Recent Changes ⇢

Save/load Wifi networks

Install & save/load printers

Config file

GUI Settings configurator

Improved lockscreen

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Virtualbox OVA images ⇢

Improved build scripts ⇢

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Community contributions welcome

PXE support

Interactive boot

zRAM support

Smaller ISO size

Faster boot up

UEFI 'Secure Boot' support

Custom lock dialog

0.6-8
2014-08-08
Changelog:

Add: Xwrapper override for xorg-server 1.16+
Add: Samsung Unified Print Driver
Add: VDPAU video decoding driver
Add: dynamically update bookmark
Major overhaul: jb-config GUI
Settings: add Kiosk mode
Settings: choose email provider for compose shortcut
Settings: save/load installed printers
Settings: save/load Wifi networks
Settings: adjust mouse acceleration
Settings: toggle touchpad tapping
Settings: adjust screen backlight/dimming
Settings: adjust screen timeout delay
Settings: adjust/boot audio volume
Settings: add save confirmation and log files
Settings: add display auto/reset option
Settings: rewrote tree row selection and revert mechanisms
Syslinux: loglevel=0 to boot entries to suppress output
Syslinux: add missing Arabic menu entry
Syslinux: splash replaced, text color inverted
Packaged: Chrome and Firefox profiles
Packaged: home directory config files
Packaged: Xorg configs and Polkit rules
Shrink binaries: libxul.so, chrome, GoogleTalkPlugin
Hold: NetworkManager 0.9.8.10 (password input dialog broken upstream for GTK2)
Hold: archiso 15 (ISO structure altered)

Status:

Updated to Firefox 31.0 (stable)
Updated to Google Chrome 36.0.1985.125 (stable)
Updated to Linux kernel 3.15.8
32-bit release
64-bit release
OnlyFirefox release
OnlyChrome release
Torrent releases
ISO size: 659 MB

Known bugs:

Printer refresh does not auto-select driver
Sometimes volume and mouse acceleration not restored on boot
zRAM support installed but not enabled
VPN support not tested
Non-whitelisted keymaps not functional in Chrome 35+
Broadcom BCM4311 wifi broken in kernel 3.15 (fixed in 3.16rc3)
Bug reporting partially implemented

0.6-7
2014-07-27 Testing
Changelog:

Various

0.6-6
2014-07-08
Changelog:

Added: chrome-remote-desktop (server)
Added: Hipmunk bookmark
Chrome: added extension formerly named QuickOffice
Fixed: missing Downloads folder
Packaged: jb-config
Packaged: custom systemd unit files
Updated: i3lock-spy
Updated: justbrowsing-adeskbar
ISO: squashfs now uses XZ compression

Status:

Updated to Linux kernel 3.15.4
Also a 3.14LTS edition
32-bit release
64-bit release
Torrent available
ISO size: 635 MB

0.6-5
2014-07-04
Changelog:

Settings: boot parameter parser updated
Settings: url parameters added
Settings: backend added loading config
Settings: backend added saving config
Settings: GUI added changing default browser
Settings: GUI added changing locale
Settings: GUI added changing keymap
Settings: GUI added toggling force clean profiles
Settings: GUI added setting custom homepage
Settings: uploaded to git repo
Rewrote: syslinux locale and keymap menu
Rewrote: syslinux virtual machine menus
Rewrote: browser toggle to use x-www-browser
Rewrote: panel dynamic resizing
Updated: i3lock-spy (zoom fit patches)
Updated: i3lock-sentry (CSS and placeholders)
Replaced: gxkb with jbxkb (custom) keyboard layout tray applet
Compressed: chrome, libxul.so (firefox), GoogleTalkPlugin binaries with upx
Added: batterymon-clone laptop battery tray applet
Added: ibus-lite, ibus-pinyin (Chinese), ibus-skk (Japanese), ibus-m17n (various)
Added: ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-droid, ttf-indic-otf, ttf-tibetan-machine
Added: Intel i740 and i810 GPU firmware
Added: Broadcom b43-firmware
Added: Chinese (pinyin), Chinese (cangjie), Japanese (skk), Korean (romaja), Thai (kesmanne) ibus inputs
Added: Hebrew and Vietnamese (tcvn) keymaps and locales
Added .torrent download option

Status:

Updated browsers to Firefox 30.0 (stable) and Google Chrome 35.0.1916.153 (stable)
Updated to Linux kernel 3.15.3
ISO size: 673 MB

Known bugs:

Non-whitelisted keymaps not functional in Chrome 35+
Broadcom BCM4311 wifi broken in kernel 3.15 (fixed in 3.16rc3)
Networks save/load not implemented
Printer save/load not implemented
Bug reporting partially implemented

0.6-4
2014-06-29 Testing
Changelog:

Various

0.6-3
2014-05-25 Nightly
Changelog:

Re-added: google-talkplugin (Hangouts) plugin
Firefox: various changes for the Australis UI
Firefox: Default=1 (profiles.ini)
Firefox: Classic Theme Restorer (Beta)
Firefox: added RSS Icon in Awesombar
Firefox: added Profilist
Firefox: added Simple Locale Switcher
Firefox: added Nuke Anything Enhanced
Open in tab: Adblock Edge, Classic Theme Restorer, Tab Mix Plus
Chrome: removed cruft from profile
Chrome: reset flags
Chrome: enabled new user profile management

Status:

Updated browsers to Firefox 29.0.1 (stable) and Google Chrome 35.0.1916.114 (stable)
Updated to Linux kernel 3.14.4
ISO size: 649 MB

0.6-2
2014-05-04 Nightly
Changelog:

Firefox: various changes for the Australis UI
Firefox: added Classic Theme Restorer
Firefox: added RSS/atom feeds to bookmarks menu
Chrome: removed Apps bookmark
Chrome: set home to chrome://apps
Fixed: touchpad settings (again)
Added install.preset for jb-remaster

Status:

Updated browsers to Firefox 29.0 (stable) and Google Chrome 34.0.1847.132 (stable)
Updated to Linux kernel 3.14.2
ISO size: 640 MB

0.6-1
2014-04-14 Nightly
Changelog:

Replaced: zenity lockdialog with gtkdialog version
Silent boot: agetty --skip-login to autologin@.service
Silent boot: kernel.printk = 3 3 3 3 to systctl.d
Removed: perl, zenity, ttf-dejavu, linux-headers
Removed: unused Adwaita and HighContrast themes
jb-config: prevent more than one settings dialog
Build system: downgrade to syslinux 6.02 (menu select/highlight not working in 6.03)
ISO structure: updated archiso and syslinux files

Status:

Updated to Linux kernel 3.14.1
ISO size: 675 MB

0.6-0
2014-07-04
Changelog:

Experimental: Settings configurator (jb-config)
Experimental: Printer support (CUPS w/ Gutenprint drivers)
Enabled: avahi-daemon w/ mdns support
Enabled: CUPS webUI
Fixed: touchpad setting
Fixed: volume hotkeys
Fixed: copytoram menu entry
Fixed: typo in F1.txt
Locale: Vietnamese added
Added ttf-msfonts

Status:

Updated browsers to Firefox 28.0 (stable) and Google Chrome 34.0.1847.116 (stable)
Updated to Linux kernel 3.13.8
Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1g (not vulnerable to "HeartBleed")
IgnorePkg = python-xlib profile-sync-daemon
ISO size: 691 MB

Known bugs:

Firefox: old profile asks to reset
Chrome: extensions not up to date
jb-config: panel doesn't resize when changing resolution
jb-config: change keymap not implemented
jb-config: change locale not implemented
jb-config: browser, VM, etc options not implemented
jb-config: bug report tool broken

0.5-4
2014-01-25 Nightly
Changelog:

