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Porteus


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC


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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 101 (119), 6 months: 100 (133), 3 months: 116 (117), 4 weeks: 134 (112), 1 week: 103 (123)

Average visitor rating: 8.11/10 from 18 review(s).


Porteus Summary
Distribution Porteus
Home Page http://www.porteus.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://forum.porteus.org/
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Documentation http://porteus.org/docs.html
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-01-04: Development Release: Porteus 5.1 Alpha
 • 2023-09-27: Distribution Release: Porteus 5.01
 • 2022-07-04: Distribution Release: Porteus 5.0
 • 2021-07-08: Development Release: Porteus 5.0 RC3
 • 2020-08-09: Development Release: Porteus 5.0 RC2
 • 2019-06-16: Development Release: Porteus 5.0 RC1
 • 2018-04-30: Distribution Release: Porteus 4.0
 • 2018-02-15: Development Release: Porteus 4.0 RC4
 • 2016-12-29: Distribution Release: Porteus 3.2.2
 • 2016-09-10: Development Release: Porteus 3.2 RC5
 • 2016-06-08: Development Release: Porteus 3.2 RC3
 • 2016-05-08: Development Release: Porteus 3.2 RC2
 • More Porteus releases...

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  • 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.
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Default Desktop Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Xfce Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Xfce Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Openbox, Xfce Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, MATE, Xfce KDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce KDE, LXDE, MATE, Razor-qt, Xfce KDE, LXDE, MATE, Razor-qt, Xfce KDE, LXDE, Razor-qt, Xfce Trinity, KDE, LXDE, Xfce Trinity, KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) tar.xz (slapt-get, slackpkg) Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- GOffice GOffice -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 i586, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                       Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 5.1-alpha2 5.01 4.0 3.2.2 3.1 3.0.1 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 Full Package List
Package 5.1-alpha2 5.01 4.0 3.2.2 3.1 3.0.1 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.13 1.2.5.1 1.1.6 1.1.1 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.24.1 alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 21.0.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.1)                       apparmor (4.1.1)
apt (3.1.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.3)
bash (5.3) 5.2 5.1 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.11)
chromium (138.0.7204.157) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (138.0.7204.157)
cinnamon (6.4.10) 6.4.8 5.2.7 3.6.7 3.2.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.4.10)
cups (2.4.12) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.5.4 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 cups (2.4.12)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.2 1.46.5 1.44.1 1.43.1 1.42.12 1.42.8 1.42.8 1.42.6 1.41.14 1.41.14 1.41.14 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (7.1.1) 7.1.1 4.4.2 3.4.2 3.0.2 2.1.5 2.1.4 -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (7.1.1)
firefox (140.0.4) -- -- -- -- 31.3.0 31.0 21.0 18.0.2 13.0.1 9.0.1 4.0.1 firefox (140.0.4)
flatpak (1.16.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.11.1 2.9 2.6.3 2.5.0.1 2.5.0.1 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.10 2.4.4 2.4.4 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (15.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.7.1 4.5.2 4.5.2 4.5.2 gcc (15.1.0)
gimp (3.0.4) -- -- -- -- 2.8.6 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.8.2 -- -- -- gimp (3.0.4)
git (2.50.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.50.1)
glibc (2.41) 2.41 2.35 2.27 2.23 2.17 2.17 2.15 2.15 2.13 2.13 2.13 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (48.3) -- 41.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (48.3)
grub (2.12) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.18.6) 3.24.49 3.24.33 3.22.29 3.18.9 2.24.20 2.24.20 2.24.10 2.24.10 2.24.4 2.24.4 2.24.4 gtk (4.18.6)
httpd (2.4.64) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.64)
inkscape (1.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.2)
kmod (34.2) 34.1 29 25 22 18 16 14 12 -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.11)
LibreOffice (25.2.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (25.2.5)
Package 5.1-alpha2 5.01 4.0 3.2.2 3.1 3.0.1 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 Package
libselinux (3.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.15.7) 6.14 6.5.5 4.16.3 4.9 3.17 3.14.15 3.9.11 3.7.8 3.4.4 3.1.1 2.6.38.8 linux (6.15.7)
mariadb (11.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.8.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.26.0 1.20.1 1.16.0 1.9.1 1.7.1 1.7.0 -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.1.6) 25.0.2 21.3.5 18.0.0 11.2.2 10.3.3 10.1.0 9.1.6 9.0.2 7.10.2 7.10.2 7.10.2 mesa (25.1.6)
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.3.0)
nautilus (48.3) -- 41.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (48.3)
NVIDIA (575.64.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (575.64.03)
openjdk (24.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (24.0.2)
openssh (10.0p1) 9.9p2 9.3p2 7.7p1 7.3p1 6.7p1 6.6p1 6.1p1 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 openssh (10.0p1)
openssl (3.5.1) 3.4.1 1.1.1w 1.0.2o 1.0.2j 1.0.1j 1.0.1h 1.0.1e 1.0.1d 0.9.8x 0.9.8r 0.9.8r openssl (3.5.1)
perl (5.42.0) 5.40.1 5.32.0 5.26.1 5.22.2 5.18.1 5.18.1 5.16.3 5.16.1 5.14.0 5.12.3 5.12.3 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.4.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.10)
plasma-desktop (6.4.3) 5.27.12 5.23.5 5.12.3 5.8.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.4.3)
postfix (3.10.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.3)
postgresql (17.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.5)
Python (3.13.5) 3.12.9 3.9.18 2.7.14 2.7.11 2.7.5 2.7.5 2.7.3 -- -- 2.6.6 2.6.6 Python (3.13.5)
qt (6.9.1) 6.8.2 5.15.3 5.9.5 5.7.0 4.8.5 4.8.5 4.8.4 4.8.4 4.8.2 4.7.4 4.7.0 qt (6.9.1)
samba (4.22.3) 4.22.0 4.18.5 4.7.6 4.4.5 4.1.0 4.1.0 3.6.8 -- 3.2.4 -- -- samba (4.22.3)
systemd (257.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.7)
thunderbird (140.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (140.0.1)
vim (9.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- -- 2.1.2 2.0.6 -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.23.1 1.20.0 1.14.0 1.9.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.16.0 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.11.8 4.10.2 4.10.2 4.10.0 4.10.0 -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.18) 21.1.16 1.20.14 1.19.6 1.18.3 1.14.5 1.14.5 1.12.4 1.12.3 1.9.5 1.9.5 1.9.5 xorg-server (21.1.18)

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