:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::PROJECT PORTEUS XFCE 5.01 - based on SlackWare v15 2024.09.25:::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2025.04.04=downloaded= VLC2 https://slackware.uk/people/alien/restricted_sbrepos/15.0/x86_64/vlc2/vlc2-2.2.8-x86_64-4alien.txz installed and NO WORK !! one of these years perhaps ... 2025.04.03= installed package=thunar-shares-plugin-0.3.1-x86_64-1gv.txz had this file for a while, quite certain i installed it at one time -will see if it works says i may need to install samba , pretty sure it is installed, but i have not set it to start at boot up time 2025.03.13= downloaded= MTPaint https://www.mediafire.com/file/vg08zbh1ygey73x/mtpaint-3.50-x86_64-1salix15.0.xzm/file ready made porteus package! does it work- YES, WORKS VG 2025.03.11= downloaded= LibreWolf https://packaged-media.redd.it/0y48gld4wvne1/pb/m2-res_360p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1741723200&s=a4c1cede1df7f1faf12693f0a582cd80e254232b https://librewolf.net/ A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom." includes ublock origin content blocker. module made from the binary prebuilt for archlinux. added some tweaks: compact tabs, autoscroll on, bookmarks toolbar off. librewolf-135.0.1-1-x86_64.xzm --92.4 mb sha256sum: 7f52d20e48f58fad33276b04deda1cdcbdd356fc7836182710c15b154afe490b 2025.03.01= downloaded= VLC https://us.slackware.nl/people/alien/slackbuilds/vlc/pkg64/15.0/ -will install later -N O W O R K---!!! uninstalled package + moved module from modules directory to not_working 2025.03.01= downloaded= WINE https://us.slackware.nl/people/alien/slackbuilds/wine/pkg64/15.0/ converted= wine-9.13-x86_64-1alien.tgz to module= wine-9.13-x86_64-1alien.txz -will restart later --appears in menu, will test --DOES NOT WORK FFS -- moved module from modules directory to not_working 2025.03.01= re-installed etcher - will check -nope, will NOT work anymore-uninstalled + moved module from modules directory to not_working 2025.02.03= DEVELOPEMENT MODULE -devel.xzm -what is this for?????? downloaded= http://dl.porteus.org/x86_64/Porteus-v5.01/kernel/devel.xzm copied to porteus/modules should load at next bootup we c ... 2025.02.03= SLACKPKG -Slackpkg, entered at BASH to find/dl/install SlackWare Packages downloaded= https://slackpkg.org/stable/slackpkg-15.0.10-noarch-1.txz installed as module. used txz2xzm to convert to module rebooted, did it work 2025.02.02= ETCHER -Etcher copied= etcher-bin-1.19.25-x86_64-1cf.txz to /mnt/sdb2/porteus/j7/ converted to xzm module, copied to modules rebooted, did it work?? YES!!! --stopped working 2025.02.25 ... no idea why 2025.02.02= TESTDISK -TestDisk v6.02 -thought it was on SystemRescueCD, BUT, it is NOT!! downloaded= https://nightly.altlinux.org/sisyphus/tested/regular-rescue-latest-x86_64.iso used Xfburn to create boot disk -windoze based NFG 2025.02.02= QTRACTOR -installed qtractor -sound editor downloaded= https://slackware.uk/people/alien/sbrepos/15.0/x86_64/qtractor/qtractor-1.5.2-x86_64-1alien.txz installed as package 2025.02.02= QTAV -pretty sure this is required by vlc to run, i swill see -did nothing ... it's an old QuickTime lib downloaded= https://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/l/QtAV-20210414_305e5404-x86_64-1.txz 2025.01.31= YEWTUBE -tried= https://yewtu.be/ -allows you to watch youtube privately -got shut down ... 2025.01.31= VLC -uninstalled existing vlc, whatever it was ... downloaded= https://www.mediafire.com/file/gi4gklpji0n5k9l/vlc-3.0.14-x86_64-1ponce.xzm re-booted and nothing happened 2025.01.30= HANDBRAKE -handbrake v1.61 (x86_64) -works good downloaded= https://slackware.uk/people/alien/sbrepos/15.0/x86_64/handbrake/handbrake-1.6.1-x86_64-1alien.txz installed package got to figure it out, audio/video converter works very good on with those pesky yt-dlp vids that are somehow different, vids play fine after converted 2025.01.27= FFMPEG + LAME -finally found bash mp4-mp3 converter downloaded/installed= getpkg ffmpeg -automatically converted to porteus module= ffmpeg-4.4.5-x86_64-1_slack15.0.xzm -copied to /mnt/sdb2/porteus/modules/ downloaded/installed= getpkg lame -automatically converted to porteus module= lame-3.100-x86_64-4.xzm -copied to /mnt/sdb2/porteus/modules/ this site explains whats needed to convert media files= https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-convert-mp4-to-mp3-on-linux/ 2025.01.27= IMAGEMAGICK -JPG - PDF CONVERTER for slackware -works good eg.. $ convert *.jpg output.pdf downloaded= https://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-15.0/slackware64/l/imagemagick-7.1.0_22-x86_64-1.txz installed=imagemagick-7.1.0_22-x86_64-1.txz -installed as regular package via file manager To convert JPG images to a PDF using ImageMagick, you can use the command= convert *.jpg output.pdf -which will combine all JPG files in the current directory into a single PDF file named "output.pdf". Make sure ImageMagick is installed on your system before running the command. