with modified theme from Kamil Michalak: thumbnailing of minimized windows, fullscreen console (urxvt), system monitor - conky, simple conf editor menu -vim, bottom panel - wbar.
  • Removed fbxkb, added urxvt as basic terminal, pcmanfm, geany, tsclient, gvim, eboard (chess) with crafty engine.
  • Partitioning now supported in zfsinstall script.

New in MilaX 0.3.3 (Feb 3, 2009)

  • Boot time was reduced.

New in MilaX 0.3.2 (Sep 11, 2008)

  • Small desktop 32-bit edition, based on OpenSolaris Nevada 95; network modules moved to the /usr/kernel/drv that has reduced the miniroot size; ZFSinstall script requires less memory to work; updated Beaver, Netsurf; restored JWM with dark (default) and light themes; added BitTorrent client Transmission, Xpdf replaced with Epdfview; additional software can be installed with pkgadd, pkg-get and IPS pkg.