################################################################# # PsychOS 03/03/2016 - Cool Partitioning Setup and PsychOS 1.7.1 # ################################################################# * The plan to install packages on PsychOS and then export the list was stupid. * I found a neat partitioning setup that might make PsychOS faster: - First partition = 512MB and is for boot; /boot flag ext2 - Second partition = 40GB for packages and applications; / flag ext4 - Third partition = 4GB for swap - Fourth partition = remaining space; /home flag ext4 * Decided to mandate the next build as "PsychOS 1.7.1" - Added xfce4-terminal package - Added packages for better file system format support for Gparted - Removed some GNOME packages; I would like to get rid of GNOME all together. Update: --- * The license agreement shows up on boot during a Live run, but not in the installer. Also, the EULA is presented in a manner that a novice Linux user wouldn't know how to get past. * I used Gparted to partition the hard drive as suggested earlier and then used the expert settings that the installer came with to add the proper mount points and partition formats. OpenSUSE keeps wanting to partition the hard drive and use weird formats in an unfamiliar way to a Debian/Ubuntu person like myself. * Not counting the BIO menu, first boot was one minute and fifteen seconds.; first boot always sets up configuration files. Second boot was 50 seconds. This would be much faster on a newer computer. * At login, XFCE uses ~126MB of RAM. However, no panel items have been added yet. * Moka icon theme hasn't been tested. * IDLE for both Python 2.7 and 3.4 are missing from the menu but can be started from the terminal. * Lyx is missing a lot of document classes. * Load averages are doing very well (below 0.5) * At boot, only ~68 processes are running; that's MUCH better than anything before. * PsychOS desktop background isn't being shipped with the appliance like it's supposed to. ** The Moka icons add ~50MB of extra RAM at login. * 3rd boot is 38 seconds to login menu * There's an annoying splash screen at the start of XFCE login. ** After a restart, turns out that Moka uses ~30MB of RAM * Overall boot time average seems to be ~40 seconds if not counting the GRUB menu ** The Faba icons that come with/required by Moka icons seems to be the best; folders look great and the app icons are still very familiar. No extra RAM used. !!! MyPaint is broke. * Having DVD playback issues * MPEG codecs are missing; Gstreamer is missing stuff. * Still need to figure out a way to repack everything and get rid of GNOME. Update: --- * Installed texlive-collection-latexextra * Trying a default wallpaper rather than an uploaded one because the uploaded one only shows on first run on Live and via GNOME desktop and not XFCE. - If I can find an ISO repack tool, I can fix this later. * Attempted to fix MyPaint. Update: --- * Installing texlive-collection-latexextra didn't help * MyPaint is fixed. * MPEG codecs still not working * Removing the custom wallpaper didn't fix or change anything for XFCE. * Newly burned ISO was incredibly slow; this version had some of the GNOME packages removed. I doubt that has anything to do with it, but I thought I'd make a note anyway.