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC $ convert *.jpg output.pdf CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 2025.01.17= K3 SAMBA -finally sat down, set up K3 to serve media via Samba by editing smb.conf 2025.01.15= RELOAD PORTEUS -refreshed porteus usb stick as it was full of firefox crap, causing it to slow down -working good again 2025.00.09= T I M E 2025.02.25=yet another attempt to set the FUCKING time so it stays -corrected BIOS time -removed any settings i had made within porteus -ran timeconfig as root at terminal -seems to have worked--will see in next few days edit= porteus-v5.0-x86_64.cfg to read= ## This tells porteus which timezone settings you prefer timezone=America/Vancouver #timezone=UTC FOLLOWING ADVICE DID NOT WORK FOR LONG= select local time at ALL settings. IT WORKS to get display showing right time. NOT utc time as this is what fucks it up 2024.12.26= SAMBA -yet another attempt to re-learn Samba from the ground up= I installed Samba in module form from within Porteus -found out where samba is= guest@porteus:~$ whereis samba samba: /usr/sbin/samba /etc/samba /usr/libexec/samba /usr/share/samba /usr/man/man7/samba.7 /usr/man/man8/samba.8 guest@porteus:~$ -edited config file= $ sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf 2024.12.26= THUNAR NETWORK ADD-ON -downloaded thunar add on text AND package from= https://slackware.pkgs.org/15.0/salix-x86_64/thunar-shares-plugin-0.3.1-x86_64-1gv.txz.html NEVER DID GET THIS ADD-ON WORKING thunar-media-tags-plugin-0.3.0-x86_64-1gv.txt 09-Jan-2022 18:38 483 thunar-shares-plugin-0.3.1-x86_64-1gv.txz 20-Sep-2022 17:44 63276 thunar-shares-plugin (quickly share a folder using Samba from Thunar) The Thunar Shares Plugin (thunar-shares-plugin) allows you to quickly share a folder using Samba from Thunar (the Xfce file manager) without requiring root access. MUST have Samba installed and configured for this to work!! thats next ... installed, we see if it works= 2024.11.01= VLC dl this ver of vlc from this site=http://slackware.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/pkg64/current/ dl link=http://slackware.uk/people/alien/restricted_slackbuilds/vlc/pkg64/current/vlc-3.0.21-x86_64-1alien.txz installed both packs, still no work ... a post said this was the missing lib needed to run vlc v_ https://slackware.pkgs.org/14.2/slackware-patches-x86_64/libidn-1.34-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz.html Install Howto download/install libidn txz package: # upgradepkg --install-new libidn-1.38-x86_64-1.txz 2024.10.30= YT-DLP downloaded=https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases USE THIS COMMAND TO DL ANY VIDEO= yt-dlp -o "%(id)s.%(ext)s" 2024.10.31=started system save file, created a savefile that saves to= mnt/sdb2/porteus/j7/31oct2024.dat 2024.10.31= ISOMASTER -downloaded= isomaster-1.3.17-x86_64-1cf.txz dled so many i cant remember where i go this working copy ?????? opened in file manager, selected to install, installed fine, works good 2024.10.13= LINUX FILE STRUCTURE -linux file structure explained= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbgzrKJvDRw create custom iso image of porteus working system= no such thin g as there are 2 particians https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?t=11180 ALSO, watch this youtube= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3u9wgfImJM good youtube on creating packages= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3TRQlpwRAs 2024.10.13= PORTEUS PACKAGES -best source for porteus PACKAGES= https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=porteus 2024.10.13= PORTEUX -add to website=PORTEUX https://github.com/porteux/porteux get latest ver here= https://github.com/porteux/porteux/releases/tag/v1.6 2024.10.13= MODULE CREATION -info on creating slackware modules= http://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/graphics/unpaper/ 