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General Discussion / Re: is this the right place for the wattOS related?
« on: June 03, 2023, 05:19:06 AM »
Discord link is here https://discord.gg/gzfgJVeytj or it's under PlanetWatt if you are searching manually on Discord
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Beta Testing / New wattOS survey announced
« on: April 12, 2023, 07:56:25 PM »
https://form.jotform.com/231015952359052
New wattOS survey announced.. have your say on our next steps!
New wattOS survey announced.. have your say on our next steps!
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News and Announcements / New wattOS Survey
« on: April 12, 2023, 07:52:42 PM »
New Survey regarding our next version is announced.. Have your say on what where we go next
https://form.jotform.com/231015952359052
https://form.jotform.com/231015952359052
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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: wattOS R12 on the old computer
« on: February 26, 2023, 12:04:46 AM »
glad it installed good for you!
Welcome to wattOS
come find us over on our discord also if you want
Welcome to wattOS
come find us over on our discord also if you want
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wattOS Talk / Re: What, exactly, is the status of WattOS?
« on: January 07, 2023, 02:22:27 PM »
Went to google.... typed Wattos ... and got a buttload of up to date results on our new R12!
https://www.google.com/search?q=wattos&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB917GB917&oq=wattos&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0i10i512j69i61j69i65l3j69i60l2.1297j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.com/search?q=wattos&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB917GB917&oq=wattos&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0i10i512j69i61j69i65l3j69i60l2.1297j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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Introductions / Re: I am a new user
« on: January 04, 2023, 10:41:59 PM »
Thanks for the feedback and welcome to the community!
As Leenie has already mentioned... do please come and join us over on our Discord for live support and chat!
As Leenie has already mentioned... do please come and join us over on our Discord for live support and chat!
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News and Announcements / Re: WattOS R12 is here.. new website, forum and more...
« on: December 03, 2022, 11:58:48 AM »I'm gobsmacked! I downloaded the ISO image and created a bootable, live USB drive via unetbootin, only to then discover that it is for an X86_64 CPU. Does WattOS-R12 really not support 32-bit systems? Isn't that a major purpose of WattOS? Admittedly, I might/must have missed the notice, but surely there's room in the Release Notes to mention a system requirement such as this. Please advise.
As Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind." I read a post from May, 2021 in a related thread, and saw that a 64-bit system is a prerequisite for WattOS-R12. How 'bout dat. I previously ran WattOS-R2 on 32-bit hardware, so when I read that -R12 was based on Debian "Bullseye", I figured that -R12 would also support my 32-bit systems. Silly me. Of course, my ASUS 900A (32-bit) currently runs Debian "Bookworm", so my assumption about -R12 was not unfounded. I guess the old adage still holds true: "If it ain't broke, don't 'fix' it."
Good luck!
Answer from Biff on our Discord server...
biff — 22/11/2022 01:26
No definite timeline on a 32bit ISO. Was waiting to see what the demand looked like as most (not all) major OS's have moved on from 32bit. I understand the merits and hardware that needs it, but need to know how much demand before I put the labor into it and maintain it.
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wattOS Talk / Re: What, exactly, is the status of WattOS?
« on: December 01, 2022, 05:25:39 AM »
atm there is a bug with the theme managaer.. i think its down to the aidwaita. when you change theme it doesnt auto update.. you have to logout/in again of watt.. and the changes stick
if i understand your question correctly
if i understand your question correctly
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wattOS Talk / Re: What, exactly, is the status of WattOS?
« on: November 30, 2022, 05:58:01 PM »
Hiya
yeah no worries on the discord. we're keeping this forum running also. it was just another platform, the discord
I'll drop a message for Biff to look in here for you and update
yeah no worries on the discord. we're keeping this forum running also. it was just another platform, the discord
I'll drop a message for Biff to look in here for you and update
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wattOS Talk / Re: What, exactly, is the status of WattOS?
« on: November 30, 2022, 07:30:21 AM »
Hiya
I understand your comments and where you are coming from here with what you are saying.
From watt (pardon the os pun) i understand.. I do believe the OS is back as it was originally. we have a new discord server and the new distrowatch listing as you saw.
It was the covid outbreak that stopped the original timeline of wattOS due to the owner's real life commitments hospital related work. I got covid myself also and yeah.. you can see why things went stale.
We did a trial beta last year with selected invites to see what the current donor platforms were like with their older hardware compatability and we have been alpha testing the new R12 for a while, before we went public to announce open public beta testing.
Once the public testing was over, we then released the R12 which is based on Debian 11, and the new discord server.
We have been busy already over there with demand on downloads and support and bits..
So i hope that has answered some of your questions. Obviously i am only a site mod here.. but Leenie and Myself have been with this project now for what.. gah.. 8 years for me.. 11 or so for Leenie.. and we have kept the push going
Now.. R12 atm is a hybrid uefi/bios iso in a 64bit flavour.. Biff is mulling over 32bit if there is enough request for it.. so yeah.. there we have it.
If you are happy to join us over on the discord.. Biff is alot more active there as things have taken off like wildfire as you can imagine, we'll be able to provide more info in almost live time.
I understand your comments and where you are coming from here with what you are saying.
From watt (pardon the os pun) i understand.. I do believe the OS is back as it was originally. we have a new discord server and the new distrowatch listing as you saw.
It was the covid outbreak that stopped the original timeline of wattOS due to the owner's real life commitments hospital related work. I got covid myself also and yeah.. you can see why things went stale.
We did a trial beta last year with selected invites to see what the current donor platforms were like with their older hardware compatability and we have been alpha testing the new R12 for a while, before we went public to announce open public beta testing.
Once the public testing was over, we then released the R12 which is based on Debian 11, and the new discord server.
We have been busy already over there with demand on downloads and support and bits..
So i hope that has answered some of your questions. Obviously i am only a site mod here.. but Leenie and Myself have been with this project now for what.. gah.. 8 years for me.. 11 or so for Leenie.. and we have kept the push going
Now.. R12 atm is a hybrid uefi/bios iso in a 64bit flavour.. Biff is mulling over 32bit if there is enough request for it.. so yeah.. there we have it.
If you are happy to join us over on the discord.. Biff is alot more active there as things have taken off like wildfire as you can imagine, we'll be able to provide more info in almost live time.
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News and Announcements / Re: WattOS R12 is here.. new website, forum and more...
« on: November 23, 2022, 05:27:31 PM »
@Dodcel
Many thanks and hopefully see you on the Discord server !!
Many thanks and hopefully see you on the Discord server !!
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News and Announcements / Re: WattOS R12 is here.. new website, forum and more...
« on: November 20, 2022, 06:56:30 PM »Welcome back!
I nearly fell off the chair when I saw the news. Really cool to see wattOS back on it´s feet again.
heya Blaze! Yeap, we alive and kicking and live once more.. come join us over on discord bud https://discord.com/invite/gzfgJVeytj
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News and Announcements / Re: WattOS R12 is here.. new website, forum and more...
« on: November 20, 2022, 06:53:10 PM »I'm gobsmacked! I downloaded the ISO image and created a bootable, live USB drive via unetbootin, only to then discover that it is for an X86_64 CPU. Does WattOS-R12 really not support 32-bit systems? Isn't that a major purpose of WattOS? Admittedly, I might/must have missed the notice, but surely there's room in the Release Notes to mention a system requirement such as this. Please advise.Hi JB.. i was gonna say.. pop over to our discord server where we can offer live help but i have just seen you there! posts on 32bit to follow
As Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind." I read a post from May, 2021 in a related thread, and saw that a 64-bit system is a prerequisite for WattOS-R12. How 'bout dat. I previously ran WattOS-R2 on 32-bit hardware, so when I read that -R12 was based on Debian "Bullseye", I figured that -R12 would also support my 32-bit systems. Silly me. Of course, my ASUS 900A (32-bit) currently runs Debian "Bookworm", so my assumption about -R12 was not unfounded. I guess the old adage still holds true: "If it ain't broke, don't 'fix' it."
Good luck!
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News and Announcements / WattOS R12 is here.. new website, forum and more...
« on: November 17, 2022, 07:48:59 PM »
Hi Folks..
It's here!!!
New website, R12... download links and a new forum setup
https://www.planetwatt.com/
It's here!!!
New website, R12... download links and a new forum setup
https://www.planetwatt.com/
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News and Announcements / Update for the community 26-10-22
« on: October 26, 2022, 10:18:35 PM »
Hi Folks
I know things have been quiet here on the forum but I would just like to update on what has been going on behind the scenes
As some of you know,. we did a limited "FEELER" iso last year which we invited a few select members to trial and just give some initial thoughts on.. And we posted some initial thoughts, screenshots and a video or 2 about it
We ran the test into early this year with Leenie, Biff and myself comparing the results and looking at how the various linux flavours and the kernels are currently supporting older hardware in general and essentially... we are still here.. still working in the background and this group is still active.
If you have any questions for us.. please do ask and we would just like to apologise for the quiet status of late but with our real life jobs, and current events.. we have had our hands full.. !!
I know things have been quiet here on the forum but I would just like to update on what has been going on behind the scenes
As some of you know,. we did a limited "FEELER" iso last year which we invited a few select members to trial and just give some initial thoughts on.. And we posted some initial thoughts, screenshots and a video or 2 about it
We ran the test into early this year with Leenie, Biff and myself comparing the results and looking at how the various linux flavours and the kernels are currently supporting older hardware in general and essentially... we are still here.. still working in the background and this group is still active.
If you have any questions for us.. please do ask and we would just like to apologise for the quiet status of late but with our real life jobs, and current events.. we have had our hands full.. !!