Window Maker Live Files

  ### Window Maker Live 2013-06-05

    What is new since the last release?

  * Both firefox and thunderbird are not preinstalled anymore into the
    static squashfs of the live system. Instead, the upstream archives
    are now shipped separetely on the ISO image within the top level
    "custom" folder. These archives are then automaticaly unpacked at
    run time of the live session or during installation to disk.

    This not only enables users to easily replace the contained english
    language Mozilla applications with different language versions, but
    also allows for updating these release versions with newer ones
    featuring both bug and security fixes, and without having to download
    more recent wmlive ISO images. To comfortably edit and modify the
    ISO image, the wmlive built in isomaster application can be used.

  * If an archive named "custom.tar.xz" and/or "custom.tar.bz2" is found
    in the top level ./custom folder on the ISO, it is automatically
    unpacked to the / directory during runtime of the live session or
    installation. This can be used for subsequent modifications of
    configuration settings which were formerly hardcoded into the
    squashfs during the creation of the wmlive ISO, but also for the
    installation of additional third party applications which are not
    usually included in the Debian archives.

  * UltraBay hot plugging for ThinkPads was reimplemented from scratch
    and included as a proper debian package. It was verified to work for
    at least ThinkPad models T60 and T61. Further feedback is welcome!

    Additionally, when an UltraBay battery is inserted, standard battery
    discharge order will automatically switch to first drain the main
    battery instead of the UltraBay battery, in order to override the
    unfortunate manufacturer default.

  * Hibernation support has been overhauled and optimized. It should now
    work out of the box, both in virtualized and real computers. During
    our tests we never had any issues with failing hibernation.

  * The ISO image contains an archive with the complete tree of the
    build scripts used to create this very image in the top level
    'extras' directory. It contains everything you need to recreate a
    customized version of the wmlive ISO. The build scripts are copied
    to /usr/local/src/wmlive during the final stages of the installation
    to disk. As verified, the wmlive ISO is properly rebuilt as long as
    download access for the debian archives is provided.


    Some known issues:

    * Besides the rather well supported 3.2 kernel, also a more recent
    3.8 kernel from the unstable branch is optionally available at boot
    time once the system was finally installed to disk. While both
    kernels are installed complete with all necessary kernel headers to
    enable compilation of external modules, this might not always work
    for the unstable 3.8 kernel.

    * For 32bit systems, to enable bootstrapping and installing Window
    Maker Live also on a wide range of vintage computers, a i486 Linux
    kernel version 3.2 was used as least common denominator. While the
    i486 kernel is able to run on practically all Intel based computers,
    it lacks support for more advanced performance features of Core2Duo
    and later processors. For this reason, the installed system contains
    a second i686-pae kernel version 3.8 to choose from the boot menu.

    * To largely maintain a uniform look and feel based on the gtk2step
    based Gnome theme which mimicks the Window Maker WINGs widget set,
    some limitations for package installations apply. Extensive use
    of apt-pinning was made, in order to shape package selections and to
    keep out GTK3 based applications. Please revise /etc/apt/preferences
    and modify it accordingly to get rid of these limitations if you
    plan to upgrade/install more recent packages.

    * The supported languages are currently limited to English, French,
    German, Portuguese, and Spanish only, with the dialogs of the main
    scripts being English only. While these 5 languages cover at least
    indirectly larger regions of the world, further internationalization
    requires the practical contributions of dedicated helpers.