2024.10.14= ISO CREATION -create .iso from drive files-still dont know ... dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/cdrom_image.iso 2024.10.13= ISO CREATION -THIS WORKS, TAKES LONG TIME ON PORTEUS 5.01 XFCE !!! CREATE ISOIMAGE OF USB DRIVE-this works fine ... guest@porteus:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=/home/guest/s15pup32.iso 30717952+0 records in 30717952+0 records out 15727591424 bytes (16 GB, 15 GiB) copied, 1506.15 s, 10.4 MB/s replace /dev/sdb1 with the file structure your wish to include In the iso file /home/tecmint/Documents/s15pup32.iso $ sudo dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/home/tecmint/Documents/Linux_Mint_19_XFCE.iso Creating live USB from ISO with dd command dd if=./filename.iso of=/dev/sdb status="progress conv=fsync 2024.10.12= VLC PACKAGES -removed 2 packages that were NOT working, VLC was not even appearing in the menu??? su root toor removepkg vlc removepkg k3b go here for a additional lib to run vlc= https://www.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=125&t=7810&sid=41f1f896cad00e5dfee4cc101dec5253 2024.10.09= K3B -reloaded AGAIN !!! load youget module getpkg k3b found it downloaded it in .zl mode, then built it into a module, still no work i must be missing dependencies, but do not know how to check dependencies!! 2024.10.05= K3B -how i downloaded k3b= getpkg k3b asked where to put file turned it into a porteus module! done. BUT it NO-WORK !!!!! connect to my EasyWeb webhost= 64.68.203.182 2024.10.01@08:60= SLACKPKG - NEXT= install slackpkg, this will allow me to FINALLY dl/install packages from command line as root ALWAYS WONDERED HOW THIS WAS DONE ... packages/modules to install= yt-dlp-2022.01.21-x86_64-1smt.xzm - command line dl youtube vids - works great!~! 2024.10.04= RELOAD PORTEUS -re-loaded K3 USB stick with= Porteus 5.01 xfce 2024.09.28@15:38= INSTALL PORTEUS ON USB STICK DRIVE - 1. From Linux Box, ran Gparted, on a 60GB USB stick drive created= win32 3GB partition with boot flag + ext4 57GB partition You MUST have a win32 and ext4 partitions for porteus to work 2. copied / extracted Porteus-XFCE-v5.01-x86_64.iso from Linux Box to sda1 USB stick drive 3. copied boot, efi and porteus from sda1 to sda2 root dir 4. executed sda1/boot/porteus-installer-for-linux.com, installed to sda1 5. boot up, worked fine! 6. edited /mnt/sda1/boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg line 43 to read="APPEND changes=/mnt/sda1/porteus" this will tell system where to save sessions 7. Ran Savefile Manager, created 1024mb save file 20240928 directed to /mnt/sda1/porteus folder. SYSTEM WORKS PERFECTLY !!!!!!! Move xfce panel to bottom of screen= On the panel; * Right click > panel > panel preferences * Disable "lock panel" * Drag the handles that appear at the sides of the panel to the bottom of the screen. * Enable "lock panel" 2024.09.25= INSTALL PORTEUS CINAMON - PROJECT PORTEUS "Cinnamon" 5.01 - based on SlackWare 15 !!! YES 2024.09.26= FINALLY GOT PORTEUS TO WORK !!!!!!! Bin a whiles since I played with Slack ... ::WHAT I DID:: PORTEUS INSTALL USB PREP Using Linux Box= formatted a 60GB USB Stick into 2 partitions with gparted 1st partition FAT32 -3gb 2nd partition ext4 -remaining space copied= PORTEUS CINNAMON -Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64.iso to 1st partition, expanded iso files there read=Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64.iso.extracted/Partition_1/USB_INSTALLATION.txt Copied the EFI, boot and porteus folders onto the FAT32 partition[1st Partition] Copied porteus folder goes onto 2nd Partition :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::T E R M I N A L C O M M A N D S B E L O W ::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2024.10.01= TERMINAL COMMANDS= after customizing terminal use= to save We are going to use ~/.bashrc file multiple times to make changes to the terminal. To open .bashrc file, use nano editor: $ sudo nano ~/.bashrc After making changes, use CTRL+O to save changes and CTRL+X to exit the editor. Finally, use this command to reload .bashrc file: $ source ~/.bashrc what is my web host ftp address ???? how to dl packages with getpkg sudo getpkg yes! dlpkg =command try!! yt-dlp =download youtube vids - works good!!! getpkg =finds/downloads/converts packages into porteus modules wget =downloads scripts -works good ffmpeg =converts- dont know it yet lame =converts- dont know it yet :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::T E R M I N A L C O M M A N D S A B O V E ::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: Porteus Package Management :::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Manage your packages and modules from the GUI File managers (caja/thunar/dolphin/pcmanfm-qt) have extra service menus specific to Porteus only. All you need to do is right click on a certain file type to get an option for an extra action: - folders: you can build a Porteus module from it - modules: you can extract it to a folder; mount it to a folder (same function as 'mloop' utility) - tgz/txz slackware packages: you can convert it to xzm; install/uninstall directly to/from live system - rpm packages: convert to xzm - deb packages: convert to xzm :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: Porteus Package Management :::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: P A C K A G E S W O N D E R F U L W O R L D O F P A C K A G E S B E L O W light internet browser - offers to dl any video need conky on desktop again Modules put in the porteus/module folder activate when booting. To use/test before booting right click on them in the file manager and select Activate. learning about packages- ~# slackpkg update gpg -updates current box security key so packages may be dl ~# slackpkg help -explains it all -clean-system -opens menu displaying all installed packages for you to individally remove or not some packages install once downloaded= download a shiney new program in package form .txz from terminal goto folder where .tgz file is type=installpkg myapp-1.1.txz Now that you know a little more about what happens during the installation process, let's discuss the commands used to actually install the package. This is done with the aptly named 'installpkg' utility. For example, to install the package, 'myapp-1.1.txz', you would open a terminal, cd to the package's location, and type, 'installpkg myapp-1.1.txz'. This sets the process in motion; the package is extracted, all files are copied into their proper location, and the doinst.sh script is run. An important option for Porteus users is the ability to install packages to a directory other than the root directory. This allows you to copy all of the files and run the install script in a clean location, so that you can manipulate the files and convert them into a Porteus xzm module. This is done by adding '-root /path/to/fakeroot' to the command, for example 'installpkg root /tmp/mynewapp myapp-1.1.txz'. In this example, if you had a file inside the package at /etc/foo.bar, it would be placed into /tmp/mynewapp/etc/foo.bar (note that you must first create the directory /tmp/mynewapp). Uninstalling a package is accomplished easily as well, with the 'removepkg' utility. You could open a console and type 'removepkg myapp' and the removepkg utility will search for a file in /var/log/packages/ matching 'myapp', and remove the files in that package from your system. Keep in mind that running 'removepkg' in Porteus will uninstall the package from your live filesystem and these changes will survive a reboot if (and only if) you are saving your changes, but the packages will not be removed from your modules. For this same reason, using 'installpkg' is not the recommended method for permanently installing software in Porteus. Instead, you should convert your packages into xzm modules, using the txz2xzm command. This command runs 'installpkg -root' to install the package to a fake root directory, then compresses that fake root directory into a Porteus xzm module. More on that here: http://porteus.org/info/docs/36-modules ... udies.html P A C K A G E S W O N D E R F U L W O R L D O F P A C K A G E S A B O V E VLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLC B E L O W build it yourself= ?????????????? comes with dependencies- https://us.slackware.nl/people/alien/slackbuilds/vlc/ VLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLCVLC A B O V E VENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOY 2025.03.15= VENTOY-HOWTO -- https://sourceforge.net/projects/ventoy/ 1. download= ventoy-1.1.05-livecd.iso 2. write image to USB Stick Drive 3. Boot _UP on USB Stick 4. Select to install Ventoy to USB Stick Drive DONE Now copy iso files to VENTOY partician Boot _UP on USB Stick and have Sum_Fun VENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOYVENTOY