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| 2012-12-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Porteus 2.0 RC1 |
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Ira McDaniel has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 2.0, a set of Slackware-based live images with a choice of KDE 4, LXDE, Razor-qt and Xfce desktop environments: "The Porteus community is excited to announce Porteus 2.0 RC1, the first development release of a new version for our standard and Xfce editions. Porteus is a lightweight, highly configurable and flexible live distribution based on Slackware that is optimized to run from USB drives, flash cards, CDs or other storage media. The 32-bit standard edition now ships with Razor-qt as the desktop environment, replacing Trinity/LXDE. Some of the more important changes from Porteus 1.2 include: bumped Linux kernel to 3.7.1 and userland to Slackware 14.0; switched to initramfs and added a second initramfs for PXE booting...." Visit the Porteus forum to read the full release announcement. Download: Porteus-v2.0-rc1-i486.iso (235MB), Porteus-XFCE-v2.0-rc1-i486.iso (198MB), Porteus-v2.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (224MB), Porteus-XFCE-v2.0-rc1-x86_64.iso (186MB).
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| About Porteus
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| Porteus is a fast, portable and modular live CD/USB medium based on Slackware Linux. The distribution started as a community remix of Slax, another Slackware-based live CD, with KDE 3 as the default desktop for the i486 edition and a stripped-down KDE 4 as the desktop environment for the x86_64 flavour. The lightweight LXDE is available as an alternative desktop environment.
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| 2013-03-11 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 2.0 "Kiosk" |
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Jay Flood has announced the release of Porteus 2.0 "Kiosk" edition, a minimalist Linux distribution for web-only terminals with Firefox as the sole application: "The Porteus community is proud to announce the Porteus 2.0 Kiosk edition. Based on Slackware Linux 14.0 and with Linux kernel 3.7.8 and Firefox 19.0.2, this is a 32-bit system which is entirely locked down to prevent tampering with any of the components (including the browser), making this a perfect fit for kiosks and other publicly available web terminals. The ISO image is 37 MB and it contains only the libraries and utilities which are required to launch Firefox. Additional software may bring along security risks and affect stability in a restricted environment which is why we have removed everything else from this edition." Read the rest of the release announcement for a brief list of features. Download: porteus-kiosk-v2.0-i486.iso (37.0MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-02-20 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 2.0 |
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Jay Flood has announced the release of Porteus 2.0, a Slackware-based live CD with a choice of KDE 4, LXDE, Razor-qt and Xfce desktops: "The Porteus community is excited to announce that Porteus 2.0 final is now available for immediate download. This is the first stable release of our Standard and Xfce editions based on Slackware Linux 14.0. Here are some of the major changes between version 1.2 and version 2.0: Linux kernel upgraded to version 3.7.8; Razor-qt replaced Trinity as the desktop environment for the 32-bit standard edition; all desktops were upgraded to their latest stable versions - KDE 4.9.5, Razor-qt 0.5.2, Xfce 4.10 (Thunar upgraded to 1.6.2), LXDE (latest components except for PCManFM), Firefox upgraded to version 18.0.2; Porteus package manager now resolves all dependencies such as Python and Perl...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: Porteus-v2.0-x86_64.iso (227MB, MD5), Porteus-XFCE-v2.0-x86_64.iso (186MB, MD5), Porteus-v2.0-i486.iso (228MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-01-29 |
Development Release: Porteus 2.0 RC2 |
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The second release candidate for Porteus, Slackware-based live image set with a choice of KDE 4, LXDE, Razor-qt and Xfce desktop environments, is now ready for testing: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce Porteus 2.0 RC2, the latest development release of our Standard and Xfce editions. We've cleaned up several minor bugs that were present in RC1 and have added some new features. Please give this a thorough test so we can continue refining everything for 2.0 final. Here is our changelog from 2.0 RC1: Linux kernel upgraded to 3.7.5; fixed a bug with linuxrc not ejecting CDs in copy2ram mode; added a function to rc.M which disables discrete video card for PCs with dual graphics setup; rc.services - added a function for setting brightness when booting on battery...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a complete changelog. Download (MD5): Porteus-v2.0-rc2-x86_64.iso (224MB), Porteus-XFCE-v2.0-rc2-x86_64.iso (187MB). |
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| 2012-07-04 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 1.2 |
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Jay Flood has announced the release of Porteus 1.2, a Slackware-based minimalist live CD set with a choice of KDE 3 (Trinity), KDE 4, Xfce and LXDE desktops: "The Porteus community is proud to announce the release of Porteus version 1.2. Major changes from Porteus 1.1 include: Linux kernel bumped to version 3.4.4; KDE upgraded to 4.8.4; Trinity upgraded to 3.5.13.1 (R14); LXDE upgraded to the latest stable components; Xfce (4.10) editions have been added for both architectures as standalone ISO images; Firefox upgraded to version 13.0.1; replaced wicd with NetworkManager; new and improved applications to handle system configuration; optimized boot time - with current implementation of rc scripts Porteus is one of the fastest booting live Linux distros out there...." Read the rest of the release announcement which includes links to full changelogs. Download: Porteus-v1.2-i486.iso (251MB, MD5), Porteus-v1.2-x86_64.iso (262MB, MD5), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-i486.iso (206MB, MD5), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-x86_64.iso (202MB, MD5).
