With this release, we will now be maintaining two 32bit install discs: One that is PAE enabled by default and one that is not. The kernel without PAE will be an older stable kernel (in this case 3.2) while the PAE enabled kernel will be the latest kernel - for 2.2.0 this means 3.7 kernel. Our 64bit release also comes with the 3.7 kernel.
These discs are also our first released images that are hybrid ISO images. This means that you can write the image directly to a flash drive simply using the dd command and it will become a bootable media. You no longer need to use unetbootin (unless you want to) to create bootable Bodhi flash drives. Remember, we also sell branded Bodhi flash drives to help support the project (we are supported 100% by user donations).
Also included in these disc images are local copies of our newly updated Bodhi QuickStart and the Bodhi Guide to Enlightenment. Both of these documents have been updated to reflect all of the recent changes that have occurred with the stable E17 release.
Bodhi 2.2.0 also features some fresh updates to every one of our default profiles:
Bare:
Compositing:
Desktop:
Fancy:
Laptop:
Tablet:
Tiling:
If you are not happy with any of the default theme selections (or are just looking for some more variety) check out our complete theme page here.
You can find download links to our 2.2.0 discs on the downloads pages at BodhiLinux.com or you can find direct links to the ISO images on our sourceforge page here.
Finally - please do not comment on this post asking for help with an issue you have with Bodhi. Instead open a support request on our user forums.
Cheers,
~Jeff Hoogland
SWEET :-D
ReplyDeleteGREAT!
ReplyDeletebest wishes
ReplyDeleteand let we use it
Only recently switched to Bodhi and it runs like a champ. Where other distros caused games to run slowly taking resources here there and everywhere, they run perfectly here. E17 is a delight to use and the documentation is something that so many other distros are lacking. Thanks for a great distro!
ReplyDeleteMaybe add a theme category "non-glossy" ;)
ReplyDeleteBodhi is the only distro I have found that works well with low powered netbooks.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, does the USB come with the 2.2.0 Bodhilinux or the older 2.1.0?
ReplyDeleteAlways the latest version of Bodhi at the time you order it. So starting today they mail out with 2.2.0
DeletePlease, explain explicitly what version of Bodhilinux comes inside the USB!
ReplyDeleteAlways the latest version of Bodhi at the time you order it. So starting today they mail out with 2.2.0
DeleteSUPER-AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteThat Ness-Theme is just a bad joke, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to upgrade from an earlier version of bodhi or will we have to do a fresh install ?
ReplyDeleteThere is never a need to reinstall for a minor release.
DeleteThanks jeff,
DeleteSo how do I upgrade to the latest version of Bodhi ?
I downloaded Bodhi a few days before you released the latest version. And because of bandwidth constraints I do not want to download another 500MB+ data.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
DeleteNice 2 c the new kernel here
ReplyDeleteSo how much longer before bodhilinux.com updates their download pages?
ReplyDeleteVery very nice, i am happy! Thks Jeff , from Italy.
ReplyDeleteAlright! A hybrid ISO, thanks Jeff!
ReplyDeletee17 is dead dude...
ReplyDeleteHow can it be dead when they just released the first stable version of E17 in the middle of last month? Also if you look at the developer community and the SVN commits you will see that E17 is alive and very well.
DeleteBecause the OP is a troll. He posts this same message every time I have a Bodhi release.
DeleteHope this works with my Neo dual core laptop as I wasn't able to install the previous 2.1 release as the touchpad or mouse didn't work.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff,
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to run the following programs in Bodhi linux?
* GNUCash
* KeepassX
I checked your applications (http://appcenter.bodhilinux.com/) and I didn't find these programs in the list. However, since Bodhi is based on Ubuntu, I am hopping I may be able to somehow install these programs in Bodhi.
Is it possible ?
Bodhi can access the Ubuntu repos by default. My fiance uses GNUCash so I know that works AOK.
DeleteIn general any software built for Ubuntu 12.04 works fine on Bodhi 2.x.y - if you find a piece of software lacking there is a thread on our forums to request it be added to our repos (note that our app center is NOT all the software in our repos)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI'd really like to try bodhi/e17 but all the themes are just so awful I can't cope with it. Why not even one clean, simple and *boring* theme without anything fancy and _especially_ without any gradients or invisibility?
If you are really so picky you don't like any of the 20~ themes listed on our art page patches are gladly accepted.
DeleteUse the Detourious Theme, with greybird, it's very "mac-ish" an sober. Only the taskbar of the 2.0 version looks awful, but the rest is very nice.
DeleteHello Jeff, I'm currently using Bodhi Linux and it's very good! But I wanna know a thing: is there any way to create a new user that don't needs a password to login? Just a simple account to access programs like Firefox. I tried to do it by the Terminology, but LXDM always prompt a password for all users.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible?
