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Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 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: 132 (61), 6 months: 133 (64), 3 months: 130 (69), 4 weeks: 121 (63), 1 week: 110 (63)

Average visitor rating: 8.53/10 from 17 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

Full Package List:   Porteus 2.0
  Number of packages: 684 (download as TXT)
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  •  aaa_base-14.0-i486-5
  •  aaa_elflibs-14.0-i486-1ftm
  •  aaa_terminfo-5.8-i486-1
  •  aalib-1.4rc5-i486-3
  •  abiword-2.8.6-i486-1Ahau
  •  abiword-2.8.6-i486-4prt
  •  acl-2.2.51-i486-1
  •  acpid-2.0.17-i486-1ftm
  •  alsa-lib-1.0.26-i486-1
  •  alsa-utils-1.0.26-i486-1
  •  ark-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  aspell-0.60.6-i486-1
  •  aspell-en-6.0_0-noarch-4
  •  asunder-2.2-i486-1ftm
  •  atk-2.4.0-i486-1
  •  atkmm-2.22.6-i486-1Ahau
  •  atkmm-2.22.6-i486-1sl
  •  attica-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  attr-2.4.46-i486-1
  •  audacious-3.3.1-i486-2
  •  audacious-plugins-3.3.1-i486-1
  •  autoconf-2.69-noarch-1
  •  automake-1.11.5-noarch-1
  •  automoc4-0.9.88-i486-1
  •  avahi-0.6.31-i486-1ftm
  •  avidemux-2.5.6-i486-1ftm
  •  babl-0.1.10-i486-1
  •  bash-4.2.037-i486-1
  •  bc-1.06.95-i486-1
  •  bigreqsproto-1.1.2-noarch-1
  •  bin-11.1-i486-1
  •  binutils-2.22.52.0.2-i486-2
  •  bluedevil-1.2.4-i486-1ftm
  •  bluez-4.99-i486-1ftm
  •  bluez-firmware-1.2-i486-1
  •  bridge-utils-1.4-i486-1
  •  broadcom-sta-5.100.82.112-i486-1ftm
  •  bzip2-1.0.6-i486-1
  •  cairo-1.10.2-i486-2
  •  cairomm-1.10.0-i486-1Ahau
  •  cairomm-1.10.0-i486-1sl
  •  cddetect_quick_patched-2-i486-1ftm
  •  cdparanoia-III_10.2-i486-1
  •  cdrtools-3.01a08-i486-1
  •  cifs-utils-5.5-i486-1ftm
  •  close_dvd-1.00-i486-1ftm
  •  cmake-2.8.8-i486-2
  •  cmake-2.8.8-i486-1ftm
  •  compositeproto-0.4.2-noarch-1
  •  ConsoleKit-0.4.5-i486-1
  •  coreutils-8.19-i486-1
  •  cpio-2.11-i486-2
  •  cups-1.5.4-i486-2
  •  curl-7.29.0-i486-1_slack14.0
  •  curl-7.29.0-i486-2_slack14.0
  •  cxxlibs-6.0.17-i486-1
  •  cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-4
  •  damageproto-1.2.1-noarch-1
  •  dbus-1.4.20-i486-3
  •  dbus-glib-0.98-i486-1
  •  dconf-0.12.1-i486-1ftm
  •  dcron-4.5-i486-4
  •  dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.33-noarch-1
  •  desktop-file-utils-0.20-i486-1
  •  dhcpcd-5.5.6-i486-1
  •  dialog-1.1_20100428-i486-2
  •  diffutils-3.2-i486-1
  •  djvulibre-3.5.25.3-i486-1
  •  dmapi-2.2.10-i486-1
  •  dmenu-4.5-i486-1ftm
  •  dmidecode-2.11-i486-1
  •  dmxproto-2.3.1-noarch-1
  •  dnsmasq-2.57-i486-1
  •  dolphin-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  dosfstools-3.0.11-i486-2
  •  dri2proto-2.8-i486-1ftm
  •  dvd+rw-tools-7.1-i486-2
  •  e2fsprogs-1.42.6-i486-1
  •  easypaint-0.1.0-i486-1jay
  •  eject-2.1.5-i486-3
  •  enchant-1.5.0-i486-1
  •  epdfview-0.1.8-i486-1Ahau
  •  epdfview-0.1.8-i486-1ftm
  •  etc-14.0-i486-1
  •  ethtool-2.6.36-i486-1
  •  evolve-theme-noarch-1Ahau
  •  exiv2-0.23-i486-1
  •  exo-0.10.2-i486-1Ahau
  •  expat-2.0.1-i486-2
  •  extra-firmware-pack-0.4-fw-1ftm
  •  faac-1.28-i486-1ftm
  •  faad2-2.7-i486-1ftm
  •  file-5.11-i486-1
  •  file-roller-3.6.1.1-i486-1Ahau
  •  findutils-4.4.2-i486-1
  •  fixesproto-5.0-i486-1
  •  flac-1.2.1-i486-1ftm
  •  flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.270-i386-1alien
  •  flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.270-i486-1alien
  •  floppy-5.4-i386-3
  •  floppy-5.4-i486-3
  •  fontcacheproto-0.1.3-noarch-1
  •  fontconfig-2.9.0-i486-1
  •  fontsproto-2.1.2-noarch-1
  •  freeglut-2.8.0-i486-1
  •  freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack14.0
  •  fribidi-0.19.2-i486-3
  •  fuse-2.8.5-i486-1
  •  galculator-2.0-i486-1ftm
  •  gamin-0.1.10-i486-5
  •  garcon-0.2.0-i486-1Ahau
  •  gawk-3.1.8-i486-1
  •  gcc-4.7.1-i486-1
  •  gcc-g++-4.7.1-i486-1
  •  gd-2.0.35-i486-4
  •  gdbm-1.8.3-i486-4
