Take a tour of SolusOS Eveline!

For people wanting a quick lighthearted tour of SolusOS Eveline, please check this little
video.

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SolusOS 2: Public Consultation

As everyone is aware, we want SolusOS 2 to use the PiSi package manager.

This has been covered in previous posts and pretty much everywhere The time has now come to ensure everyone is happy with this decision. Have your say!
In 7 days we will publish the results of this poll. (December 9th)

 

 

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Official Theme for SolusOS Eveline 1.3

Many folks have asked me when SolusOS 1.3 is due for release, all I can say is soon

There is an extensive developing process going on behind the scenes, to ensure that Eveline 1.3 is the best release it can possibly be.

However, as I have already chosen parts of the official artwork, you can imagine its very close..

The GTK theme featured in the below screenshots will be the default in SolusOS Eveline 1.3. It is crisper, cleaner and lighter on the system than previous Eveline theme revisions, and is based on the hugely popular Equinox themes

You can install it from the repos now, it’s called “eveline-theme“. The official theme name is Eveline Dawn, in respect for its parent theme, Equinox Dawn

To achieve the look in the screenshots, use “gnome-icon-theme-solus” and “libreoffice-icon-theme-solusos” (which replaces Crystal currently)

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Personal Update

Hi guys, definitely about time for another blog post !

My first awesome entry is that I finally have a job! I’m over the moon about this. Sales Advisor for Currys, the UK’s largest electrical retailer. It’s temporary work over the Christmas period, minimum 20 hours per week .If I prove myself to them, there is the possibility of a permanent job after the temporary contract ends (January 5th)

In the mean time things will be a bit hectic for me. Due to the cost of rent, etc, I’m going to be moving into a smaller bedsit. This is so that I can hopefully afford my rent while I’m waiting to be paid (which is also in January, after the contract ends). That aside things are most definitely looking up A more stable Ikey is a more stable SolusOS

In other most awesome news, the installer is rapidly developing into a rather elegant solution. It was meant to be finished already and I apologise for the delay. I really wasn’t expecting to get a job, despite how long I’ve been looking You can see the source code of the installer as it’s being currently developed, at https://bitbucket.org/solusos/installer

So far, I’ve made 356 commits to the source repository It’s written entirely in Vala, which actually compiles to C. This means its awesomely fast   Many problems plagued the previous installer, but one insanely large barrier was resource usage. Copying files used a ridiculous amount of memory, so that low memory systems have a hard time when installing SolusOS from the LiveCD.

It’s very modular, rather beautiful and above all very fast. To ensure that everything is “done right” it uses libparted for native disk access, so we can actually add a true partitioner to the installer. Not only that, certain tricks like looking up your location via GeoIP binding to display it as a default choice in the Timezone Map. Some widgets have been ported from the Ubuntu Ubiquity Installer, and rewritten entirely in Vala.

The new installer is going to support automated partitioning (easy/gui), several tiers of “bling level” (to allow it to remain functional where memory is a serious problem), OEM installation, as well as many other treats.

The instructions for testing the installer’s UI are currently on the link README.md linked above, please feel free to give it a try and see what you think of the new-look installer. I want people to get used to it, as we’re going to use an updated version for SolusOS 2

 

 

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