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Last Update: 2023-09-27 00:46 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: 111 (100), 6 months: 115 (88), 3 months: 97 (114), 4 weeks: 48 (219), 1 week: 10 (734)

Average visitor rating: 9/10 from 13 review(s).


Porteus Summary
Distribution Porteus
Home Page http://www.porteus.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 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
 • 2014-12-09: Distribution Release: Porteus 3.1
 • More Porteus releases...

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Feature 5.01 4.0 3.2.2 3.1 3.0.1 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 Feature
Release Date 2023-09-26 2018-04-30 2016-12-29 2014-12-09 2014-08-05 2013-08-09 2013-02-20 2012-07-04 2012-01-08 2011-06-23 Release Date
End Of Life                     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 300-500 200-400 200-500               Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Installation
Default Desktop 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) Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- GOffice GOffice -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture 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 Init Software
Journaled File Systems -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                     Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 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 5.01 4.0 3.2.2 3.1 3.0.1 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.6 2.8.6 -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 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 (1.2.10)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 21.0.0 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.19) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.19)
chromium (117.0.5938.132) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (117.0.5938.132)
cups (2.4.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.5.4 1.4.6 1.4.6 1.4.6 cups (2.4.7)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.1 4.3.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 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 (1.47.0)
firefox (118.0.1) -- -- -- 31.3.0 31.0 21.0 18.0.2 13.0.1 9.0.1 4.0.1 firefox (118.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 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 (2.13.2)
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.7.1 4.5.2 4.5.2 4.5.2 gcc (13.2.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- 2.8.6 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.8.2 -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.38) 2.35 2.27 2.23 2.17 2.17 2.15 2.15 2.13 2.13 2.13 glibc (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.0) 41.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.0)
gnucash (5.4-1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.4-1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.10.17 1.10.17 -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.06)
gtk (4.12.3) 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 (4.12.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3)
k3b (23.08.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.2 2.0.2 k3b (23.08.1)
kmod (31) 29 25 22 18 16 14 12 -- -- -- kmod (31)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.6.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (7.6.2)
linux (6.5.5) 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 (6.5.5)
Package 5.01 4.0 3.2.2 3.1 3.0.1 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.8.2 -- -- 0.6.1 0.5.12.1 0.5.10 0.5.10 0.5.8 git lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.0.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.0.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.0 1.20.1 1.16.0 1.9.1 1.7.1 1.7.0 -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
mesa (23.2.1) 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 (23.2.1)
mysql (8.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.1.0)
nautilus (45.0) 41.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (45.0)
NVIDIA (535.113.01) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (535.113.01)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.2 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.4.11.2 3.4.11.2 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (21)
openssh (9.4p1) 9.3p2 7.7p1 7.3p1 6.7p1 6.6p1 6.1p1 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 openssh (9.4p1)
openssl (3.1.3) 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 (3.1.3)
perl (5.38.0) 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 (5.38.0)
php (8.2.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.11)
plasma-desktop (5.27.8) 5.23.5 5.12.3 5.8.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.8)
postfix (3.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.2)
postgresql (16.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.0)
Python (3.11.5) 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 (3.11.5)
qt (6.5.3) 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 (6.5.3)
samba (4.19.0) 4.18.5 4.7.6 4.4.5 4.1.0 4.1.0 3.6.8 -- 3.2.4 -- -- samba (4.19.0)
systemd (254.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (254.5)
thunderbird (115.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (115.3.1)
vim (9.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- 2.1.2 2.0.6 -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.20.0 1.14.0 1.9.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 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 (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 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 (21.1.8)

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Version: 5.0
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-12-10
Votes: 7


Pro
- Very good live cd for those who like to customize and create their own version.
- Good documentation and a forum with responsive and nice people.
- Several desktop environments available: KDE, XFCE, LXDE etc...
- A custom version with everything I need is present in the Ikki Boot compilation (Firefox with Ublock origin and DuckduckGo as search engine) ^^

Cons
- By default no internet browser, despite the presence of a script that allows you to download and install one.
- A Slackware based live cd that can be complicated to customize for a newbie.


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Version: 5.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2022-11-02
Votes: 3


Delete a large file or many files, yet the file system size doesn't adjust down to allow more files.
(yes I emptied the bin, rebooted etc)
Bit tricky for newbies learning how to create and save a "save.dat"
Keep it simple and save the created save.dat (or what ever you call yours) into the folder "porteus"
The saved.dat needs to be outside the OS root folder. I don't add the SDD1 stuff.

APPEND changes=/porteus/saved.dat

Where's the new software (aka module) installer? Web browser installer is easy, but what about email clients and VLC etc.
Hunting around for modules (apps) and plonking them into the modules folder is a pain.
The overall look and feel is great. It's light and fast like Puppy, but without the Windows 3.1 feel.
It's not my daily, just a spare OS on a spare USB in my draw to play with when bored.
Lubuntu's staying on my key chain a bit longer.


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Version: 5.0
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-09-21
Votes: 2


I managed to get the 5.0 to install on a usb stick, the os runs smoothly and is very quick, Its nice to have a choice of your favorite browser, but like your revue, I too was disappointed with persistance problem. I have tried to follow the instructions but did not succeed in getting it to save for the next reboot. Should the devs fix this problem I think the os has a very good future. I will not be using it on a day to day basis as the programs that I download don't survive the next reboot, unfortunately. For future version I will keeping an eye on it.


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