  •  gdk-pixbuf2-2.26.1-i486-2
  •  gdm-2.20.11-i486-1_rlw
  •  geany-1.22-i486-1Ahau
  •  gegl-0.2.0-i486-1
  •  gettext-0.18.1.1-i486-3
  •  gettext-tools-0.18.1.1-i486-3
  •  gftp-2.0.19-i486-3
  •  giflib-4.1.6-i486-1
  •  gimp-2.8.2-i486-1
  •  glew-1.5.7-i486-1
  •  glib2-2.32.4-i486-1
  •  glibc-2.15-i486-7
  •  glibc-solibs-2.15-i486-7
  •  glibc-zoneinfo-2012f_2012f-noarch-7
  •  glibmm-2.32.1-i486-1Ahau
  •  glibmm-2.32.1-i486-1sl
  •  glproto-1.4.15-noarch-1
  •  glu-9.0.0-i486-1ftm
  •  gmp-5.0.5-i486-1
  •  gmtk-1.0.7-i486-1ftm
  •  gnome-keyring-3.0.3-i486-1ftm
  •  gnome-mplayer-1.0.7-i486-1ftm
  •  gnumeric-1.10.17-i486-1Ahau
  •  goffice-0.8.17-i486-1Ahau
  •  gparted-0.14.0-i486-1Ahau
  •  gparted-0.14.0-i486-1sl
  •  gpicview-0.2.3-i486-1ftm
  •  gpm-1.20.1-i486-5
  •  grep-2.14-i486-1
  •  groff-1.21-i486-1
  •  grsync-1.2.3-i486-1Ahau
  •  gtk+2-2.24.10-i486-2
  •  gtk+3-3.4.4-i486-1Ahau
  •  gtkdialog-0.8.2-i486-1ftm
  •  gtk-engines-2.20.2-i486-1Ahau
  •  gtkmm-2.24.2-i486-1Ahau
  •  gtkmm-2.24.2-i486-1sl
  •  gtk-nodoka-engine-0.7.5-i486-1ftm
  •  gtksourceview-2.11.2-i486-1Ahau
  •  gtk-xfce-engine-3.0.1-i486-1Ahau
  •  gvfs-1.12.3-i486-1Ahau
  •  gwenview-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  gx-mail-notify-0.4.4-i486-1ftm
  •  gzip-1.5-i486-1
  •  hdparm-9.37-i486-1
  •  hicolor-icon-theme-0.12-noarch-2
  •  hotplug2stdout-1.2.1-i486-1ftm
  •  httpfs2-0.1.5-i486-7_PORT
  •  httpfs2-0.1.5-i486-1ftm
  •  humanity-lxde-icon-theme-0.0.2-noarch-1ftm
  •  hunspell-1.3.2-i486-1
  •  iceauth-1.0.5-i486-1
  •  infozip-6.0-i486-1
  •  inputproto-2.2-noarch-1
  •  intltool-0.50.2-i486-1
  •  iptables-1.4.14-i486-2_slack14.0
  •  iputils-s20101006-i486-2
  •  ipw2100-fw-1.3-fw-1
  •  ipw2200-fw-3.1-fw-1
  •  iso-codes-3.24.2-noarch-1
  •  isomaster-1.3.9-i486-1ftm
  •  kactivities-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kamerka-0.8.1-i486-1ftm
  •  katepart-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kbd-1.15.3-i486-2
  •  kbproto-1.0.6-noarch-1
  •  kcheckpass-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kcm-gtk-config-1.7-i486-1ftm
  •  kcminit-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kcmshell-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kcm_touchpad-0.3.1-i486-1ftm
  •  kcontrol-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdebase-data-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdebase-desktoptheme-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdebase-kioslaves-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdebase-menu-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdebase-menu-icons-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdebase-startkde-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdebugdialog-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdelibs-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdepasswd-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdeplasma-addons-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdesu-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdialog-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdm-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdnssd-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kdontchangethehostname-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  keditfiletype-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  keepassx-0.4.3-i486-5sl
  •  kephal-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kernel-headers-3.2.29-x86-1
  •  kfile-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kfind-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kglobalaccel-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  khotkeys-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kiconfinder-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kinfocenter-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kioclient-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  klipper-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kmenuedit-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kmimetypefinder-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kmix-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kmod-12-i486-1ftm
