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GnackTrack was an Ubuntu-based distribution and live CD featuring a collection of utilities for penetration testing.
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| 2016-06-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Porteus 3.2 RC3 |
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Jay Flood has announced the availability of the third release candidate for Porteus 3.2, a Slackware-based live CD originally derived from Slax. This release delivers four live CD images featuring Cinnamon, KDE, LXDE and Xfce desktops: "We are jubilant to announce the release of the next lightweight portable Porteus, version 3.2rc3. This release includes a move to the 4.6.1 kernel, various minor bug fixes and package upgrades from release candidate 2. You can download the 32-bit or 64-bit ISO files now. A full changeLog and any bug reports can be found here along with some basic instructions of added scripts. Thank you to our testers - you have done a great job and a special thanks to all donors. These donations will ensure the continued development of Porteus. You can make a donation here. Every little bit helps." Here is the brief release announcement. Interested testers can download (MD5) the live CD images from here: Porteus-CINNAMON-v3.2rc3-x86_64.iso (252MB), Porteus-KDE-v3.2rc3-x86_64.iso (413MB), Porteus-MATE-v3.2rc3-x86_64.iso (235MB), Porteus-XFCE-v3.2rc3-x86_64.iso (234MB). |
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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. There are now several desktop flavours of the distribution, which include editions running Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, and Xfce.
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| 2023-09-27 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 5.01 |
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The Porteus development team has announced the release of Porteus 5.01, an updated release of the project's Slackware-based Linux distribution with several popular desktop environments and window managers, available for both x86_64 and i586 architectures: "Porteus 5.01, a bug-fix and security-patch update of 5.0 is now released. Main changes include: Linux kernel 6.5.5; Core is based on Slackware 15.0 plus updates from Slackware-15.0-patches (as of 2023-09-21); eight desktop options to choose from (seven for i586); Perl has been moved to 05-devel; Slackware package managers included - slapt-get and slackpkg (in core) and slpkg (in 05-devel); a simple wrapper for slapt-get - slapt-mod, to produce a module of the package (a revision of getmod by babam); SysVInit static binary updated to 3.07 (and corresponding Slackware package to match); a simple script - convertz, to convert a folder of xz compressed modules to zstd compressed modules; updated the onboard FAQ documents regarding package management; BusyBox in initrd updated to 1.36.1...." The release announcement. Download (SHA256, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64.iso (380MB), Porteus-GNOME-v5.01-x86_64.iso (379MB), Porteus-KDE-v5.01-x86_64.iso (439MB), Porteus-LXDE-v5.01-x86_64.iso (365MB), Porteus-LXQT-v5.01-x86_64.iso (378MB), Porteus-MATE-v5.01-x86_64.iso (372MB), Porteus-OPENBOX-v5.01-x86_64.iso (360MB), Porteus-XFCE-v5.01-x86_64.iso (369MB). |
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| 2022-07-04 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 5.0 |
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Jay Flood has announced the release of Porteus 5.0, a set of eight live Linux distributions based on Slackware Linux and available for both x86_64 and i586 architectures: "Team Porteus is finally able to announce the immediate availability of Porteus 5.0 final in eight desktop flavours. Main changes include: Linux kernel 5.18.8; Core is based on Slackware 15.0; Perl has been moved to 05-devel; Slackware package managers included slackpkg (in core) and slpkg (in 05-devel); a simple wrapper for slackpkg, pmod, to produce a module of the package; a small script, pkginfo, to provide some info about whether a package is installed, what's in it, whether it has missing libraries and which module it's in, if any; numerous tweaks, fixes and optimizations to our core scripts." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Download (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.0-x86_64.iso (360MB), Porteus-GNOME-v5.0-x86_64.iso (357MB), Porteus-KDE-v5.0-x86_64.iso (417MB), Porteus-LXDE-v5.0-x86_64.iso (343MB), Porteus-LXQT-v5.0-x86_64.iso (356MB), Porteus-MATE-v5.0-x86_64.iso (350MB), Porteus-OPENBOX-v5.0-x86_64.iso (339MB), Porteus-XFCE-v5.0-x86_64.iso (348MB). |
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| 2021-07-08 |
Development Release: Porteus 5.0 RC3 |
