STAR NEWS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30th June 2020 : Debian has scheduled to end its Long Term Support (LTS) for Debian 8 ('Jessie')[1]. As a result, the Devuan Project will be archiving its first release, codename Jessie. Since Jessie will receive no further maintenance or updates (including security fixes), it will be removed from Devuan's mirror network to a new Devuan service that has been set up to hold historical archived releases[2]. If you are still using Devuan Jessie, please upgrade to Devuan ASCII (or via ASCII to Beowulf) as a matter of urgency. Any users with very old x86 hardware (pure Pentium class processors) please note that Debian dropped support for i586 in Debian 9 ('Stretch')[3] so ASCII and subsequent releases will not work for you. 14 Jun May 2020 : Star Spock - (Devuan Beowulf 3.0.0) built with live-build, Devuan Jessie LTS 5 year support, due to cease very soon! 29 June 2018 : ## MORBIUS/JESSIE USERS ## You will need to upgrade the devuan-keyring before changing the repos to pkgmaster or deb.devuan.org. 1st August 2017 : The build, from today, will be based in Devuan exclusively. Update/new images for xfce Livinia/Grace will be uploaded, but will not be updated further. Wheezy images will be removed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Devuan : Star <unstable> - Ceres Star Uhura - Daedalus 5.x - Chimaera 4.x Star Spock - Beowulf 3.x Star Kirk - Ascii 2.x Star Morbius - Jessie 1.x LTS Debian : DISCONTINUED Star Grace - Stretch 9.x Star Livinia - Jessie 8.x Star Genesis - Wheezy 7.x https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.installation-steps.html Installed package list: dpkg-query -l >> packages NETINST ---------------- Sudo is not installed by default During the install, set a root user password, and then create a new user <USERNAME>. Installing Sudo: Login as root apt update reboot (if applicable) apt install sudo usermod -aG sudo <USERNAME> reboot and login as <USERNAME> How to Use Midnight Commander ---------------- https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/tools/how-to-install-midnight-commander/ http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_adv_mc.php Midnight commander does not display pseudo-graphic characters properly MC has option -a that disables the use of pseudo graphic characters in line drawing. Show in folder ---------------- To check the default file-manager $ xdg-mime query default inode/directory To change $ xdg-mime default pcmanfm.desktop inode/directory VPN ---------------- connman-vpn - contains the connman VPN daemon. (Not installed) Mounting USB devices ---------------- Usbpmount Yad front-end to pmount (default - manual mount) gvfs-backends, gvfs-fuse (auto mount - Not installed) Formatting USB devices xFat ---------------- sudo apt install exfat-utils (optional exfat-fuse) find drive to format $ sudo fdisk -l $ sudo umount /dev/sdXn format it as exfat $ sudo mkfs.exfat -n LABEL /dev/sdXn other formats are available by simply replacing the exfat with vfat, ntfs or ext3 Check it $ sudo fsck.exfat /dev/sdXn Firmware ---------------- firmware-linux-nonfree is included in all images Kernel updates (required) ---------------- sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) Change log - Devuan ---------------- Star Uhura 5.0.0 (2021?) [Bookworm] Star Uhura 4.0.0 (July 2021) [Bullseye] System updates Now uses the calamares installer by default Added bluetooh to star-welcome script Star Spock 3.1.0 (Mar 2021) System updates Added Devuan Release notes to welcome script Fixed epiphany initial start page Star Spock 3.0.0 (Jun 2020), images built with: live-build System updates Removed: Disk-Manager (xfce) Devuan 3 Beowulf Release Notes https://files.devuan.org/devuan_beowulf/Release_notes.txt Star Kirk 2.1.1 (Dec 2019), images built with: live-sdk System updates Replaced loadlin with