TinyMe 2010 “Acorn” Beta 2 is here! TinyMe is a Unity-based distribution targeted at older computers and people who want a very light and fast desktop environment.
This release offers many upgrades, bug fixes, tweaks, and new features. You'll find that the look, feel, and functionality of TinyMe is smoother, more polished, and more refined than ever with Beta 2. From the new setup screens, to the new bootsplash, to the new SLiM functionality, TinyMe has taken another significant step toward a final release. I hope you enjoy playing with this release as much as I have enjoyed creating it!
Although TinyMe comes as a small, 200MB ISO, it provides tools for most of your everyday wants and needs:
Kernel 2.6.31.9
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)
mp, a featherweight 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://forum.tinymelinux.com/index.php/board,29.0.html
Update to kernel 2.6.31.9
Updated to Xorg 1.7
LiveCD asks user to set up timezone and keyboard
On first booting an install, user is asked to set root password and create a new user
Squished bug where installer wanted XDM
Various packages added to enable networking
VirtualBox mouse and keyboard integration seemed to magically start working with the kernel upgrade
SLiM:
has been updated to the latest SVN snapshot
should now remember your previous session
has been modified to use ~/.dmrc
Added TightVNC viewer
Added Parcellite
Updated MuPDF, Sylpheed, Openbox, Midori, and LXAppearance
Conky: tweaked for smaller screens
Sylpheed: Spell check was disabled as it was causing crashes
Osmo: menu entry is fixed
MuPDF: add file selection wrapper script
New bootsplash, “TinyMe Starburst”
NOTE: Follow the errata and to-do lists here: http://tinymelinux.com/forum/tracker/project-1.html
There is a mirror listed in Smart which should not be there, 192.168.1.100. I use that mirror to keep TinyMe updated when I don't directly have broadband access. It should be removed.
There is supposed to be a dialog box on the LiveCD which shows you the usernames and passwords. It does not come up due to a failed test. The usernames and passwords are thus:
| Username | Password |
| root | root |
| guest | guest |
TinyCC: Finish creating
PCManFM: Evaluate patch to allow setting wallpaper mode
MuPDF: maybe change file selection script from gfilechooser (gtkdialogs) to pygtk
Conky: add battery monitor
Create task-lxde package
More GTK themes
Allow users to start the installer from the login screen
Create abiword-minimal package
Look into changing livecd.sqfs to tinyme.sqfs
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Don't start up Tilda on the LiveCD
Maybe add new zd1211 driver