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EasyOS 5.8.2 released

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 14, 2024,

updated Dec 02, 2024

I have uploaded version 5.8.2; however, the menu item "Rollback to previous version" in the initrd does not work.

I checked the logic of the code carefully before releasing 5.8.2. Updated a 5.6.7 installation to 5.8.2 ok; however, when I tried to rollback to 5.6.7, it failed. I discovered that busybox grep in the initrd does not recognize the "-A" option.

I need to sort that, either tonight or tomorrow, and will follow up with version 5.8.3.

Read on

A week later

Another bufix:

EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.8.3 released

Version 5.8.2 was released on May 13, see announcement:

https://bkhome.org/news/202405/easyos-582-released.html

If you are a newcomer to EasyOS, it is a good idea to read the 5.7 announcement, as it has more introduction details:

The online readme file is also a good intro read: [...]

And another:

EasyOS Kirkstone-series maintenance release 5.8.5

Maintenance release 5.8.4 was on August 14, 2024: