Porteus is based on the Linux Live Scripts which have been heavily modified by Chief maintainer Fanthom for a much faster booting and shutdown time.
In essence, Porteus distro is a portable Slackware which started out as Fanthom keeping the Slax OS up to date as a community remix project. Unlike a standard linux install Porteus, exists in a compressed state on the postable drive.
It has no /root /bin /etc file structure on the portable device itself, rather this is created on the fly during the boot process, which only takes around 20-30 seconds on a relatively new computer.
It is modular in design which means extra software comes in the form of 'modules' which can be activated and injected into the live file system. It does not need to be installed and uninstalled as you may expect with other operating systems which takes numerous amounts of clicks and agreements.
You simply double click on the module and it is activated in a second or two and ready for use. To remove it just double click again and the module is deactivated. It's that simple!
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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· kernel bumped to version 3.3.4 (all editions)
· KDE upgraded to 4.8.3 (64-bit standard edition)
· Trinity upgraded to 3.5.13 (R14) (32-bit standard edition)
· XFCE upgraded to 4.10 final (both XFCE editions)
· LXDE upgraded to latest version from git (both standard editions)
· Firefox upgraded to version 12.0 (all editions)
· rewritten Language-Selection-Tool, Magic-Folders setup tool, Save.dat setup tool (including encrypted save.dat support)
· upgraded Porteus Installer, Porteus Package Manager and pns-tool
· wicd and python dropped from 64-bit, Network Manager is used for wifi connections instead
· K3B dropped from 64-bit in favor of pburn and transmission, pidgin, avidemux, asunder, and isomaster were added
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