Added ipw2100-fw for Intel Wifi 2100
Added ipw2200-fw for Intel Wifi 2200BG

0.5-3
2014-01-24
Changelog:

Boot parameter parser changed
Boot parameter clean=true fixed
Boot parameter zone=Continent\City (timezones) added
Syslinux timezone menus added
Syslinux F3 timezone cheatsheet
Improve boot time: lz4 initrd instead of xz
Update: xf86-video-qxl
Debug: ALT+F2 (/tmp/debug) and Firefox (about:addons-memory)
Hotkeys: ALT+F1 (switch browser), ALT+F5 to ALT+F9 (webapps)
Fixed .sfs checksum and pkglist for ISO
Locale: Brazillian actually Breton
Locale: English (GB) fixed
Locale: Greek added
Locale: Sinhali removed
Locale: Swedish added
Keymap: Added missing flags
Keymap: Dvorak added
Keymap: Polish (same as US) in all gxkb
Bookmarks: draw.io added
Bookmarks: newegg camel removed
Firefox: Remove Google Search Redirects added
Firefox: Video Resumer added
Firefox: Setting Sanity added
Firefox: about:addons-memory added
Chrome: rebuilt chrome profile
Chrome: DuckDuckGo Home
Chrome: Google Docs added
Chrome: Hangouts added
Chrome: WOT added
Chrome: AddThis removed
Chrome: Flashblock removed
Chrome: TurnOffTheLights fixed
Cleanup: Removed dupe backgrounds
Cleanup: Removed python3 again
jb-install: 0.1 alpha "live" and "persist" installer released

Status:

Updated browsers to Firefox 26.0 (stable) and Google Chrome 32.0.1700.77 (stable)
Updated to Linux kernel 3.12.8
IgnorePkg = python-xlib profile-sync-daemon
ISO size: 603 MB

Known bugs:

PXE boot not yet working
If US keymap in gxkb config, defaults to US
Some browser locales missing fonts
Chinese and Japanese keymaps need ibus

0.5-2
Nightlies
See changelog for nightlies

Nightly: 20140107
Nightly: 20140106
Nightly: 20140104
Nightly: 20140103
Nightly: 20140102

0.5-1
2013-12-25
Changelog:

Boot parameter keymap=xx
Boot parameter locale=xx
Boot parameter clean=true
Syslinux load keymap menus
Syslinux video mode menus
Syslinux help menus
Set gxkb keymap option
Set browser locale option
Fresh/untouched browser profile option
Browser wrapper scripts

Status:

Currently Firefox 26.0 (stable) and Google Chrome 31.0.1650.63 (beta)
Currently Linux kernel 3.12.5
IgnorePkg = systemd systemd-sysvcompat python-xlib profile-sync-daemon

Known bugs:

Chinese (both) and Japanese inputs don't work, require ibus
Only 30 keymaps and 33 locales, need more support
Holding systemd at release 204
PXE boot is untested

0.5-0
2013-12-18
Changelog:

Upgraded autologin@.service
GTK icon theme enabled
Updated Firefox profile
Update Chrome profile
Fixes for Chrome slotting (symlinks)
Chrome: installed camera app
Firefox: tweaks to about:config
Firefox: MoreInContent+ extension
Removed python3
Optimize ISO size each build
Default volume 100% for all audio cards
Change i3 default tiling to tabbed
VirtualBox support
VirtualBox RDP fixes
Keyboard layout/keymap applet switcher (gxkb: us,fr,it,is)
Fixes to autosize script
PXE support

Status:

Updated browsers to Firefox 26.0 (stable) and Google Chrome 31.0.1650.63 (beta)
Updated to Linux kernel 3.12.5
IgnorePkg = systemd systemd-sysvcompat python-xlib profile-sync-daemon

Known bugs:

Holding systemd-204 because even ver.208 has slow shutdown
VirtualBox support doesn't work 1 in 4 times, restart X
PXE boot is untested