Thanks for the work in this great distro!
Sorry for the poor english, I'm Brazilian.
Guest accounts is something generally handled by the display manager - I don't believe LXDM supports this feature.
DeleteIt is however possible to replace LXDM with something like LightDM if this is a feature you need.
Hello Jeff,
ReplyDeleteDo you ship the USB drives with Bodhi in Romania also?
If so, the entire cost is 15 USD or 15 USD plus transport taxes?
Thank you. Nick.
We ship the drives all over the world. We have yet to find a country where shipping is too high. Long long as shipping costs are sub 6 USD we include it in the 15 USD cost.
DeleteGreat job on this release and just to confirm for other posters GnuCash and KeepassX do work - actually I've never had any Ubuntu-based app not work in this distro :)
ReplyDeleteVlase Paul's upgrade suggestion is great but the kernel won't get upgraded this way. It could be my setup but mine stayed at 3.5.x. 3.7.x is in the repos though it's easy to get there if I choose.
The default E17 theme, is quite simple and clean and if you don't like the composite effects they're easy to turn off. I for one was happy to see that Agust updated Viktor's Darkness theme - one of the coolest E themes ever ;)
Bodhi 2.2.0 is based on Mint 10 / Ubuntu 10.10 for which the support has already ended. Therefore, access to the package repositories fails.
ReplyDeleteErr - Bodhi's entire 2.x.y release cycle is based on Ubuntu 12.04 which will have working repos until 2017.
DeleteThat's what I understood when i chose Bodhi 2.2.0 :)
DeleteI will repeat the process of creating a bootable USB stick from "bodhi-2.2.0-nonpae-32.iso" and add a reply here.
Using unetbootin, and, that iso file: bodhi-2.2.0-nonpae-32.iso
Deletewith this MD5:
d5a59fc22d551e2a1080779eb24b0742
downloaded from Sourceforge, by this link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bodhilinux/files/2.2.0/bodhi-2.2.0-nonpae-32.iso/download
I get a live Linux system with Mint 10 artwork & desktop, and, APT configured with Maverick repositories.
My old EEPC 701 needs the nonpae 32 bits version.
Please open a support request on our user forums. As I mentioned in this post this comment section is not for trouble shooting issues.
DeleteClearly something is going wrong somewhere in your download/burn/boot process.
Thanks.
DeleteI posted a support request.
Just to make matters clear...
DeleteAfter cleaning up completely the target disk, I installed Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 with *success*.
The problem that I described was caused by the Live CD starting an older system on the main disk.
Thanks to those who answered in the forum, and, thanks to Mr. Hoogland and the Bodhi Linux team for their excellent light distro!
I'm glad you sorted 'yourself' out.
Deleteyou were very insistent that bodhi were at fault!
Hello Jeff,
ReplyDeleteNamaste! Greetings from India.
Though I'm a slacker, not a Bodhi user but I have installed Bodhi 2.0 on my friend's netbook and I was amazed with the thought and hard work you had put in the OS. To top that you are a mathematician. Brilliant.
I will just congratulate you on your hard work and request to keep it running forever.
Best regards,
Prince
Hello Jeff:
ReplyDeleteHere are my thoughts. I've been using Bodhi Linux since 2.0.1. I have to say, that it is greatest experience of my life. However, what I always have to install after a release is gdebi. Please install this by defeault.
We stick pretty strict to not adding additional software to our base install. A good deal of users have no use for Gdebi - meaning it is bloat for them.
DeleteAfter upgrading yesterday I now find that, although the new screen resolution thingy is pretty, it no longer offers me resolutions for screens attached to my eeepc greater than 800X600 -- this can't be right....can it?
ReplyDeleteNot going to sugar coat it - the new screen tool is poor.
DeleteUse lxrandr if you need to manage external screens via a GUI.
Installed Bodhi 2.2.0 on a 8g.thumb drive to give it a try and I must say it's impressive. After having tried many distros I use Linux Mint as my main system but have really been enjoying Bodia and will continue using it also. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteCompelling to try. But read somewhere that it installs grub default to sda1? Without asking or allowing to install grub to other?
ReplyDeleteUnder install use something else was always the option to point grub to my default sda5 root.
So just bad observing on other blog that users aren't given option to install grub to other partition?
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Just like anything that uses the Ubuntu installer Bodhi has an option to install grub where ever you want. And yes - just like anything Ubuntu based it picks somewhere to install grub to by default, the boot loader has to go somewhere or the system won't boot.
DeleteI have some questions and comments if you wouldn't mind :-)
ReplyDelete1. Does Bodhi Linux on instillation have an option for full disk encryption or if not an option to encrypt home directories as in Ubuntu? If not can you follow similar procedures as in Ubuntu to encrypt home directories after install? I am going to be installing on a notebook computer that I plan to take with me places so I would like to have this feature available if possible.
