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DistroWatch.com: Porteus

Porteus

Last Update: Wednesday 20 February 2013 02:43 GMT


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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 64 (208), 6 months: 48 (254), 3 months: 65 (209), 4 weeks: 96 (157), 1 week: 88 (154)


Porteus Summary
Distribution Porteus
Home Page http://www.porteus.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://forum.porteus.org/
Documentation http://porteus.org/docs.html
Screenshots http://porteus.org/info/screens.htmlScreenshot Directory
Download Mirrors http://porteus.org/downloads.html
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites  
Reviews 2.0: Linux User
1.1: BlogspotLinux Review (Farsi)
1.0: LWNDarkDuckBlogspot
Where To Buy OSDisc.com (sponsored link)

Recent Related News
 • 2013-03-11: Distribution Release: Porteus 2.0 "Kiosk"
 • 2013-02-20: Distribution Release: Porteus 2.0
 • 2013-01-29: Development Release: Porteus 2.0 RC2
 • 2012-12-25: Development Release: Porteus 2.0 RC1
 • 2012-07-04: Distribution Release: Porteus 1.2
 • 2012-05-07: Development Release: Porteus 1.2 RC2

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "kdelibs" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0
Release Date 2013/02/20 2012/07/04 2012/01/08 2011/06/23
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
CDs 1 1 1 1
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation -- -- -- --
Default Desktop KDE, LXDE, Razor-qt, Xfce Trinity, KDE, LXDE, Xfce Trinity, KDE KDE
Package Management XZ XZ XZ XZ
Office Suite GOffice GOffice -- --
Processor Architecture i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64
Journaled File Systems -- -- -- --
Multilingual        
Asian Language Support -- -- -- --
Package 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0
abiword (2.8.6) 2.8.6 2.8.6 -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.27.1) 1.0.26 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.24.1
ati-driver (12.104) -- -- -- --
bash (4.2) 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1
bind (9.9.2-P2) -- -- -- --
chromium (r197479) -- -- -- --
cups (1.6.2) 1.5.4 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6
dhcp (4.2.5-P1) -- -- -- --
firefox (21.0) 18.0.2 13.0.1 9.0.1 4.0.1
freetype (2.4.12) 2.4.11 2.4.10 2.4.4 2.4.4
gcc (4.8.0) 4.7.1 4.5.2 4.5.2 4.5.2
gimp (2.8.4) 2.8.2 -- -- --
glibc (2.17) 2.15 2.13 2.13 2.13
gnome-shell (3.8.2) -- -- -- --
gnucash (2.4.13) -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.2) 1.10.17 1.10.17 -- --
grub (2.00) -- -- -- --
gtk+ (3.8.2) 2.24.10 2.24.4 2.24.4 2.24.4
httpd (2.4.4) -- -- -- --
inkscape (0.48.4) -- -- -- --
k3b (2.0.2) -- -- 2.0.2 2.0.2
kdelibs (4.10.3) 4.9.5 4.8.4 4.7.4 4.6.4
kmod (13) 12 -- -- --
libgnome (2.32.1) -- -- -- --
libreoffice (4.0.3) -- -- -- --
linux (3.9.4) 3.7.8 3.4.4 3.1.1 2.6.38.8
Package 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0
lxde-common (0.5.5) 0.5.5 0.5.5 0.5.5 git
mate-desktop (1.6.1) -- -- -- --
MesaLib (9.1.3) 9.0.2 7.10.2 7.10.2 7.10.2
mysql (5.6.11) -- -- -- --
nautilus (3.8.1) -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (319.23) -- -- -- --
openbox (3.5.0) 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.4.11.2 3.4.11.2
openjdk (7u6) -- -- -- --
openssh (6.2p2) 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.9p1 5.8p1
openssl (1.0.1e) 1.0.1d 0.9.8x 0.9.8r 0.9.8r
perl (5.18.0) 5.16.1 5.14.0 5.12.3 5.12.3
php (5.4.15) -- -- -- --
postfix (2.10.0) -- -- -- --
postgresql (9.2.4) -- -- -- --
Python (3.3.2) -- -- 2.6.6 2.6.6
qt (5.0.2) 4.8.4 4.8.2 4.7.4 4.7.0
samba (4.0.6) -- 3.2.4 -- --
systemd (204) -- -- -- --
thunderbird (17.0.6) -- -- -- --
udev (182) 182 165 165 165
vim (7.3) -- -- -- --
vlc (2.0.6) -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.10.2) 4.10.0 4.10.0 -- --
xine-lib (1.2.2) -- -- -- --
xorg-server (1.14.1) 1.12.3 1.9.5 1.9.5 1.9.5
xz (5.0.4) 5.0.4 5.0.2 5.0.2 5.0.2


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