0.4-X
Nightlies
See changelog for nightlies

Nightly: 20131110
Nightly: 20131029
Nightly: 20131027
Nightly: 20131025
Nightly: 20131024
Nightly: 20131022
Nightly: 20131021
Nightly: 20130819
Nightly: 20130818
Nightly: 20130817
Nightly: 20130816
Nightly: 20130815
Nightly: 20130814
Nightly: 20130813
Nightly: 20130812
Nightly: 20130810
Nightly: 20130809
Nightly: 20130808
Nightly: 20130807
Nightly: 20130806
Nightly: 20130802
Nightly: 20130801
Nightly: 20130731
Nightly: 20130730
Nightly: 20130729
Nightly: 20130728
Nightly: 20130727
Nightly: 20130726
Nightly: 20130725
Nightly: 20130723
Nightly: 20130722
Nightly: 20130721
Nightly: 20130720

0.3-8
2013-07-18
Changelog:

New: added searchpreview to Firefox
New: added flashfree, searchpreview and smart qrcode to Chrome
New: re-enabled Chrome plugins, added flashfree whitelist
New: upgrade-iso script to build nightlies
Removed: google-talkplugin (hangouts)

Status:

Updated browsers to Firefox 22.0 and Google Chrome 30.0.1566.2 dev
Updated to Linux kernel 3.9.9
IgnorePkg = python-xlib profile-sync-daemon

Known bugs:

Some issues with Hangouts and/or Chrome when loading Gmail
Lockscreen wallpaper still cut off
Blinking cursors in QEMU and Virtualbox with std driver
Segmentation fault in QEMU with SPICE qxl driver

0.3-6
2013-06-11
Changelog:

New: kernel parameter hooks: default=chrome, vga=vmware, vmware=1366x768
New: experimental xf86-video-qxl SPICE support
New: loopback.cfg config file
Rewrite: syslinux boot menu options
Rewrite: browser toggle logic
Rewrite: i3lock-sentry
Fixed: UVC vertical flip for webcams installed upside-down
Fixed: DuckDuckGo as default search engine in Firefox
Fixed: lockscreen bruteforce logs failed attempts
Fixed: use -vga vmware for resolutions above 1024x768 in QEMU
Fixed: upstream fixed -vga=vmware black screen bug
Packaged: updated i3lock-spy

Status:

Manual intervention for ArchLinux /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin merge to /usr/bin
Updated browsers to Firefox 21.0 and Google Chrome 29.0.1521.3 dev
Updated to Linux kernel 3.9.5
IgnorePkg = python-xlib google-chrome-dev profile-sync-daemon

Dev Edition:

First public release
Added: xterm, openssh
Enabled: VTs, ssh server

Known bugs:

Blinking cursors in QEMU and Virtualbox with std driver
Segmentation fault in QEMU with SPICE qxl driver

0.3-5
2013-04-29
Changelog:

Fixed adeskbar panel size with autosize script
Optimized bookmark panel for 1024px wide
Added a lot of new bookmarks
Added Firefox extensions: hide my ass, menu icons plus, offline qr generator, turn off the lights
Added Chrome extensions: addthis, chrome to mobile, hide my ass, save to google drive, screen capture
Firefox 20.0.1 & Google Chrome 28.0.1485.0 dev
Updated to linux kernel 3.8.10
Added blog posts
Revised homepage again

Known bugs:

Lockscreen wallpaper still cut off
Max resolution 1024x768 in QEMU
Setting -vga to vmware results in black screen

0.3-4
2013-04-11
Changelog:

Updated to latest packages
Added More in Content UI addon
Removed Offline QR generator addon
Added vmware drivers

Known bugs:

Max resolution 1024x768 in QEMU
Setting -vga to vmware results in black screen

0.3-3
2013-04-07
Changelog:

Revised homepage again
Added social networking

0.3-2
2013-03-31
Changelog:

