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| 2026-03-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Plop Linux 26.1 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 26.1, an updated build of the project's independently-developed Linux distribution for desktops and servers, designed for advanced Linux users. It is available for the i486, x86_64 and armv6l architectures. The distribution's changelog page provides details about all the recent updates. "Version 26.1, release date 2026-03-27. Updates: group and user IDs updated, affected files - /etc/group,passwd,shadow. Pipewire: ~/.bash_profile set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR; start PipeWrite in ~/xfce4, ~/fluxbox, ~/mate. DBUS: ~/.xinitrc start DBUS with 'export $(dbus-launch)'. Thunar: movie thumbnails enabled. GCC: default to -fPIE instead of -fPIC. Sysklogd: pdated from 1.5.1 to 2.7.2, /etc/syslog.conf updated. BIND (named): configuration in /var/named updated. Replaced: cron replaced with Fcron, NTP replaced with NTPsec, ISC DHCP client/daemon replaced with dhcpcd, tftp-hpa replaced with atftp, wol replaced with wakeonlan. 303 packages updated. Added: Bluez, PipeWire, GoCryptFS. Alternatives added to prepare removing GTK 2 in the future: Simple Scan for XSane, FileZilla for gFTP. Two new scripts for updating Plop Linux desktop, location /usr/share/plop/: update-etc - update the /etc directory, set the 'keep' variable to keep your own files and directories...." Download (MD5, pkglist): ploplinux-26.1-x86_64.iso (4,779MB), ploplinux-26.1-i486.iso (4,514MB). |
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| Plop Linux is an independently-developed Linux distribution for desktops and servers, available for the i486, x86_64 and armv6l architectures. It is designed for advanced Linux users. The distribution does not include a package manager; installing new software is done by compiling it from source code. The desktop edition of the Plop Linux ships with the Xfce and MATE desktops as well as the Fluxbox window manager. The distribution's server edition comes with basic server software installed, but additional programs, including web servers, databases and programming languages can be easily added from the project's repositories.
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| 2023-01-17 |
Distribution Release: Plop Linux 23.1 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the availability of version 23.1 of Plop Linux, an independently-developed distribution for desktops, servers and Raspberry Pi computers, designed primarily for advanced Linux users: "Version 23.1, release date 2023-01-16. Changelog: Linux kernel not updated because of hang problems with NVIDIA graphic cards; fixed 32-bit size of time on 32-bit systems - problems with GnuTLS causing 'The certificate has not yet been activated' on wget; build tools / update-os.tar.gz - to update glibc, also a static build for ARM added; Filezilla removed from 32-bit builds because of compile problem with the current GCC - float16 is not supported on this target; EFI directory to upper case; added EFI image to the ISO image - EFI/efiboot.img; build scripts updated; 183 packages updated." Here is the complete changelog. Plop Linux 23.1 is available for i486, x86_64 and armv6l architectures in "Standard" (live, with Xfce 4.18 as the default desktop), "Small" (without X.Org, GCC and Pythong) and "BRL" (for blind and visually impaired users) variants. Here are the quick links to download the "Standard" edition (pkglist, MD5): ploplinux-23.1-x86_64.iso (2,962MB), ploplinux-23.1-i486.iso (2,698MB). |
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| 2015-12-22 |
Distribution Release: Plop Linux 4.3.1 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 4.3.1, the latest stable version of the project's distribution designed (among other tasks) for data rescue, system restore and backups: "Version 4.3.1. Minor updates: /etc/issue updated; login.defs and .bash_profiles updated; /etc/skel directory updated; adduser script - user is now also in 'video' group; GTK+ theme updated; Tint2 clock display; Xfce panel - volumeicon2 replaced with Xfce audio mixer plugin; /var/log/boot.log removed; build and compile script updates. Live edition: UTF-8 is now enabled by default; language scripts renamed to 'setlanggerman' and 'setlangczech'. Linux kernels for Banana Pi and Cubietruck added. ARM Linux kernel versions: QEMU - 4.2.8; Raspberry Pi - 4.1.13; Banana Pi - 4.2.3; Cubietruck - 4.4-rc1." Read the rest of the changelog for a full list of changes and improvements. Download the live DVD image (with Xfce) from here: ploplinux-4.3.1-x86_64.iso (1,428MB, MD5). Installation images for standard desktop computers and various ARM devices are also available. |
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| 2012-04-11 |
Distribution Release: Plop Linux 4.2.1 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 4.2.1, an updated version of the project's distribution built from scratch and designed to rescue data from a damaged system, backup and restore operating systems, and automate tasks: "Plop Linux 4.2.1 released. The i486 version is now the default version to avoid some PAE troubles. The PAE version is still available as an additional version. ClamAV is back in Plop Linux, it's included in the opt.sqfs and it's available as an optional tar.gz package. New ClamAV 0.97.4; updated glib 2.32.1, Linux kernel 3.3.1, Midnight Commander 4.8.2; ISO boot - find ISO image on hard disk bug fix; NFS boot - optional mount parameter bug fix; optional X new and updates to GNOME 3.4, GParted 0.12, MPlayer 2012-03-31, Firefox 11.0, WINE 1.5.1; desktop website icon removed." Here is the full changelog. Download the full live DVD image with GNOME 3.4 (for other options please see the project's download page): ploplinux-4.2.1-X.iso (1,001MB, MD5), ploplinux-4.2.1-x64-X.iso (1,008MB, MD5).
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| 2012-03-02 |
Distribution Release: Plop Linux 4.2.0 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 4.2.0, a utility live CD or DVD (with Fluxbox and GNOME 3) designed to rescue data from a damaged system, backup and restore operating systems, and automate common tasks: "Plop Linux 4.2.0 released. Changelog: a lot of software updates; support for blind people (brltty, Orca) + preconfigured GNOME version 3.3.91; new developer release + separated X.Org and GNOME archives; documentation completely reorganized and updated; example - live editions as NAS server, media server, printer server; example - Plop Linux Developer edition as base distribution, compile programs; boot scripts updated; new network boot options - TFTP, FTP, HTTP ISO boot ISO from network; locale environments updated; full zoneinfo directory added; PXE configuration simplified; sqfs changed to etc.tgz." See the detailed changelog for further information. Download (MD5): ploplinux-4.2.0.iso (82.3MB), ploplinux-4.2.0-X.iso (967MB), ploplinux-4.2.0-x64.iso (88.8MB), ploplinux-4.2.0-x64-X.iso (973MB).
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| 2011-08-10 |
Distribution Release: Plop Linux 4.1.2 |
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Elmar Hanlhofer has announced the release of Plop Linux 4.1.2, a small utility live CD (now also with Fluxbox and GNOME options) designed to rescue data from a damaged system, backup and restore operating systems and automate common tasks. From the changelog: "Plop Linux 4.1.2 released. Updated Linux kernel 3.0.1, Nmap 5.51, NTFS-3G 2011.4.12AR.4, OpenSSH 5.8p2, OpenSSL 1.0.0d, Samba 3.5.9, Squashfs 4.2, udev 171, Plop boot manager 5.0.13; setupavg - environment variables set automatically when the user logs in; fpupdate - alias is set to avoid 'Out of memory problem' when running without full path; default kernel compiled for i586 with PAE enabled additional kernel with i486 settings compiled; possible resolv.conf conflict during network boot fixed." Links to download the larger live CD with GNOME/Fluxbox: ploplinux-4.1.2-X.iso (673MB, MD5), ploplinux-4.1.2-x64-X.iso (673MB, MD5).
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