mkusb version 12.6.2, 12.6.3, 12.6.4
- mkusb 12.6.2
. dus & dus-*; variable font and window size of zenity
.. new function: p_zensize where msiz percent sets the size
- mkusb 12.6.3
. mkusb-plug: mkusb-sedd: puer, puer0:
.. Workaround because of bug:
.. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1895329
- mkusb 12.6.4
. added manual size for zenity font and window: p_zensize,
.. new function p_zen_siz_select, new file "$HOME/.mkusb/fontsave", p_starter
... (new menu entry to manage the size of zenity windows and xterm console)
.. dus-persistent & dus-home-backup: p_zensize
.. mkusb-start & guidus.desktop: variable font in xterm |
Improvement in version 12.6.2
Automatic logic in mkusb-dus to get a suitable text size and window size in high resolution screens, greater than 1920x1080.
Details about font size for high resolution: The default font in monitors with 2560x1440 or 3840x2160 pixels may be too small in Ubuntu Desktop and the Ubuntu family flavours.
In Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS with Gnome desktop environment you can use gnome-tweak-tool and increase the default fonts from 11 to 16, which should make things nice. This is matched by the automatic logic in mkusb-dus. (However, if you use the shortcut by the Ubuntu settings tool and set '200%', mkusb-dus will believe that the font is still too small, and make the windows (and font, that it can control) very large.)
Improvement in version 12.6.3
Workaround because of Bug #1895329: The partition for persistence with ext file system is created by mkusb-sedd in mkusb-plug (instead of expecting it to be created automatically as in Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS).
Improvement in version 12.6.4
In mkusb-dus version 12.6.4 control of font and window size for the xterm console is added and for zenity it is improved. If you use the the Ubuntu Settings tool and select 'Scale 200%', or 'Fractional scaling' the automatic logic of mkusb-dus will believe that the font is still too small, and make the zenity windows (and font, that it can control) very large.
In this case you can select 'manage Zenity window and font size' from the starter menu of dus (mkusb-dus), and then select 'Fixed size of zenity windows and fonts' from the submenu. You will probably be satisfied with the default font size, but you can increase the size if you wish.
There are more details at Font size for high resolution.
Unstable 1: You get/update this new version of mkusb from the unstable PPA via the following commands
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository universe # this line only for standard Ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/unstable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb # to install
# sudo apt full-upgrade # upgrade to current version (with all other upgrades), only for installed systems
sudo apt install mkusb guidus dus mkusb-common # to upgrade all mkusb basic components including dus
sudo apt install usb-pack-efi # for persistent live drives that work in UEFI and BIOS mode with 32-bit iso files
You get only the version dus (alone or with guidus) via one of the following commands (if you don't care about mkusb-11, mkusb-nox, mkusb-bas, mkusb-plug)
Code:
sudo apt install dus
sudo apt install guidus
You get only the version mkusb-plug via [the update command and] the following command,
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb-plug
Alternative way to get mkusb: There are tarballs at
- help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/gui/tarball with only dus and guidus (mkusb version 12),
- help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/plug with only mkusb-plug.
Stable: mkusb version 12.6.3 is in the stable PPA. The policy is to test mkusb for a long time and in several environments before it is uploaded to the stable PPA (unless there are minor tweaks or bug-fixes).
You get/update this version via the following commands
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository universe # this line only for standard Ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb # to install
# sudo apt full-upgrade # upgrade to current version (with all other upgrades), only for installed systems
sudo apt install usb-pack-efi # for persistent live drives that work in UEFI and BIOS mode with 32-bit iso files
You get only the version dus (alone or with guidus) via one of the following commands (if you don't care about mkusb-11, mkusb-nox, mkusb-bas)
Code:
sudo apt install dus
sudo apt install guidus
You get only the version mkusb-plug via [the update command and] the following command,
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb-plug
Usually there is drive space enough to install all the following mkusb packages explicitly:
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mkusb guidus mkusb-plug usb-pack-efi
Please notice that if you have already installed mkusb-plug or dus/guidus from a tarball, you had better remove that version when you install via PPA. The advantage with the PPA version is that it gets updated/upgraded automatically along with other program packages that are installed from the Ubuntu repositories.
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