The original question was about a Bodhi linux 6.0 release. That will based upon ubuntu 20.04 due to be released on April 23, 2020 as far as I can tell. I know April is getting close and as a result I have been playing around with making ISOs out of more current Ubuntu versions. While I have succeeded there are some significant issues such as BodhiBuilder, the tool we use to make our, does not work with the current gtk stuff. As a result I have had to spend some time investigating this issue and modifying BodhiBuilder. I am not 100% satisfied with what I have so far. But it works as far as I can tell and I am able to make usable ISOs with my modifications.
But I have alot planned for changes in Bodhi in this release and most of this work has not been started yet. So I am hesitant to give even an approximate date for the release of Bodhi 6.0. The best I would hope for would be June or latter. By March however I expect to have some workable ISOs based upon Ubuntu 20.04. But these ISOs will likely be using the same version of Moksha as BL 5.x, but a more up to date EFL.
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Originally Posted by the_waiter
Hello there
We are testing BL 5.1. The first 5.1 official beta reelase should be out this weekend. Yesterday I talked with ylee...
Stefan
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Yes if all goes well I will have two 64 bit 5.1 beta ISOs for testing purposes this weekend.
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Originally Posted by the_waiter
Exactly. Kernel 5.3 and Epiphany web browser will be included
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Ok, above I said 2 64 bit ISOs. Two because I am trying something different. One will be our standard release based upon kernel version 4.18.0-18-generic. And the second will be based on
the hardware enablement stack (hwe) and feature kernel version 5.3.0-28-generic.
I will only have one 64 bit hwe release and no app pack version. Naturally I will have the usual 64 bit and apppack version based upon the kernel 4.18.0-18. All releases will feature EFL version 1.22.6 unless I find some significant issue with said EFL version.
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Originally Posted by Kiezel
Great, thanks!
If I may make one suggestion: perhaps you could spin the 32-bit iso with the latest 4.15.x kernel. Reason: better support for very old hardware....
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For beta ISO release I am only planning 64 bit releases. But certainly when I get to a 32 bit version I had planned on using a 4.x kernel. I haven't researched which specific version yet, but yes 4.15.x sounds good to me now
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Cool! Maybe you can already disclose some of the new good stuff, like the default kernel and the default web browser?
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Kernel versions and efl versions already covered above. The default web browser will most likely be epiphany, epad will be replaced with leafpad. Synaptic package manager will be installed by default and unless I am talked out of it gdebi will be removed. The release will feature Stefans new work on the MokshaArcGreen theme and naturally that theme will be the theme used by default. This theme includes both a gtk theme and icons.
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