2. Ubuntu in the recent two releases especially the most current one my notebook has been significantly slower and I have been having more errors sometimes which require a manual shutdown. When it restarts when I have these problems it requires a fsck error check and errors are often found and repaired. I had run Ubuntu in previous editions with full disk encryption and never had these issues. I zeroed out the drive and from a live cd checked the integrity of the hard disk with different tools and it passed SMART checks and all the checks. Before I zeroed out the drive I ran fsck and no errors on the file system where found so I don't think the file system was corrupted. I wonder then if it was Ubuntu itself leading to these error messages not a hardware, kernel, or filesystem problem?
The reason I am asking is after all the hell I had with the last two Ubuntu editions I am not anxious to go back to standard Ubuntu releases. Bodhi Linux I understand is based on Ubuntu LTS kernels and core packages with repositories for software from the latest release? It also has no unity I understand? I am wondering then if even though this is based on Ubuntu because it uses more stable kernels and core packages (Ubuntu LTS 12.04) without Unity (huge plus on my older hardware) if I had a better chance of avoiding the many errors that I got on Ubuntu 12.10? I would like to know because my data is important to me; I don't want to risk it getting damaged by having to cold boot it often because of errors and lockups and having the filesystem get damaged every time I do this as I had to do on Ubuntu 12.10. Basically I am wondering if this is a relatively solid linux os and are errors uncommon?
In my opinion Ubuntu 12.10 is the most unstable and buggy release yet but Ubuntu 12.04 was much more solid albeit still somewhat problematic. I think since the Unity switch and other recent decisions at the top many jumped ship and went to other distros leading to a big drop in user base and more importantly developers. This has led to gradually more and more unstable releases and much longer waiting periods for bugs, errors, and hardware drivers to be fixed. I have been a loyal Ubuntu user since the first release, but after the current two releases I had enough. Putting bling before stability and usability, profit and corporate politics ahead of the end user, a ever lowering quality of operating system usability and stability; I had to go.
I think though after reading about Bohdi Linux I am willing to give it a try instead as it seems to have all the qualities I am looking for in an operating system. Usability; lower system requirements but still looks sharp with full functionality; and hopefully stable. It has the lower level functions of Ubuntu that make it great without the higher level functions like unity that make it buggy and a pain to use. I am downloading it now and going to try it out. It seems to be the perfect fit for my needs.....
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ReplyDeleteI thought about Puppy Linux, too lacking of features and too many dependency problems when downloading packages. I thought about Debian the stable version is too outdated and the unstable versions are as I tried in the past just as they say unstable. I thought about PCLinuxOS which I use on my desktop but it is too resource heavy to work well on this notebook. I tried Fedora recently but GNOME 3 shell really isn't my thing and Fedora can be unstable and have more trouble finding and installing non free software which unfortunately is still necessary for some things. I tried openSUSE in the past but I never could get used to the administration tools and had trouble with things like permissions and updates working properly. PCBSD, non GNU/Linux I realize, was a nightmare with hardware and finding updated packages. I even tried Linux Mint Debian edition worked for a while but ended up becoming unusable after so many update cycles. I tried the normal version of Mint I never quite liked the way it was laid out or the color scheme and did not see it as an improvement to Ubuntu. I was also worried that Clem was so central to the project, he was a great guy, but I have seen to many distros where one guy or gal is central to the project that have failed in the end. I guess it is similar to PCLinuxOS with Texstar, but I like the direction he and the team are taking the OS, the operating system, KDE, the online magazine and forums which cater to the average PC user rather then the Linux Geeks like a lot of other distro communities Arch Linux a prime example. Bodhi though seems to have a lot of promise and if everything works out I am going to be using this on my notebook for now on.
Sorry for the long post I hope you don't mind. Thanks for this distro it is the first distro in a long time that has got me excited about wanting to try it. It seems to offer everything I am looking for without having to do as in other distros and accept tradeoffs.
Hoping everything goes well as I can't wait to install it when I get time in a day or two and see what it is all about,
A Newbie To Bodhi Linux,
Alan Montgomery
Could I implore you to post these questions on our user forums? I feel like that is a much better setup for fielding questions like this.
DeleteDear Jeff
ReplyDeleteBodhi linux is for sure the more interesting linux distro today. I put it on an old Thinkpad X30 with a bootable USB like a breeze. The only problem was related to the Keyboard layout, ...you replied me in 10 second on the forum. For me its really a very powerful interface that I appreciate a lots.
It is clearly very customizable. I like the "round style" of most theme. But for personnal reason I think a few simplified and Bahaus Style presentation would be valuable. I mean a very neat interface. What should I explore...for eventual contribution.
Thanks anyway and one million stars (or galaxies) for that marvelous work. Be sure of my very respectfull consideration....i'am in admiration!