  •  knetattach-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  knewstuff-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  knotify-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kolourpaint-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kompare-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  konsole-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kpasswdserver-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kquitapp-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  krdc-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kreadconfig-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  krfb-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  krunner-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kscreensaver-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  ksmserver-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  ksnapshot-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  ksplash-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kstart-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kstartupconfig-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kstyles-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  ksysguard-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  ktimezoned-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  ktraderclient-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  ktsuss-2-i486-1ftm
  •  kuiserver-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kurifilter-plugins-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kvkbd-0.6-i486-1ftm
  •  kwin-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  kwrite-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  lame-3.99.5-i486-1ftm
  •  laptop-mode-tools-1.62-i486-1ftm
  •  lcms-1.19-i486-2
  •  lcms2-2.3-i486-1
  •  leafpad-0.8.18.1-i486-1ftm
  •  less-451-i486-1
  •  libarchive-2.8.5-i486-1
  •  libarchive-3.0.4-i486-1Ahau
  •  libart_lgpl-2.3.21-i486-1
  •  libatasmart-0.19-i486-1
  •  libattica-0.4.1-i486-1ftm
  •  libbluedevil-1.9.2-i486-1ftm
  •  libcap-2.22-i486-1
  •  libcddb-1.3.2-i486-2
  •  libcdio-0.83-i486-1
  •  libcroco-0.6.5-i486-1
  •  libdaemon-0.14-i486-1ftm
  •  libdbusmenu-qt-0.9.2-i486-2
  •  libdmx-1.1.2-i486-1
  •  libdrm-2.4.40-i486-1
  •  libdrm-2.4.40-i486-1ftm
  •  libdvdread-4.2.0-i486-1
  •  libevent-2.0.21-i486-1ftm
  •  libexif-0.6.21-i486-1
  •  libffi-3.0.11-i486-1
  •  libfm-0.1.17-i486-1ftm
  •  libfontenc-1.1.1-i486-1
  •  libgcrypt-1.5.0-i486-1
  •  libglade-2.6.4-i486-4
  •  libgnomecanvas-2.30.3-i486-2sl
  •  libgnome-keyring-3.0.3-i486-1ftm
  •  libgpg-error-1.10-i486-1
  •  libgsf-1.14.20-i486-2
  •  libICE-1.0.8-i486-1
  •  libidl-0.8.14-i486-1
  •  libidn-1.25-i486-2
  •  libjpeg-v8a-i486-1
  •  libkipi-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  libkonq-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  libkworkspace-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  libmad-0.15.1b-i486-3
  •  libmng-1.0.10-i486-2
  •  libmpc-0.8.2-i486-2
  •  libnl3-3.2.11-i486-1
  •  libnotify-0.7.5-i486-1
  •  libogg-1.3.0-i486-1
  •  liboxygenstyle-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  libpciaccess-0.13.1-i486-1
  •  libplasmaclock-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  libplasmagenericshell-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  libpng-1.4.12-i486-1
  •  libpthread-stubs-0.3-noarch-1
  •  libraw1394-2.0.7-i486-1
  •  librsvg-2.36.1-i486-1ftm
  •  libsamplerate-0.1.7-i486-2
  •  libsigc++-2.2.10-i486-1Ahau
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  •  libSM-1.2.1-i486-1
  •  libsndfile-1.0.24-i486-1
  •  libsoup-2.38.1-i486-1Ahau
  •  libssh-0.5.3-i486-1_slack14.0
  •  libstatgrab-0.17-i486-1_SBo
  •  libtaskmanager-4.9.5-i486-1ftm
  •  libtermcap-1.2.3-i486-7
  •  libtiff-3.9.6-i486-1
