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Daz Hale — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 09:29:27 -0000

Please note for those who would prefer iso's with updates and SDL libraries included go here.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/anitaos/files/Anitaos/ISOs%20with%20Updates/

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Daz Hale — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 08:42:54 -0000

Reading this thread people are probably thinking what is a DIY OS. Well it is to put it simply taking a basic barebones iso burning it to cd and then installing it adding what you need to make an operating system with what you want for your particular machine. Installation is the same as the os it is based on Puppy Linux.

The base iso is an old version of Puppy Linux with a kernel which is ideal for the pentium 2->, and older machines. The iso boots into a desktop and using the package manager and .pets I have compiled and collected to make a useful system I have included Glibc updates so a modern browser like seamonkey can be used but at the same time use a kernel which is ideal for old machines anyway if you got to the Google Drive site and login with the following you cancheck it out and start building it is a work in progress but provides a more upto date alternative to distros like damn small on machines that can't run more modern os's. A roll your own approach.

Having accessed the site as mentioned earlier, download and burn the base 4.12 iso to disk. Install using gparted and mount the cdrom then install using the universal installer.

Install the Grub bootloader.

Download the glib-2.22.pet
Install Glibc-2.10 and Glibc-2.10-locales pets
Install Gtkdialog 4 .pet
Install libgio 2 pet
Reboot

This will update anitaos for using with more up to date programs. Many available from the anitaos google drive site.

If You need to restart jwm from commandline in terminal type jwm -restart and to fix menus type fixmenus

For programs tat install that don't create a menu entry use the program menu entry maker to make a menu entry. You will need to install menu entry maker first. This is especially true of some of the games which install to either /usr/games/ or /usr/bin

For really old low resource machines it is recommended to use Firedog instead of Seamonkey for general browsing.
Also worthy of installing is deb2pet which allows you to convert debian packages to anitaos's .pet format to install simply download .deb package - best to use squeeze packages and install.

I have now uploaded 4.31 Barebones with a 2.6.30 kernel for those that want a later kernel as well as 4.12 barebones.

As always if you have any problems logging in or need help then leave questions here thank you.

Quite often when compiling from Debian libs will end up in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu. Please be aware of this when compiling from debian GNU/Linux and that you often need to use menu entry maker to make a menu entry or correct menu entry.

Latest Mtpaint added to replace Cinepaint which wouldn't compile properly and mtpaint is much more inline with my Bonsai simplicity philosophy for Anitaos. Added older version of fotoxx which only requires exiv for basic functionalty.

For Anitaos which as has been stated is loosely based on Puppy Linux 4.12 as therefore these sites are relevant info and packages.........

http://412collection.co.uk/index.php
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-4/
http://412collection.co.uk/manual.php
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/InstallationFullHDD

For programs that install that don't create a menu entry use the program menu entry maker to make a menu entry. You will need to install menu entry maker first. This is especially true of some of the games which install to either /usr/games/ or /usr/bin.

Also worthy of installing is deb2pet which allows you to convert debian packages to anitaos's .pet format to install simply download .deb package - best to use squeeze packages and install. As always if you have any problems logging in or need help then leave questions here thank you.

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