#easyos — Public Fediverse posts

Since #FydeOS was a bust on the #ebox, I did try a few other distros to see what sticks.

1) Tried #EasyOS. It was neat to play around with but not my cup of tea.

2) Attemptedto install #Fedora #LXDE, all three attempts failed during the install process.

3) currently running #AlpineLinux with #LXQT.  This might be the one I stick with for a while.


Anyone have any good ideas for a low spec cpu that has to much ram pc? The ebox is running an Intel Celeron 3965U with 16 gigs of ram?

Dear Friends lost in #cyberspace,

1) Metoo or is that meow2. I dunno if I am coming or going...
2) I am posting from #TOR running on #EasyOS 7.4. #Finally!
3) Does everything formally known as 'easy' take an hour to set up? I mean #imagine taking an hour to set up and use a #browser... Ay carumba!

In other words the LLM, tech bros, #security nerds are the asylum keepers and I need to break the straight (if you will pardon the term) jacket. Luckily I have a plan. #Persistence. Full #disclosure. #Open efforts.

For example:
1) The people who hide the most are either the leisured elite OR the roving, roaming, #anarchic friends of the revolting.
2) Shine a light on the murky, swampy, golden turd and their endorsing laxatives
3) Tax your brain, the greedy and all with stolen/inherited 'wealth'

I use TOR, #Signal and #Mastodon. As I find better. I implement. Safe in sharing the best I know how...

:agummyhug: :0dd_verified: ✅

Ah Ha! :success:

Found out how I managed to exist temporarily in the #future.
When #EasyOS 7.4 came out I downloaded BUT the developer Barry Kauler, immediately found a bug and withdrew 7.4. :tux:

7.4 all going well, will be available in a few hours AND I will be able to 'upgrade' with a non critical bug fixed. Maybe a few more. OR I could roll back and then install again.

Phew. My sanity is now returned to just #normal #crazy. Don't even have to #upgrade apparently...

:ablobcatwobpatted: :0dd_verified: ✅

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=172239#p172239

Dear Friends of ranting, venting and letting off steam power. Toot, Toot!

Managed to download a much used package. Will now try another. I am using #EasyOS 7.2.3 fresh install as I was forced into a corner as the update did not go as easily as I would have liked.

Just to let you know it takes a while to get used to any #LinuxAudio and I have done my fill of distro hopping and hoping to stick with just a few on USB sticks.

Wishing you all well :agummyhug:

Dear Friends of #EasyOS 7.3.2,

- Just upgraded
- Actung (the update button claimed I did not have enough space to upgrade - Oh dear it seems that I was using the OS and downloading extra packages - naughty, naughty lobster - yep sarcasm)
- So... in the end I wiped all my settings and reinstalled - hardly 'easy' but I regularly did this with Puppy Linux)
- After an hour and a quarter of farting around. I have installed a browser of my choice. Not Chromium based AND changed the horrific default desktop image and icons. Managing to get to Mastodon for a good old moan...

https://bkhome.org/news/202605/easyos-excalibur-series-version-732-released.html

It has therefore taken me the equivalent of over an hour to boot up a supposed rolling release Operating System (OS).
Admitedly in constant Alpha stage
Fortunately I have others that I don't much like either, such as [well enough wingeing from me]

Good thing I have done my #meditation and #enshittification expectation training...

:success: ✅ :cyber_hacking:

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

EndeavourOS Titan Neo Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.6.4 and KDE Gear 26.04:
https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-titan-neo-is-out-with-kde-plasma-6-6-4-and-kde-gear-26-04

First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0 Is Now Available for Download:
https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-7-0-is-now-available-for-download

Shelly 2.2 Arch Linux GUI Package Manager Released with Major UI Revamp:
https://9to5linux.com/shelly-2-2-arch-linux-gui-package-manager-released-with-major-ui-revamp

CachyOS April 2026 release brings a new package manager and even more optimizations:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/cachyos-april-2026-release-brings-a-new-package-manager-and-even-more-optimizations/

Linux Mint monthly news: Hardware Enablement (HWE) ISOs, alpha phase in new release cycle, screensaver bug fix:
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5022

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS security support has ended – unless you pay:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-1604-lts-enters-legacy-support

Canonical is ‘ramping up’ AI in Ubuntu this year:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-ai-features

Attack knocks Ubuntu websites, services and Snap store offline:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/ubuntu-websites-ddos-attack

Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New:
https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-44-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new

Gaming-focused Linux distro Bazzite 44 brings Linux 6.19 kernel, GNOME 50 & KDE Plasma 6.6:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/gaming-focused-linux-distro-bazzite-44-brings-linux-6-19-kernel-gnome-50-and-kde-plasma-6-6/

AerynOS 2026.05 Released with Linux Kernel 7.0, New Logo, and More:
https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2026-05-released-with-linux-kernel-7-0-new-logo-and-more

EasyOS Excalibur 7.3 milestone brings Xorg, ROX-Filer fixes and Nvidia driver:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/easyos-excalibur-7-3-milestone-brings-xorg-rox-filer-fixes-and-nvidia-driver/

Asahi Linux automates installer updates, adds VRR and Bluetooth fixes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/asahi-linux-automates-installer-updates-adds-vrr-and-bluetooth-fixes/

This Week in Plasma: Background Apps and Zoom Up-Scaling:
https://blogs.kde.org/2026/05/02/this-week-in-plasma-background-apps-and-zoom-up-scaling/

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.6 Adds Support for Fedora 44, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS:
https://9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-6-adds-support-for-fedora-44-ubuntu-26-04-lts

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

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Dear Friends of 'phew that was hard',

Finally managed, hopefully, to post an #mp4 video of our pond in a tub and Buddhas in the sun.

