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New EasyOS Release and EasyJWM Fix

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 24, 2023

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EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.3.1

=> ↺ EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.3.1

Version 5.3 was released on May 12:

https://bkhome.org/news/202305/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-53-released.html

=> ↺ https://bkhome.org/news/202305/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-53-released.html

Lots of little but important improvements since then, see the release notes:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.3.1/release-notes.htm

=> ↺ https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.3.1/release-notes.htm

=> ↺ https://bkhome.org/news/202305/easyos-kirkstone-series-version-53-released.html | ↺ https://distro.ibiblio.org/easyos/amd64/releases/kirkstone/2023/5.3.1/release-notes.htm

EasyJWM fix when create app icon in tray

=> ↺ EasyJWM fix when create app icon in tray

EasyJWM is a cutdown derivative of radky's JWMDesk, streamlined to only work in EasyOS.

Caramel reported a problem when create an app icon in the tray:

https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=89837#p89837

=> ↺ https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=89837#p89837

The currently running apps are in the tasklist section of the tray, and when Easy is in "rox" mode (see /etc/uimanager), these are supposed to display as icon with title text. When Easy is in "jwm" mode, which is all desktop icons in the tray, the running apps display as icon only, to save space.

=> ↺ https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=89837#p89837

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