TinyMe 2010 "Acorn" Beta 2

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 account¹⁾) 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
  • NOTE: the ATi proprietary driver for Xorg 1.7 is not yet available. The free driver offers limited 3D capabilities.
• 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:

• Some users are reporting an issue where the Dvorak keyboard layout replaces QWERTY when booting up the hard drive installation. To fix this issue:
  • Log in as root. Type in 'ossk' for the username and password. You will see 'root' appear.
  • Open the System (Unity) Control Center and go to Hardware.
  • Change the keyboard layout to your preferred layout. You will probably also wish to change the keyboard type to 104 key instead of 105.
  • You may now close all the programs and log out and back in again as your regular user.
• Some users have reported issues with Midori crashing. I have been unable to verify. Scripts may need to be disabled.

• TinyCC: Finish creating
• PCManFM: Evaluate patch to allow setting wallpaper mode
  • If it's possible, create wrapper script with Nitrogen or CWallpaper– setting the wallpaper with PCManFM is a little clunky.
• 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
• Do some tests on suspend/hibernate: http://tinymelinux.com/forum/index.php?topic=330.0
• Don't start up Tilda on the LiveCD
• Maybe add new zd1211 driver

You may get this release on the test download page.