win32-loader Added tint2, sakura to fluxbox - tips: http://troubleshooters.com/linux/sakura.htm tint2 now includes launchers (openbox, fluxbox) Added launchers to the tray (jwm) Updated netinst to also run live upgrading to Beowulf install: linux-image-amd64/686. Note: other packages may also need to be be manually installed. Star Kirk 2.1.0 (Oct 2019), images built with: live-build System updates Usbpmount Yad front-end to pmount for CD/DVD, USB and SD/MMC. Added alias ct to clear trash Added some cli apps to the Welcome script Updated instructions for the Netinst Issue: icedtea-8-plugin is not available 2.0.0 Kirk Added UEFI boot Replaced: xfce4-mixer with alsamixer (except xfce) Removed: Live installer 1.0.2 Added text installer 1.0.1 Xfce only, the rest will be updated soon. Added : more options to the boot menu. Live Live toram Live failsafe Install Expert install Rescue mode Automated install 1.0.0 Stable release Setnet - Text-based User Interface tool for ethernet and wi-fi network configuration http://kalos.mine.nu/setnet/ setnet wpasupplicant iw iputils-ping bind9-host traceroute Make sure wpasupplicant was running before starting setnet.sh run these in separate terminals: sudo ifup wlan0 & sudo setnet.sh Some suggestions for mount/unmount: pmount udevil gvfs-backends gvfs-fuse thunar-volman Network connection and discovery gigolo avahi-utils pcmanfm requires libfm-modules for mounting Automounting of large external drives If Thunar refuses to mount large removable media (size > 1TB) although thunar-volman and gvfs has been installed, then try installing a different automounter such as udevil or udiskie. The latter should be preferred as it uses udisks2 and thus is compatible with gvfs. Trash Some programs use ~/.local/share/Trash as a dumping ground, so don't forget to clean it out! 1.0 New: theme : Adwaita-Dark logout dialog Added: scrot menu to ob/fb/jwm. apulse for Firefox audio kexec-tools for fast reboot Replaced: iw wireless-tools with iw - http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw/ wicd with connman smplayer with mpv NetInst: Added : setnet - http://kalos.mine.nu/setnet/ sudo setnet.sh Beta 2 Bug fixes + Pulling the latest packages NEW - Jwm 32 bit !!! Replaced: atril with xpdf Beta ## NEW USB IMAGE ## http://www.mediafire.com/file/ru1euctt1etz83t/star-morbius-liveUSB-jwm-64-2016OCT26.img Debian non-free is now available OOTB !!!!! Star : xfce, Openbox, Fluxbox, i3 - 4.12-2, Jwm - 2.3.6-1, netinst DIY : Jwm NetInst : text installer, expert, rescue and no xorg gdisk htop iftop iotop ncdu parted wavemon wireless-tools wpasupplicant localepurge openssh-server openssh-sftp-server openssl mc mc-data debfoster rsync ufw New dark theme Replaced: zathura with atril from mate Updated: exit dialog - Star/DIY Keyboard shortcuts (see below) ** Star-Welcome ** Added: dmenu to Keyboard shortcuts MainMenu Keyboard shortcut (fb only) debian contrib nonfree to sources.list NOTE: if devuan-keyring is an issue installing, add --apt-options "--force-yes --yes" to auto/config lb config Live User: starlive Password: live Suggest setting the root password sudo passwd root Keyboard shortcuts ---------------------------- ctrl+atl+/: main menu (fb only) ctrl+shift+j: toggle touchpad alt+F2: run program window-key+a: alsamixer window-key+d: dmenu window-key+t: terminal window-key+f: file-manager window-key+m: media player window-key+w: web-browser window-key+e: editor window-key+l: lock window-key+x: exit Keyboard shortcuts - i3 ---------------------------- mod+d: dmenu mod+Enter: terminal mod+Ctrl+f: file-manager mod+Ctrl+m: media player mod+Ctrl+w: web-browser mod+Ctrl+e: editor mod+Ctrl+l: lock mod+Shift+e: exit bash_aliases: All ---------------------------- sdn - sudo shutdown -h now rbt - sudo reboot re - reload bash_aliases file up - sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ct - clean trash