Well, I have made up my mind! With the TEN year anniversary of this release right around the corner - I have decided to do an update! Honestly, I was going to do it for myself (for my archives) anyway, so why not share it right!? After all, what better way to commemorate the TENTH year anniversary than to pop it out again, and updated, and maybe a little better polished...!
Of course the ACTUAL anniversary (at least according to the first post) is ACTUALLY ~ 2 MONTHS, 2 WEEKS, and 4 DAYS away, or, 77 days away ~~ but who is counting >.>
I've also decided I'd just release it immediately seeing as things with me are always changing now... At a pretty rapid pace! Not to mention there are general "IRL" uncertainties (especially with BS like "THE BEER VIRUS" {what I'm calling "covid" for those who don't know} too)! To be completely honest, for the last 5 years ,er, however long I've been inactive... My PC has been sitting in the closet (POWERED OFF :o) literally collecting dust! My server(s) have been in the attic (also powered off) literally, collecting dust... Thinking this type of scenario may arise again, I'm just going to dump this "Special Anniversary Edition" on you all now! Plus, 2020 really has sucked balls! So I had to do SOMETHING to make sure there was SOMETHING good about it (LOL)!
I have not done a whole lot with the older versions other than "fine tuned" some stuff that was driving my CDO crazy (it's like OCD except the letters are alphabetical - AS THEY SHOULD BE)! It is updated and includes 131 136 146 151 153 155 and that FW "throw in"... I also remember once upon a time I was trying to keep things within CD capacity (what a difference TEN years makes)! Now, I've kinda tossed that idea out the window, because I know people seldomly use ANY optical media any longer, CD/DVD/BRD/ETC... Everything is either straight up digital / download or "USB sticks"! So the new "Special Anniversary Edition" is just over capacity of a single layer DVD (you would need to burn it to a DL DVD if you wanted to burn it to that ancient 'optical media')... PW_DEV would fit on a single layer DVD... Everything else, thanks to the clients being STUPID BIG, well - hope you have a BRD burner... And sadly, even the WHOLE release wouldn't even fit on a DL BRD, because it exceeds 50GB... Oh well, to hell with optical media anyway!
For the most part, this is also completely NOT compatible with previous versions/releases - primarily because I've moved some of the "updates" to the BASE version (v136)... Which is also still the case... v136 is the BASE version and MUST be installed first, prior to installing any of the "addons" (131 146 151 153 155 fw)... Primary example is having the newest up to date "pwversion" service - moved to the v136 BASE... So, if you managed to install an old install of the BASE-136, and try to install the newest 155, while it should technically work - I will NOT support this, because, when you type "service pwversion" the 155 will NOT show up in the pwversion service... Because (again) that has been updated on this releases v136base!
That being said, I also don't see much reason to release the individual servers any longer, as they all ALMOST fit on a SL DVD! That being said, if you're willing to DL a CLIENT that is almost ELEVEN GB, then you should have NO problem downloading this new/up to date server PACKAGE that only weighs in at 4.73 GB! Just remember, that 4.73 GB is ALL of the server "payloads" (136, 131, 146, 151, 153, 155, & fw)!
Also, I did put PW_DEV.iso in both the "servers" and "clients" download "folders" - please note that, these are the SAME exact file... They exist merely for redundancy!
Also, yes, I chose to STICK with the old ass Ubuntu12.04.3 - there was no chance in hell I was going back to fiddle with those stupid ia32-libs to "update" the release to utilize a newer version of Linux... That being said, those who really know what they are doing anyway, will not need to ask for help "updating" their OS, or using a completely different flavor of Linux even! I chose and stuck with Ubuntu12.04.3x64 for a reason; so that I could make this package so simple you could almost literally teach a monkey how to install it! Best way for someone to learn how something works is to fiddle with something that already works IMHO... So, if you don't like using "old ass" 12.04.3, start out with that. Until you learn enough to do whatever you want to with it! For those who don't know or remember, this package could actually be installed 100% offline... And that is the key reason there are "strict" limitations (like using Ubuntu 12.04.3x64)... I went through the hassle configuring ia32-libs to be installed offline WITH the BASE (v136) package (and I remember it being a REAL Pain In The Ass)! So the included ia32-libs payload will probably not work with ANY other version, than 12.04.3 Ubuntu... Personally I think the ia32-libs should just be included but then hey, I wouldn't have had that challenge... But the main goal of the package was to be 100% offline install-able... If you were say, having a traditional LAN party (with NO interwebs)... Or if the interwebs blew up, or whatever the hell stood in between you and the interwebs, I wanted a package that could basically be 100% self sufficient! Needing NO external "help" or resources... So if you find yourself on an island after an EMP, but you and your lappy were safe cuz you had it in a faraday cage/bag;;; then you will still be able to install this package!!!
Any who - enough with my ranting... Hope you all enjoy this one, it likely will be the LAST (especially if the leaks really do stop @155)!
¤ HAPPY TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY ¤
(a little early)
¤ The Complete PW Package ¤
Newest Release:
31 / December / 2020 @ 12:00:00 UTC/GMT
SERVER(S) - PWp_31.DEC.2020 57.55 GB [61,793,052,496 bytes]
CLIENT(S) - PWp_31.DEC.2020 57.55 GB [61,793,052,496 bytes]
[OLD] HTTrack of PWDATABASE & ECATOMB - PWHTTrack.7z 410 MB [430,434,265 bytes]
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Originally Posted by Fluzzy
