WattOS R12 is here.. new website, forum and more...

[cheiron]

Hi Folks..


It's here!!!


New website, R12... download links and a new forum setup


https://www.planetwatt.com/

[JBHoren]

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!

[blaze]

Welcome back! 

I nearly fell off the chair when I saw the news. Really cool to see wattOS back on it´s feet again. 

[cheiron]

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!

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

[cheiron]

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

[Dodcel]

Congratulations to the whole team on the launch wattOS R12 .

[cheiron]

@Dodcel


Many thanks and hopefully see you on the Discord server !!

[blaze]

heya Blaze! Yeap, we alive and kicking and live once more.. come join us over on discord bud https://discord.com/invite/gzfgJVeytj

Thanks for the invite, we´ll see. Real life is very busy though, would say crazy busy. The older I get the busier it gets  it should have started to reverse by now! 

Tinkering time is very marginal nowadays but will try to squeeze in a look at the wattOS live session as a minimum. Using BunsenLabs since forever it feels like, with some very occasional dibble dabble with a couple of other Debian derivatives. If not for other engagements get too much in the way I will certainly check in on you guys here occasionally.

Keep it up and stay   

[cheiron]

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.

[blaze]

@JBHoren if you need 32 bit, and can live with using the Openbox window manager, I recommend you to check out BunsenLabs.

[leenie]

@JBHoren Also the openbox version of SparkyLinux is very easy to use.

[blaze]

The 12 iso live session looked really good. Congratulations! I will not do any installation this time around though. Hope to have a closer look at the next one. The freeze of "Bookworm" is coming now and I guess you already are working on it by now.    

There are some strange behavior going on here at the forum. I am never allowed to read or log in on first try. I have to close the tab and return, works second time around though. Weird.

[leenie]

Hi Blaze! There are a lot of folks saying the same about strange behavior on the this forum. Please join us on Discord, it is the new forum for wattOS.

[biffster]

I have seen some forum strangeness here, but cleared up when I dropped my addons to stop blocking (ublock and privacy badger) or use a new private window with those off.  Something likely related to cookies/cache, etc. Probably wont spend a bunch of time on it here unfortunately.

Yes, bookworm is being actively looked at, and we may even beta for some folks, but nothing official just yet. I am using it as a daily driver currently so iron out any strangeness - My newer hardware is much happier with the 6.x kernel also.