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A new development build of Porteus, a set of stripped-down Slackware-based live CDs with a choice of seven desktop environments, is now available for testing: "On behalf of the Porteus development team, I'm happy to announce the release of Porteus version 5.0-RC3. Almost a year after RC2, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the 7 flavors are now available. You can download the releases at any of our mirrors in the Porteus-v5.0 folder of your desired arch(x86_64 or i586). To bring us up to date with Slackware's current development, some under-the-hood changes include: the implementation of PAM, the replacement of ConsoleKit with elogind, and Python upgrade to 3.9.6. Certain packages have increased in size (e.g. MESA, LLVM) so the ISO images are now ranging between 335MB and 425MB (slightly less for 32-bit images). All desktop environments are updated to their latest versions, with the stable kernel 5.12.14." Here is the brief release announcement. Download links (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.0rc3-x86_64.iso (356MB), Porteus-KDE-v5.0rc3-x86_64.iso (428MB), Porteus-LXDE-v5.0rc3-x86_64.iso (339MB), Porteus-LXQT-v5.0rc3-x86_64.iso (354MB), Porteus-MATE-v5.0rc3-x86_64.iso (348MB), Porteus-OPENBOX-v5.0rc3-x86_64.iso (335MB), Porteus-XFCE-v5.0rc3-x86_64.iso (342MB). |
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| 2020-08-09 |
Development Release: Porteus 5.0 RC2 |
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It took more than a year for Porteus to get from RC1 to RC2 for its upcoming 5.0 release, but the new version of the project's Slackware-based distribution is finally ready for testing: "After nearly 14 months and a lot of developments (circumstantial and technical), team Porteus is happy to announce Porteus 5.0 RC2. The usual seven desktop flavours are available. Some highlights: Linux kernel 5.4.57; added experimental support for RAID arrays; GTK 3 moved to 002-xorg, GTK 2 removed (some desktop environments include it - Openbox, LXDE, Xfce); Porteus gtkdialog scripts ported to pygobject3 (incomplete and ongoing, gtkdialog (built with GTK 3) remains for some unported scripts); new base module - 002-xtra which contains custom multimedia packages (e.g. FFmpeg, mpv); apps common to all desktop environments moved to 002-xorg or 002-xtra (GParted, Transmission, Celluloid); initrd.xz rebuilt with new BusyBox and improved linuxrc...." Continue to the release announcement for more details and known issues. Here are the download links for the seven supported desktop user interfaces (pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso (347MB), Porteus-KDE-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso (409MB), Porteus-LXDE-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso (328MB), Porteus-LXQT-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso (339MB), Porteus-MATE-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso (337MB), Porteus-OPENBOX-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso (324MB), Porteus-XFCE-v5.0rc2-x86_64.iso (333MB). |
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| 2019-06-16 |
Development Release: Porteus 5.0 RC1 |
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The Porteus team has published a new release candidate for Porteus 5.0. The new development snapshot of this Slackware-based distribution is available in seven desktop flavours. The distribution has migrated from Python 2 to Python 3 and offers an updated kernel and hardware support. "Neko is now generating the official kernel which you may also upgrade through his awesome kernel update tool. The Intel microcode is available directly from the server in the kernel folder. This is for people that would like to patch the Intel processor debacle. Other changes: Slackware updated the pkgtools package which moved all package info files to /var/lib/pkgtools/packages; a symlink was left at /var/log/packages. Major version updates have been made to icu, glibc, GCC, MESA, X.Org Server; we have finally managed to completely replace Python 2 with Python 3 for all desktops; pauth now acts as our authorizing agent in place of the various other graphical su applications; Meson and ninja are now in 05_devel; all ISO files are now hybrid ISO images...." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (315MB), Porteus-KDE-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (373MB), Porteus-LXDE-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (297MB), Porteus-LXQT-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (311MB), Porteus-MATE-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (310MB), Porteus-OPENBOX-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (294MB), Porteus-XFCE-v5.0rc1-x86_64.iso (299MB). |
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| 2018-04-30 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 4.0 |