Revamped the github homepage
Wrote a SourceForge scraper to more accurately monitor downloads
Updated to latest packages

Feature To-do:

Replace buggy "Offline QR generator" addon with qr-send script

0.3-1
2013-03-29
Changelog:

Added "More In Content UI" Firefox addon
Froze linux kernel to 3.7.10 until 3.8+ screen resolution bug fixed upstream
Updated to latest packages (wayland pulled in)

Feature To-do:

Replace buggy "Offline QR generator" addon with qr-send script
Personas?
Add bookmarks: jolicloud, rollapp, pixlr, draftin ?
Test more addons
Try to get radiotray working

0.3-0
2013-02-21
Changelog:

First public release
Uploaded ISO to SourceForge
A lot more added to github repos
Updated to latest

0.2-7
2013-02-19
Changelog:

Fixed ethernet bug
Released source to github

Feature to-do:

Release more to github
Upload ISO to sourceforge

0.2-6
2013-02-17
Changelog:

Upgrade to kernel 3.7.9
Set ui.allow_platform_file_picker to false in Firefox
Added bookmark: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/basics.html
Added firefox bookmark: chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul
Added chrome bookmarks: chrome://history, chrome://bookmarks
Fixed lockscreen
Fixed Google Drive icon

Known bugs:

Ethernet doesn't connect by default!

0.2-5
2013-02-13
Changelog:

Created new 24px icons
Created new 16px icons
Decreased panel from 48px to 24px
Revamped wageclock layout
Added features to wageclock
Fixed buttons in timers
Added keybindings to calculator
Removed Aardvark from bookmarks toolbar
Added [Search] Tips bookmark
Added Places bookmark
Added /usr/bin/firefox as file handler
Added Offline QR generator to Firefox

Known bugs:

Calculator clear bug with keyboard

Feature To-do:

Set ui.allow_platform_file_picker to false in Firefox
Add bookmark: http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/basics.html
Add bookmark: chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul
Fix drive icon by clicking "learn more"
Fix patched lockscreen

0.2-4
2013-01-21
Changelog:

Added vga=791 to fix glitching caused by quiet
Re-added VT lockout
Fixed calculator error message
Renamed "Most Visited" to "Recent"
Added playlist.com to bookmarks
Added www.playlist.com to Chrome whitelist
Implemented autosize backgrounds script

Known bugs:

x86_64 drivers not working
Bootsplash distorted with Nouveau

Feature To-do:

Create x86_64 /usr/lib/modules squashfs
Fix webapp icons
Modify wageclock

0.2-3
2013-01-20
Changelog:

Generated x86_64 initrd
Appended quiet splash to boot menu
Boot splash now working
Added 3 second timeout
Fixed bootsplash logo

Known bugs:

x86_64 drivers not working
Distorted boot pre-splash
Calculator max digits length error incorrect

Feature To-do:

Create x86_64 /usr/lib/modules squashfs
Implement new backgrounds
Add playlist.com to bookmarks
Fix webapp icons
Modify wageclock

0.2-2
2013-01-19
Changelog:

Updated to latest packages
Updated live tools to ARCH_201301
Added x86_64 kernel
Disabled VT lockout temporarily
Added bootsplash
Added dx to bookmarks
Fixed duckduckgo icon in Firefox
Added www.youtube.com to Chrome flash whitelist
Enabled flashblock in Firefox via Toolbar Buttons extension
Removed quickjava extension
Created wallpapers and lockscreen for alternate resolutions
Added package list to livecd

Known bugs:

Boot menu overlaps logo
x86_64 kernel does not boot properly

Feature To-do:

Custom lock dialog
Implement new backgrounds
Debug kernel panics
Fix webapp icons
Modify wageclock

0.2-1
2013-01-18
Changelog:

Fixed wifi key dialog (installed: network-manager-applet-gtk2, gnome-keyring, gcr, libcap-ng)
Fixed touchpad configuration (/etc/X11/xorg.d/10-synaptics.conf)
Added gmail video chat plugin
Increased panel from 32px icons to 48px
Added i3 "secret" hotkeys
Fixed i3lock hotkey
Fixed calculator daisy-chain operations
Fixed calculator long numbers
Expanded calculator from 9 to 11 digit display
Added calculator buttons: plus/minus, square root, exponent, pi constant, e constant
Added finer grain timer intervals
Fixed eggtimer logic
Created stopwatch and egg background images for timers
Fixed character 1 width in DS-Digital font with fontforge

Known bugs:

Kernel panic on plug in usb wifi card
File-handlers default to Firefox
Wallpaper stretched horizontally
Lockscreen cut-off vertically
Filesystem not hidden from user/browser (need to try sandfox again)
Livecd: Boot messages are displayed
Livecd: Splash screen not working
Livecd: Slow bootup as filesystem uncompressed
Livecd: Syslinux bootscreen is ugly

Feature To-do:

Custom lock dialog
Alter wallpaper dimensions
Debug kernel panics
Fix webapp icons
Modify wageclock
Add www.youtube.com to chrome whitelist
Fix firefox/chrome bookmark icons
Add dealextreme to shopping bookmarks

0.2-0
2013-01-15
Changelog:

Updated to latest. Firefox 18/Chrome 24
Added webapps: notes, calculator, timer, email, wageclock
Added bookmarks to Chrome
Modded lockscreen: height, mouse and other
Added wbar to lockscreen
Cleanup

Known bugs:

Inherits existing bugs
Kernel panic on plug in usb wifi card
Calculator needs substring(0,9) for small numbers
Calulator needs equals() between operations
Eggtimer bugs
File-handlers default to Firefox

Feature To-do:

Gmail video chat plugin: google-talkplugin
Touchpad changes: xf86-input-synaptics libsynaptics /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf
"Skin" timer "app"
Custom lock dialog
Alter wallpaper dimensions
Debug wireless issues
Enable i3 WM mode toggle
Fix webapp icons

0.1-7
2013-01-03
Changelog:

First actually working livecd
Fixed chainload issue by deleting fstab
Fixed firefox close button via Toolbar Buttons extension
Removed ctrl+f = fullscreen keybinding in i3 config
Fixed keyboard volume bindings with pulseaudio_ctl

Known bugs:

Wallpaper stretched horizontally
Lockscreen cut-off vertically
Touchpad clickpad enabled
Touchpad two-finger scrolling enabled (prefer scroll on right)
Possible Chrome browser forkbomb issue
Clicking wireless network won't connect (because the WPA key dialog doesn't popup)
Filesystem not hidden from user/browser (need to try sandfox again)
Boot messages are displayed in livecd
Splash screen not working in livecd
Slow bootup as filesystem uncompressed
Syslinux bootscreen is ugly

Tested with:

ATI Radeon Express 200 (radeon driver)
Intel 945GMS (intel driver)
Nvidia Geforce 7600 Go (nouveau driver)
I-ODD livecd (55 seconds from isolinux->firefox)
CD-R livecd (2 minutes 15 seconds from isolinux->firefox)

Untested:

USB boot
webcam
microphone

0.1-6
2013-01-02
Changelog:

First conversion from dev install to livecd
Configuration of Firefox modified
Configuration of Chrome modified
Configuration of i3 tweaked

Known bugs:

"Working" 0.1-6 is just chainloading to hdd
Upper-right close button doesn't close firefox, just the tab
CTRL+F = fullscreen instead of find
Keyboard vol+/- don't work
Fallback initramfs doesn't work
Possible Chrome browser forkbomb issue
Clicking wireless network won't connect because the WPA key dialog doesn't popup.
Filesystem not hidden from user/browser (need to try sandfox again)
Boot messages aren't hidden
Splash screen not working
Slow bootup as filesystem uncompressed
Syslinux bootscreen is ugly

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