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| 2012-05-07 |
Development Release: Porteus 1.2 RC2 |
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The second release candidate for Porteus 1.2, a Slackware-based distribution and live CD with a choice of KDE 3 (Trinity), KDE 4, LXDE and Xfce desktops, is ready for testing: "After a couple long months in the making, the Porteus community is happy to announce the second release candidate of Porteus version 1.2. This release candidate includes several upgrades, application rewrites and bug fixes. Major changes include: Linux kernel bumped to version 3.3.4; KDE upgraded to 4.8.3; Trinity upgraded to 3.5.13; Xfce upgraded to 4.10; LXDE upgraded to latest version from git; Firefox upgraded to version 12.0; rewritten language selection tool, magic folders setup tool, save.dat setup tool (including encrypted save.dat support); upgraded Porteus installer...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: Porteus-v1.2-rc2-i486.iso (257MB, MD5), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-rc2-i486.iso (213MB, MD5), Porteus-v1.2-rc2-x86_64.iso (261MB, MD5), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-rc2-x86_64.iso (199MB, MD5).
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| 2012-02-21 |
Development Release: Porteus 1.2 RC1 |
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Jay Flood has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Porteus 1.2, a Slackware-based mini-distribution featuring Trinity (KDE 3), KDE 4, LXDE and now also the Xfce desktop: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce the first release candidate of Porteus version 1.2 This release features the addition of the Xfce desktop environment. Other major upgrades and features include: Linux kernel bumped to version 3.2.6 in the 64-bit editions, it remains at version 3.1.8 in the 32-bit editions; KDE upgraded to 4.8.0 (64-bit KDE/LXDE edition); Trinity upgraded to 3.5.13-rc14 (32-bit KDE/LXDE edition); Xfce desktop in version 4.8.0; Firefox upgraded to version 10.0; Busybox is recompiled against new uClibc library patched for support for more than 256 loop devices.... See the release announcement for a full list of new features and links to detailed changelogs. Download: Porteus-v1.2-rc1-i486.iso (251MB), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-rc1-i486.iso (207MB), Porteus-v1.2-rc1-x86_64.iso (274MB), Porteus-XFCE-v1.2-rc1-x86_64.iso (202MB).
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| 2012-01-08 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 1.1 |
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Jay Flood has announced the release of Porteus 1.1, a Slackware-based live CD with a choice of Trinity (a KDE 3 fork), KDE 4 and LXDE desktops: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce the official and final release of Porteus version 1.1. This release is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions and includes several bug fixes and some new features. Chief among them are a new graphical installer and a completely overhauled Porteus package manager, which now allows users to download hundreds of software packages with automatic dependency resolution through a clean GUI interface. There have been vast improvements since our version 1.0 release, here are the main changes: upgraded to Linux kernel 3.1.8 with BFS scheduler and ASPM patch; upgraded NDISwrapper to latest stable version; dropped Broadcom driver as the kernel supports most devices...." Here is the full release announcement. Download: Porteus-v1.1-i486.iso (255MB, MD5), Porteus-v1.1-x86_64.iso (264MB, MD5).
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| 2011-11-22 |
Development Release: Porteus 1.1 RC2 |
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Jay Flood has announced the availability of the second release candidate for Porteus 1.1, a small Slackware-based live CD with a choice of KDE 3 (Trinity), KDE 4 and LXDE desktops: "The Porteus community is pleased to announce a new development release, Porteus 1.1 RC2. This release candidate is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions and features several bug fixes and some new features. Changelog: upgrade to Linux kernel 3.1.1 with BFS scheduler and ASPM patch (for saving power); upgrade to KDE 4.7.3 (64-bit edition only); fixed 'copy2ram + auto-mount of hard disk partitions' bug; fixed 'copy2ram + changes' bug which was preventing CD ejection; new cheatcodes; enabled auto-mounting of devices by default in LXDE; PCManFM shows internal volumes by default; modified default mount options in linuxrc...." More details in the release announcement. Download (the i486 edition includes Trinity and LXDE, the x86_64 edition comes with KDE 4 and LXDE): Porteus-v1.1rc2-i486.iso (250MB, MD5), Porteus-v1.1-rc2-x86_64.iso (259MB, MD5).
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