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TinyMe 2010 “Acorn” i586 Release Candidate 1 has shipped! This release largely consists of bugfixes and package upgrades. TinyCC, the desktop configuration tool from TinyMe 2008, has made a reappearance. Every issue on the issue tracker, except one very minor issue, has been cleared for this release.
TinyMe is a Unity-based distribution targeted at older computers and people who want a very light and fast desktop environment.
Although TinyMe comes as a small, 200MB ISO, it provides tools for most of your everyday wants and needs:
Kernel 2.6.31.12
SLiM logs you in
Pragha, audio player
AbiWord, a light and fast yet powerful word processor
Midori, web browser
Ayttm, instant chat client. Handles IRC, AIM- ICQ, Jabber, LiveJournal, MSN, Yahoo, and even can send e-mails via SMTP.
Osmo, personal information manager
Sylpheed, e-mail client
Viewnior, image viewer
Recorder, disk burner
Asunder, a CD ripper
MtPaint, a basic image editor (also takes screenshots)
MEdit, a tabbed text editor
MuPDF, a very small PDF viewer
Conky, a small system monitor
Parcellite, a very small clipboard utility
TightVNC Viewer, view the screen of another computer over a network
Tilda, a Quake-esque terminal similar to Yakuake– just press F12 (F1 in the root account 1)) to pull down from the top of your screen!
Openbox is the session and window manager, PCManFM manages the desktop, and LXPanel provides the panel.
Please report any issues here: http://tinymelinux.com/forum/forum-21.html
Fixed extraneous Smart mirror issue.
Added TinyCC, a desktop configuration tool.
Tilda and Parcellite do not start up on the LiveCD. This should save a little RAM.
Added drivers for zd1211 wireless card.
Added Gnome-PPP and WVDial for dial-up users.
Added Sudoku Savant game.
Updated kernel, Smart, AbiWord, Ayttm, Conky, LXPanel, Midori, Openbox, Osmo, Pragha, Sylpheed, Transmission, and Viewnior (see table below).
Several SLiM changes:
Midori should no longer crash on startup.
MEdit replaces MP-5.
Login information box now appears when you start up the LiveCD.
New cursor theme and additional GTK themes, courtesy of Johnny of Ultimate Edition. Thank you, Johnny!
Removed testdisk to clear some space.
| Package Name | From | To |
| Kernel | 2.6.31.9 | 2.6.31.12 |
| Smart | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| AbiWord | 2.8.1 | 2.8.2 |
| Ayttm | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 |
| Conky | 1.7.2 | 1.8.0 |
| LXPanel | 0.5.4 | 0.5.5 |
| Midori | 0.2.2 | 0.2.4 |
| Openbox | 3.4.10 | 3.4.11 |
| Osmo | 0.2.8 | 0.2.10 |
| Pragha | 0.7.1.1 | 0.7.3 |
| Sylpheed | 3.0.0 pre-release | 3.0.2 |
| Transmission | 1.76 | 1.91 |
| Viewnior | 0.7 | 1.0 |
NOTE: Follow the errata and to-do lists here: http://tinymelinux.com/forum/tracker/project-1.html
The ATi proprietary driver for Xorg 1.7 is not yet available. The free driver offers limited 3D capabilities.
If you are having an issue with setup of hardware or configuring hardware in the system control center, you will have to upgrade the drak tools:
su
#[give root password]
rpm -Uvh *rpm
KDulcimer owes much to:
The Unity Linux development team. Without them, there would be no TinyMe.
PaulH for providing valuable bug reports for Midori, ZD1211, and the Dvorak keyboard issue.
Everybody who pointed out issues with TinyMe 2010 Beta 2.
Johnny of Ultimate Edition for the new cursor theme.
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