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Jay Flood has announced the release of Porteus 4.0, a set of small, portable Linux distributions based on Slackware Linux (and an indirect continuation of the original Slax project which has since switched to the Debian base). Porteus provides separate live media for its seven desktops, all of which are available for both x86_64 and i586 architectures: "Team Porteus is immensely gratified to announce the immediate availability of Porteus 4.0 final in seven desktop flavours. Major changes include: Linux kernel 4.16.3; core is based on Slackware 'current'; seven desktop options to choose from; new configuration file which replaces the .sgn file and can hold cheatcodes, one per line; new update-browser feature to update or download your preferred browser (available in GUI); support for EFI (using syslinux for both BIOS and EFI boots); new Porteus update feature built in to update the base modules; Intel microcode available in boot folder." Here is the brief release announcement as published on the project's user forums. Download (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v4.0-x86_64.iso (306MB), Porteus-KDE-v4.0-x86_64.iso (354MB), Porteus-LXDE-v4.0-x86_64.iso (274MB), Porteus-LXQT-v4.0-x86_64.iso (285MB), Porteus-MATE-v4.0-x86_64.iso (298MB), Porteus-OPENBOX-v4.0-x86_64.iso (269MB), Porteus-XFCE-v4.0-x86_64.iso (275MB). |
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| 2018-02-15 |
Development Release: Porteus 4.0 RC4 |
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Jay Flood has announced the availability of a development build of the upcoming Porteus 4.0, a set of portable Linux distributions based on Slackware Linux, with a good choice of desktop environments. Although labelled as "release candidate 4", this is actually the first public development release of the new 4.0 series: "After a long wait, team Porteus is blithely impelled to announce the immediate availability of Porteus 4.0 release candidate 4. This release is larger than the previous releases and contains more firmware and base packages to aid in a smoother more solid user experience. We have also patched for Spectre and Meltdown. Major changes include: Linux kernel 4.15.2; core is based on Slackware 'Current'; seven desktop options to choose from; new update-browser feature to update or download your preferred browser...." Read the full release announcement further details. Download (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v4.0rc4-x86_64.iso (301MB), Porteus-KDE-v4.0rc4-x86_64.iso (346MB), Porteus-LXDE-v4.0rc4-x86_64.iso (270MB), Porteus-LXQT-v4.0rc4-x86_64.iso (281MB), Porteus-MATE-v4.0rc4-x86_64.iso (294MB), Porteus-OPENBOX-v4.0rc4-x86_64.iso (265MB), Porteus-XFCE-v4.0rc4-x86_64.iso (274MB). |
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| 2016-12-29 |
Distribution Release: Porteus 3.2.2 |
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Porteus is a fast, portable Linux distribution based on Slackware. The project has published a new stable release, Porteus 3.2.2. The new release is available in four editions: Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, MATE and Xfce. "Porteus is on cloud nine to announce the final release of Porteus v3.2.2 and Porteus Kiosk 4.2. There have been some major changes in the desktop edition since the 3.1 release including: Linux kernel 4.9, PulseAudio, eudev, consolekit2, more complete 000-kernel firmware. Other Slackware based changes can be found here. Four desktops are available at this point: Xfce4, MATE, Cinnamon and KDE5. The base modules are a little larger than the previous release but contain a more complete set of packages for all round compatibility." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement for Porteus 3.2.2. Download (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (272MB, signature), Porteus-KDE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (412MB, signature), Porteus-MATE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (243MB, signature, Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso (239MB, signature). |
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| 2016-09-10 |
Development Release: Porteus 3.2 RC5 |
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Jay Flood has announced the availability of the fifth and final release candidate for the upcoming Porteus 3.2, a set of minimalist, Slackware-based live CDs featuring Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, MATE and Xfce desktops, delivered on separate CD images. This build is based on the recently-released Slackware Linux 14.2: "Porteus 3.2rc5 is released. We are gleeful to announce the release of the next lightweight portable Porteus 3.2rc5. This is the last release candidate before the final is released. A full changeLog and any bug reports can be found here. This release upgrades to Linux kernel 4.7.2, updates many packages, fixes most reported bugs from rc4 and makes a major update to KDE 5 which seems more responsive now. Thank you to our testers, you have done a great job and a special thanks to all donors. These donations will ensure the continued development of Porteus. You can make a donation here. Every little bit helps." Here is the brief release announcement. Download links (MD5, pkglist): Porteus-CINNAMON-v3.2rc5-x86_64.iso (263MB, signature), Porteus-KDE-v3.2rc5-x86_64.iso (409MB, signature), Porteus-MATE-v3.2rc5-x86_64.iso (238MB, signature), Porteus-XFCE-v3.2rc5-x86_64.iso (235MB, signature). |
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