SprezzOS 1
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The "von Neumann" release is the first mainstream, supported release of SprezzOS. It was released 2013-01-13, after being initially scheduled for release 2012-12-28.
Download the current SprezzOS 1-series ISO (1.1.1) here.
The next epoch of SprezzOS development will yield SprezzOS 2, "Kolmogorov".
...and of course there's a release video, "Orcas on Segways".
Release Notes
- The current installer version is 1.1.1.
- As of SprezzOS 1's release, there were 5525 packages in the SprezzOS repositories.
- 108 filed bugs were resolved in this development cycle.
- The 1.0.2 installer has one known outstanding issue {{#bugzilla:id=595}}
- The 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 installers are strongly deprecated by 1.0.2
Major changes since SprezzOS 0
- The Linux kernel has been upgraded to version 3.7.2
- GRUB has been updated from 1.99 to 2.
- EGLIBC 2.13 has been replaced with GNU libc 2.16
- Systemd has replaced sysvinit
- biosdevname is now used to initially name network devices based off DMI
- PulseAudio has been upgraded from 2.0 to 3.0
- WPAsupplicant has been upgraded from 1.1 to 2.0
- libjpeg has gone from soname 8 to 9
- KDE has been upgraded from 4.8.4 to 4.9.5
- Ubuntu's Unity and its subcomponents have been packaged
- Mint's Cinnamon and its subcomponents have been packaged
- Enlightenment 17 (E17) and its subcomponents have been packaged
- cairo-dock and avant-window-navigator have been brought up-to-date with the ecosystem and repackaged
- XFCE packages have been updated to 4.10 where possible
- XBMC 12 rc3 has been packaged
- Python 3.3 has been introduced
- LLVM and Clang 3.2 have been introduced
Release Goals
Major goal | Associated bug(s) |
---|---|
Move from sysvinit to systemd. | {{#bugzilla:id=364,509,511,512,506,375}} |
Become self-hosting (build our own versions of all Essential/Required packages, and all packages used in the installer). | {{#bugzilla:id=249,231,466,491}} |
Get installer working without intervention on most mainstream hardware. | {{#bugzilla:id=499,344,390,477,565}} |
Open bugs
{{#bugzilla:columns=id,priority,to,component,summary,status
|status=CONFIRMED,REOPENED,INPROGRESS |sort=priority,id |milestone=1.0.0 (von Neumann) |noresultsmessage="No matching bugs found."
}}
Closed bugs
{{#bugzilla:columns=id,priority,status,to,component,summary,status
|status=RESOLVED,VERIFIED |sort=priority,id |milestone=1.0.0 (von Neumann) |noresultsmessage="No matching bugs found."
}}