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Juanito:
Tiny Core 5.0 Alpha3 is available for public testing:

http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/5.x/x86/release_candidates/

Changelog for 5.0 alpha1:
* kernel update to 3.8.10 with (u)efi boot enabled
* option to use vmlinuz + rootfs.gz + modules.gz or vmlinuz64 + rootfs.gz + modules64.gz (where boot loader permits)
* aterm, freetype, imlib2, jpeg and libpng factored out of Xlibs/Xprogs
* glibc updated to 2.17 and recompiled against 3.8.x kernel headers
* gcc updated to 4.7.2, recompiled against 3.8.x kernel headers and cloog, gmp, mpc, mpfr and ppl
* e2fsprogs base libs/apps updated to 1.42.7
* util-linux base libs/apps updated to 2.22.2
* scm extensions have been dropped from this release

Changelog for 5.0 alpha2:
* util-linux updated to 2.23.1 due to blkid problems with qemu
* /usr/sbin/fstype modified for new blkid output (supress "/dev/sda" type output in /etc/fstab and mount gui)

Changelog for 5.0 alpha3:
* fixed copy2fs bug with tc-load (thanks to Gerald Clark for reporting)

Your continued feedback welcomed and appreciated

Although it is an extension and not the base, the first rough cut of Xorg-7.7 has been uploaded to the 5.x repo

Take care when testing Xorg-7.7 as you could end up with no gui:

* Xorg-7.7 includes default drivers evdev, vesa and fbdev
* video driver for intel tested OK, both 2d and 3d with Xorg-7.7-3d

bmarkus:
Xorg-7.7 works OK. I'm testing on a notebook. The only issue is the built-in touchpad; there is a jitter in position when it is touched and curser is jumping around few pixels. I do not see it with previous versions.

Juanito:
I'll build the synaptics driver today at some point - maybe that will improve things?

coreplayer2:
I'm guessing screenshot from the menu needs Xorg-7.7  ?    With Alpha2 screenshot appeared to function, however there was no resulting screenshot*.png file in the home directory


Great work getting Alpha 3 out  thanks   :)

Juanito:
synaptics driver posted along with updated evdev driver that now uses mtdev

As for all drivers (at the moment), load them prior to "startx" or re"startx" for them to take effect.

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