  •  libtool-2.4.2-i486-1
  •  libunique-1.1.6-i486-1Ahau
  •  libusb-1.0.9-i486-1
  •  libusb-compat-0.1.4-i486-1
  •  libva-1.1.0-i486-1ftm
  •  libva-intel-driver-1.0.19-i486-1ftm
  •  libvdpau-0.4.1-i486-1ftm
  •  libvncserver-0.9.9-i486-1ftm
  •  libvorbis-1.3.3-i486-1
  •  libvpx-1.1.0-i486-1ftm
  •  libwmf-0.2.8.4-i486-5
  •  libwnck-2.30.7-i486-1Ahau
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  •  libwpd-0.9.4-i486-1
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  •  libXau-1.0.7-i486-1
  •  libXaw-1.0.11-i486-1
  •  libxcb-1.8.1-i486-1
  •  libXcomposite-0.4.3-i486-1
  •  libXcursor-1.1.13-i486-1
  •  libXdamage-1.1.3-i486-1
  •  libXdmcp-1.1.1-i486-1
  •  libXext-1.3.1-i486-1
  •  libxfce4ui-4.10.0-i486-1Ahau
  •  libxfce4util-4.10.0-i486-1Ahau
  •  libxfcegui4-4.10.0-i486-1Ahau
  •  libXfixes-5.0-i486-1
  •  libXfont-1.4.5-i486-1
  •  libXfontcache-1.0.5-i486-1
  •  libXft-2.3.1-i486-1
  •  libXi-1.6.1-i486-1
  •  libXinerama-1.1.2-i486-1
  •  libxkbfile-1.0.8-i486-1
  •  libxklavier-5.2.1-i486-1Ahau
  •  libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2_slack14.0
  •  libXmu-1.1.1-i486-1
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  •  libXpm-3.5.10-i486-1
  •  libXrandr-1.3.2-i486-1
  •  libXrender-0.9.7-i486-1
  •  libXres-1.0.6-i486-1
  •  libXScrnSaver-1.2.2-i486-1
  •  libxslt-1.1.26-i486-2
  •  libXt-1.1.3-i486-1
  •  libXtst-1.2.1-i486-1
  •  libXv-1.0.7-i486-1
  •  libXvMC-1.0.7-i486-1
  •  libXxf86misc-1.0.3-i486-1
  •  libXxf86vm-1.1.2-i486-1
  •  lm_sensors-3.3.2-i486-1
  •  logrotate-3.8.2-i486-1
  •  lsof-4.83-i486-1
  •  lvm2-2.02.96-i486-4
  •  lxappearance-0.5.2-i486-1ftm
  •  lxappearance-obconf-0.2.0-i486-1ftm
  •  lxde-common-0.5.5-i486-1ftm
  •  lxdm-0.4.1-i486-1Ahau
  •  lxdm-0.4.1-i486-1ftm
  •  lxinput-0.3.2-i486-1ftm
  •  lxlauncher-0.2.2-i486-1ftm
  •  lxmenu-data-0.1.2-i486-1ftm
  •  lxpanel-0.5.10-i486-1ftm
  •  lxpolkit-0.1.0-i486-1ftm
  •  lxrandr-0.1.2-i486-1ftm
  •  lxsession-0.4.6.1-i486-1ftm
  •  lxsession-edit-0.2.0-i486-1ftm
  •  lxshortcut-0.1.2-i486-1ftm
  •  lxtask-0.1.4-i486-1ftm
  •  lxterminal-0.1.11-i486-1ftm
  •  lynx-2.8.7-i486-3
  •  lzip-1.13-i486-1_SBo
  •  lzo-2.03-i486-1
  •  m4-1.4.16-i486-1
  •  make-3.82-i486-3
  •  makedepend-1.0.4-i486-1
  •  man-1.6g-i486-1
  •  mc-4.8.6-i486-1ftm
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  •  media-player-info-17-noarch-1
  •  meliae_svg-icon-theme-1.2-noarch-1Ahau
  •  menu-cache-0.3.3-i486-1ftm
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  •  mm-1.4.2-i486-2
  •  mobile-broadband-provider-info-20120614-i486-1
  •  ModemManager-0.5.2.0-i486-1
  •  mousepad-0.3.0-i486-1Ahau
  •  mozilla-firefox-18.0.2-i486-1_slack14.0
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  •  MPlayer-r34180-i486-1ftm
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  •  murrine-0.98.2-i486-1Ahau
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  •  neon-0.29.6-i486-2
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  •  networkmanagement-0.9.0.6-i486-1ftm
  •  NetworkManager-0.9.6.4-i486-1ftm
  •  network-manager-applet-0.9.6.4-i486-1ftm
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  •  network-scripts-14.00-noarch-3
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  •  nss-mdns-0.10-i486-1ftm
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  •  qastools-0.17.2-i486-1jay
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  •  screen-4.0.3-i486-3
  •  screengrab-0.9.85-i486-1ponce
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  •  sdl-1.2.14-i486-6_slack14.0
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  •  which-2.20-i486-1
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  •  wireless-tools-29-i486-9
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  •  wv-1.2.9-i486-1_rlw
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  •  x264-20120804-i486-1ftm
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Version: 5.01
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-08-07
Votes: 5


