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HTTP:: Tiny Core 2 3 Now Features the Fast Light Window Manager
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Robert Shingledecker has released Tiny Core Linux 2.3, a new update to the popular minimal Linux Distribution. Probably the most important change in the new release is the switch from Joe's Window Manager (JWM) to the Fast Light Window Manager (FLWM). This window manager switch causes a lot of changes, like the inclusion of flit, a FLTK notification area that allows for battery and date display and sound control right on the desktop. Users that are updating from Tiny Core 2.2 should update their ".profile" file, otherwise the new window manager will fail to start. As a new security feature, Tiny Core 2.3 allows the users to turn off the autologin function, which was enforced by default until now. However, the users will need to have their passwords properly set up before enabling this function, since failure to do so may cause an incapacity to log in. Support for TCZ application packages was extended, allowing for these extensions to be loaded in RAM if the user wishes to!
. This behavior can be configured on an individual basis, by adding the desired modules to a "tcz2ram.lst" file and placing it in the extension directory, or globally, by creating a "tcz2ram.flg" file in that same directory. Still, not all the TCZ packages may work when loaded that way, at least until all of them are checked o...
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