Changelog of SPBLinux 2.2 version 2.2b2: - init6.gz SPB_VER=2.2 new command: newaddon, createaddon mc extfs: ulza (possibility to open SPBLinux addon xyz.lza by tapping in mc) made calls to lzma less verbose - XDirectFB with X11 transparency patch directfb (1.0.0rc4) and rootless X server XDirectFB (modular xorg 7.2) - true transparency (e.g. xsettrans -frame -name "Terminal" -value 210 or mouse wheel and pressed windows key) - used patches: see spblinux.de/2.2/build/xdirectfb/ - vesa framebuffer support: bootparm vga=791 ... or with other kernel 2.6 framebuffer modules (fb_all) - directfb, x_dfb, fb_all are in directory spblinux/other/ - x_base: small change to make x_dfb work - xfce4: added dependency (libgconv) - ssh: fixed (user sshd did not exist) version 2.2b1: - update from kernel 2.6.16.20 to 2.6.20 - switched to smp enabled kernel - using lzma compression (kernel, initrd, squashfs, addons, bootmenu) - default bootloader is now syslinux (isolinux, extlinux) (with grub like editable boot menu); new command update_bootmenu.lzma - update to xfce 4.4 - mozilla firefox now compiled with gtk2 (was gtk 1.2) - pdf viewer evince - X11: currently only xorg server (XDirectFB might be (re)added later) - switched from glibc 2.2 to glibc 2.4 - switched from gcc-3.3.x to gcc-4.1.x - loading (and partly unloading) addons from the commandline with command loadaddon - unionfs replaced by aufs; command loadaddon option -w, -W makes the squashfs part of an addon pseudo writable (using aufs) - alsa modules compiled outside kernel source (updated drivers without new kernel) - extended netboot: boot kernel and initrd locally and continue booting from http, ftp, tftp, cifs (module of the network card must be inside initrd file ramdisk; use command changeramdisk to add a module) - qemu and kqemu included