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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2014-12-29 05:51, Israel skrev:
> Hi everyone,
> here is another update... my brain is a little jumbled form reading so
> much about Xsessions... but I will try to keep this coherent :P
> 
> I have totally modified the way torios starts now.  I use a startup
> script called 'starttorios'  which can be called from a terminal... 
> this should integrate into any display manager fairly well... it also
> should NOT interfere with other DE.  Basically I have an xinitrc
> (etc...) in a directory /usr/share/ToriOS/share  not the best name I
> know..... I'm open to ideas...) and these get called by the script
> (unless the user has a custom .xinitrc)
> This way any one can (hopefully) install torios on an existing system
> without muddling up the home directory... execpt when it comes to the
> icon theme.  Sorry I am still figuring this all out :)
> 
> I have also (finally) looked into the puppy networking program (a.k.a
> frisbee) and it requires gtkdialog  which is not available in Ubuntu
> (why not???)
> 
> if anyone is interested in learning to package (Ali????) I would love
> for someone to package this for testing.
> 
> I am not entirely sure if NetworkManager will work yet, but I am totally
> rebuilding the base OS to rebuild an ISO to test and possibly release to
> others for testing (if it works decently in VM and on metal).
> 
> The whole process is much nicer now for installing torios on existing
> systems... but it may not work.  If there is a brave soul who wants to
> test this, I think we would all be very grateful.  As I am too busy
> doing lots of other bits and pieces I will (most likely) not have time
> to test this. 
> 
> You have been updated :D
> 

Hi Israel,

It is not clear to me what and when to test.

Should I wait for you to rebuild an ISO file?

Best regards
Nio