What's new in GaryOS 2.0
Oct 8, 2014
- Metro/Grub scripts:
- Added creation of package list files
- Added METRO_DEBUG variable, for testing
- Improved customization of LDFLAGS and USE variables
- Better exemption handling for packages which fail to build
- Fixed initrd build, so that it is more generally useful/applicable
- Added documentation repository to commit tracking
- Included Git repository in root filesystem, for reference
- Moved Git repository handling to dedicated "git-export" function
- Renamed example Grub disk image to a better extension
- Funtoo/Gentoo configuration:
- Updated to new Portage commit
- Complete review/revamp of USE flags
- Added LDFLAGS variable options specific to Metro
- Cleaned up "_overlay" directory
- Improvements to audit/review scripting
- Minor configuration updates/improvements
- Localized failed package commenting to 32-bit
- Revised package list, adding CLI (Command-Line Interface) helpers and X.Org GUI, while pruning packages that are not as generally useful or widely implemented
- In particular, removed custom Perl modules, Funtoo/Gentoo developer/specialized packages, document processing utilities, virtualization tools and media software
- Previously, the X.Org GUI was a specific non-goal of the project. However, certain extremely useful packages (such as Wireshark) required it. The additional screen real-estate is also useful for management of multiple terminals and web-browsing for solutions to issues. In order to meet these needs, it was decided to incorporate X.Org GUI packages with a minimal window manager footprint.
- CLI interface remains the default (see [Minimal X.Org GUI] section for information on loading up and using the graphical environment).