 The author doesn't seem interested in updating the SAL certificates on their website. Additionally several packages seem outdated and otherwise misconfigured. I get worried when it seems like there's no attention to detail in the distribution as that's where the problems start with security and maintainability. Slack is pretty long in tooth also and new users may not know how to use it. Most distros these days are moving towards some form of immutable configuration and containers support and this seems to be lacking also.


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Version: 5.01
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-07-23
Votes: 2


 The Good:
Fast, Small and reliable at least for casual usage.
All the downloads are under 500MB installation boots in seconds as promised.

The Bad:
Some configuration annoyances in the openbox version I use. Setting time zone did nothing so had to manually force it at startup.
Same kind of problems with desired resolution, I tried the startup scripts feature but no luck for me so manually forcing thi also.
Only manual editing the tint2 launcher bar icons, this more of a tint2 feature than porteus fault, but it could be mentioned on the user manual / tips section somewhere.
Updates doesn't seem to come very often so manual labour needed when you marry this with a not so intuitive package manager it not the most smooth experience.

Opinion:
personally I enjoy using it for my occasional needs because of the tiny installation size and fast boot times. Not many of these kind of distros that I know of these days.

Puppy is +700MB
TinyCore is super basic under 250MB
SliTaz updated last time 2014 according to distrowatch
antiX-base is around 1GB

As they advertise on hte porteus web page in light kiosk usage this could be the perfect solution.


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Version: 5.01
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-31
Votes: 9


 The best portable linux distro i've ever tried. I like the modules, i like the choice people have to make a persistent file to save changes made to the system or not.
It's pretty fast, it's not ressource hungry, and the hardware of my different computers just work out of the box.
It's also possible to download different desktop manager.
I'm even thinking about installing it on my computer. But it's so convenient to use it on a flash drive, and the fact that you can save all of your parameters in a file that can be copied everywhere you need it is fantastic.


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