Audio quality of SBC XQ Bluetooth audio codec

SBC XQ provides a better sound quality than APTX-HQ. It's considered transparent : 100% CD quality.

A good article about Bluetooth codecs on soundexpert.org

SBC XQ is available from scratch in Zenwalk ;)

Enjoy the best BT "lossless" quality available on GNU Linux !

JP

Here is the patch, for those who want to use it to oher distributions : https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/Hyperion/pulseaudio/tree/SBC-XQ

Spotify client for Slackware or Zenwalk

Just built the latest official and unmodified Spotify client package for Slackware or Zenwalk :

spotify-1.1.10.546-x86_64-190901.txz

Enjoy !

JP

DLNA support is ready

I just added DLNA support (Chromecast, and other uPnP streaming services) to Zenwalk.

It will work as well on stock Slack current.

Just install the pulseaudio-dlna package and it's deps, then activate the process in your desktop session manager, and... Have fun :)

XFCE 4.14 is ready !

After a long development period - 4 years and 5 months of work, the XFCE folks have just announced the release of the Xfce desktop 4.14, a new stable version that supersedes Xfce 4.12.

Full changelog here : https://www.xfce.org/about/news

(my small contribution to this release is folder thumbnails support in Thunar ;) )

Packages are ready for Zenwalk and Slackware.

Have fun
JP

TOR Browser 8.5.3 is available for download as Slackware package and AppImage

Latest TOR Browser 8.5.3 is available for download as Slackware package and AppImage :

• New release tor-browser 8.5.3
• tor-browser-8.5.3-x86_64-190709.AppImage
• tor-browser-8.5.3-x86_64-190709.txz 

zenwalk current ISO for 02 06 2019

Hi,

 New current ISO is ready ! 

In addition to the hundreds of packages updates from upstream Slackware Current and Zenwalk native, you'll get the new Firefox 67.0, latest XFCE 4.13, a new desktop theme, and a brand new Whisker applications menu.

For complete changelog see both Slack changelog on slackware.com and Zenwalk changelog on this site.

ISO can be downloaded here :
zenwalk-current_190602.iso
zenwalk-current_190602.md5

Don't forget : if you want to support Zenwalk : donations go to Slackware ! Zenwalk is not a job for me, as Slackware is for Pat !

Have fun :)
jp

Firefox 66.0 is available for Slackware and Zenwalk

Hi,

The new Firefox 66.0 is available for Slackware and Zenwalk !

Compiled today in the Slackware way, and running great here.

See what's new : https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/03/firefox-66-the-sound-of-silence/

Package : http://download.zenwalk.org/x86_64/testing/mozilla-firefox-66.0-x86_64-190319.txz
MD5 : http://download.zenwalk.org/x86_64/testing/mozilla-firefox-66.0-x86_64-190319.txz.md5

Have fun

JP

Firefox 66.0b3 64-bit for Zenwalk / Slackware

Hi,

Don't wait to try the latest Firefox !

Running great and stable here.

See what's new : https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/66.0beta/releasenotes/

Package : mozilla-firefox-66.0b3-x86_64-190131.txz

Have fun

JP