Shift Linux 1.0 Alpha 2

[hopp58902 Member]

Alpha 1 WAS huge. :p The first thing you'll notice when downloading is the filesize - Alpha 1 was 982MB. This alpha, although still big, is 824MB -- 158MB smaller. No packages were removed, hal was added, dbus was added, and both are now started at boot time. Also, if an ethernet connection is detected at eth0, the IP address will be determined using DHCP. You might have also noticed the GRUB screen. Yeah. It is beautiful. ;)

Thanks to rson451, we have an almost working X server. Typing "startx" will load up some nice xterms. In my testing, the keyboard and mouse didn't work. If anyone gets the keyboard and mouse to work, please tell us! We'll put it right in - this is our top priority right now.

And, as a final disclaimer - You are about to download Shift Linux which doesn't have a working X Server (GUI) yet. This is for testing. Please don't complain about how you just downloaded Alpha 1. :p

http://shift.itsredegg.com/releases/1.0/sh...inux-1.0-a2.iso

EDIT: Don't waste your time. Alpha 3 will be out as soon as I upload it. WITH WORKING X.

Edited February 15, 2009 by CrimsonRedMk

[Cosmin]

;)

[Keen]

The link should probably be http://fireflylinux.com/download/shiftlinux-1.0-a2.iso. ?

[hopp58902 Member]

Sorry about that...Keen was correct.

[Angel Blue01]

If the keyboard and mouse don't work how are you supposed to interact with it?

[hopp58902 Member]

Keyboard and mouse are broken when you start X by typing "startx". Otherwise, you're in a bash shell.

[rson451]

You are suppsoed to try to fix it. That's the point of an alpha release.

[Iian K]

I'll have a look at this. :)

[hopp58902 Member]

EDIT: Don't waste your time. Alpha3 will be out as soon as I upload it. WITH WORKING X.

[Iian K]

Good, I haven't downloaded it yet. :p

[Rudy]

You might have also noticed the GRUB screen. Yeah. It is beautiful. ;)

care to post a screen of it? I would love to see it

[Kudos Veteran]

What's this firefly linux about?

[rson451]

What's this firefly linux about?

From what I understand, it's going to be a lightweight version of Shift, more or less.

[Barney T. Administrators]

Firefly Linux is a new Linux version that is designed for light weight notebooks. We are targeting netbooks and such. More to follow.

[hopp58902 Member]

Now uploading something special...should be up in 2 hours. It's even smaller too.

[Iian K]

Now uploading something special...should be up in 2 hours. It's even smaller too.

Cool :)

[LTSmash]

Cool :)

I was about to complain, but since you already did two releases, I won't xD

Waiting for new ISO (hopefulyy will fit into a CD so I can run it on real HW since i've got no DVD recorder :( )

[Behemoth]

Any updates? Or download link for the latest alpha?

[spd21]

Where's the GRUB screen i want to see it before i download? :p

[Ci7]

so who is the alpha build going ? :)

[cork1958]

so who is the alpha build going ? :)

So "how" is the alpha going?

[Ci7]

So "how" is the alpha going?

opss , yea :blush:

[rson451]

I believe a decision was made to hold off on releasing it. I'm not sure what the reasoning is, they may have something special going on that I'm not aware of.

[hopp58902 Member]

Sorry, yes, simon360 decided to hold off to get some menu options right and the Shift icon into the menu. I'll upload the new one today.

[Simon Veteran]

We want this to be a solid release our application and feature developers can use, so that our next release after alpha 3 will have some more user friendly and intriguing, original features.

Hopefully you guys understand that. We want this done right, not like we've done with past shift's, ubuntu and morphix.