[silentdrgn]

After using Linux Mint and Xubuntu for awhile I have finally come back to Bodhi as my full time distro. Just seems like the benchmark for a quick, productive OS. One question I do have is whether I can use Ubuntu 12.04 software sources to update some of the programs I will use in Bodhi such as Shotwell, Chrome, etc? Obviously I cannot use them to upgrade from 10.04 itself. Just interested in more up to date programs.

[Charles@Bodhi]

Welcome back then.
Bodhi version 2 will come out June/July and will be based on 12.04 and use their repos. Until then the 10.04 repos are best suited for Bodhi.

Enjoy,
Charles.

[silentdrgn]

Charles@Bodhi, on 25 May 2012 - 03:55 PM, said:

Welcome back then.
Bodhi version 2 will come out June/July and will be based on 12.04 and use their repos. Until then the 10.04 repos are best suited for Bodhi.

Enjoy,
Charles.

Awesome. Can't wait. Is the 64 bit version still on the table?

[Charles@Bodhi]

Nothing is guaranteed, but 64bit development goes to about the same release date, yes. But primary philosophy in both releases is as always: It's ready when it is ready. So being "on time", but not as stable as everybody wants it to be is a no go.

Charles.

[Mark]

Yes, silentdrgn, work's going on with a 64-bit. I haven't posted on the 64-bit thread since 11 April only because I don't want to disappoint expectations on a candidate release time.

The next announcement on the 64-bit thread will be the link to download CR-1 2012. Talk (like this) is cheap, but this week's 18 hours' worth of work (so far) comes on top of a regular self-employed 10-hour day. And I've had an broken bit of Enlightenment to recompile.

Every time I've thought it almost ready for prime time, something's kept it from being truly stable. The graphical installer, for example, is off the table for now. But even with a graphical installer you have to choose a locale and date&time. If you don't mind a dedicated preselected partition/filesystem choice instead of an "expert mode," that's a single press of the Enter key. The text installer's all of eight Enter key presses.

If a reviewer says this text installer's "too hard," then they're underestimating people's intelligence. It's easier than passing a driver's license test. And lots of people drive cars

Sure, a GUI is pretty, but the text with the GUI's the same as the text installer. Because I want a gui installer that uses Enlightenment (rather than GTK+ or QT), I want it to look terrific when we do have one, and that means having a live-cd capability.

Charles is closer to the candidate release date than he realizes and wise in saying it's ready when it's ready. After all, it is Enlightenment we seek.

And that's the last I'll prattle on about that until The Magic Moment. The goal, after all, is a stable, beautiful Enlightenment desktop. Nothing less.

[agreeabledisplayname]

I tried Lubuntu 12.04 on a Pentium 3 that is being given away - can't even get it to install. Bodhi installed quickly and now this old beige case will have a Bodhi sticker on there for when it goes to the new owner. It does make the dirt stand out though, gotta get some kind of degreaser or something..

[silentdrgn]

Just installed the third alpha build of Bodhi 2.0 and loving it. So far it seems very stable.

[silentdrgn]

Bodhi Linux I will never leave you again. Loving Bodhi 2.0 and have no issues at all with the alpha build. Amazingly smooth and super fast. Definitely the best Linux distro out there. Great job guys.

[Jeff]

silentdrgn, on 20 June 2012 - 04:54 AM, said:

Just installed the third alpha build of Bodhi 2.0 and loving it. So far it seems very stable.

Fantastic

Honestly it has a "alpha" stamp on it largely due to lack of features (namely some polish on the live CD and full AppCenter integration). I try not to release discs that aren't stable

Hopefully it will get a "stable" stamp some time in the next three weeks once I get a few of the details ironed out.

~Jeff

[silentdrgn]

Well you guys have done a great job. No issues so far.

[silentdrgn]

Pretty sure I am back for good. Was using Sabayon for awhile and while it was a great OS I felt like it was way too bloated. Back to Bodhi Linux.