If so, I used two OS
Puppy Linux and #EasyOS
Had to compress the file in EasyOS but post from Puppy

Use pots a lot in the garden (pottage) and am rather potty so I persevered with this as I normally upload 'rantcasts'.

EasyOS has a rather good multimedia editor. Not as a default program but as a downloadable package.
https://www.shotcut.org/

Download and dependencies took me a while. Then had to learn how to compress and export a file.
https://bkhome.org/news/202603/easyos-excalibur-series-version-723.html

Let us see if worked...
Yi Ha! as they say in Westerns. Worked.

Lobster Happy
🦞 :mastodance: 💪🏿

Barry Kauler, storico creatore di Puppy Linux ha annunciato il rilascio di EasyOS 7.1, nuova versione della serie Excalibur basata su Devuan 5 “Daedalus/Excalibur”. #EasyOS #PuppyLinux #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/easyos-7-1-excalibur-disponibile-la-nuova-versione-della-distro-sperimentale-di-barry-kauler/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Dear GNU-Debian #penguins,
There I was trying to finish watching a #film ('movie' for non Englanders) when the sound was gone. Nada. 'Computer says no!'. Now where could the sound have gone. Everything else was fine for sound. Tried:
- checking all sound settings I could find. All fine.
- Using VLC instead of video. Nope.
- Playing other videos that were known to work. No can do.
Turning computer off and on again etc etc etc.

In the end I booted from a keydrive into #EasyOS and continued watching from there.

That took me an hour of fiddling about.

I blame in no particular order:
- The Pope and Dalai Lama for not being married
- My incompetence (somewhere along the line)
- Pirates from other dimensions
- Some sort of unseen #update that went semi silent

What is a gal to do? In #cyberspace none can hear the #screaming...

I will try one last time and then call in the experts (wait I am the only expert available)

I will be in the corner screaming if anyone needs me... 😱

#linux #debian #sound #help

Dear Friends of low tech, ​:anarchy:​
...aka lo-tech. As we may know we should always 'be prepared'. Just like the girl guides, boy scouts or the real techies. ​:ablobcatbongokeyboard:​
So for example in my go-bag:
1. Portrait of St Ignatius ​:ablobcatangel:​
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_by_Design
2. Candle, notepad and pencil 🕎🕯️📝
3. Sleeping bag ​:firefish_sleepy:​

I may include the latest version of #EasyOS (Puppy Linux derivative) but maybe that would make me useful. Mostly I am not. Then I am ready to head for the hills. Is that a bit too much? Maybe I just need a jacket with everything? 🪶
bkhome.org/
#escape #hike #voluntarysimplicity

Dear Friends of the #FREE and #EASY,

It is difficult being a Pi-on-ear, #pioneer or indeed a #blessing to the myriad #realms of #existence. My efforts of Pie:
- supported #Puppy #Linux on new hardware for many years (well new by Puppy standards)
puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/
- installed #EasyOS #Linux with no #passwords, no #encryption
www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=126378#p126378
- As usual will now have to update my info. Searching for a long forgotten password. Pah! ​:ablobcatcoffee:​
wikka.puppylinux.com/Lobster
- Maybe will update #GROWL, my contribution to 'insecurity'
oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=335216

Be Cool. Bee Open. B the brave ​:anarchy:​ 🦞 ​:gi:​

Dear Friends of Linux,
This morning whilst MicroSith and their death eaters were dying... I was busy.​:ablobcatbongokeyboard:​

#Installing the latest #EasyOS #Linux on my #Lenova laptop. The laptop came with Windows originally. No interest to me. I tried installing #Puppy Linux, as I am very familiar with her. Eventually however I ended up using #Manjaro until...

My password stopped working. ​:blobangery:​

Not sure why, I had the password written down but no use. It allowed me to go through a procedure of "forgotten your password". No, I have not! ​:ablobcatcoffee:​
Anyways booted EasyOS, set up 'ungoogled' #chromium #browser, whatever that is and all is well.
EasyOS is created and maintained mainly by Barry #Kauler, who also created Puppy and so I am familiar with many of the programs. ​:blobcatstrong:​

Was on a #Zoom call and heard about the #outages caused by #Crowdstrike, or whoever is taking the blame and being bought out at a reduced price by Satya Narayana Nutella (whatever that is).

Anyway I hope I am safe and wish everyone not effected all the best.🕊️

easyos.org/

EasyOS 6.0 “Scarthgap” Review: Surprisingly Good Release
https://www.debugpoint.com/easyos-6-review/

#linux #opensource #easyos

@alfredo

> It's been a challenge to find a linux distro that this old Dell Inspiron can handle, but now I think I have a winner: Antix Linux on a live USB. They also present themselves as proudly antifascist on their website, which makes me like them even more. #linux #antiXLinux #antix

have you checked out #puppylinux or #easyos?

Linux Weekly Roundup: EasyOS 5.7, Sparky Linux, GhostBSD 24.01.1, and More!
#Linux #LinuxNews #SparkyLinux #EasyOS #GhostBSD
https://linuxtldr.com/weekly-roundup/

#EasyOS 5.7 Introduces Exciting Features and Enhancements

https://www.debugpoint.com/easyos-5-7/

EasyOS 5.7 Introduces Exciting Features and Enhancements
https://www.debugpoint.com/easyos-5-7/

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