What's new in Porteus Xfce 5.0 RC1
Jun 30, 2019
- Slackware updated the pkgtools package which moved all package info files to /var/lib/pkgtools/packages. A symlink was left at /var/log/packages
- Major version updates have been made to icu, glibc, gcc, mesa, xorg-server
- We have finally managed to completely replace python2 with python3 for all desktops. This means python2 is no longer in our default package list.
- pauth now acts as our authorizing agent in place of the various other graphical su applications.
- Meson and ninja are now in 05_devel
- All ISO files are now hybrid ISOs. This means you may also now use dd to write the ISO file directly to a removeable drive.
New in Porteus Xfce 4.0 (Apr 30, 2018)
- Kernel 4.16.3
- Core is based on Slackware current
- 7 desktop options to choose from! :crazy:
- New configuration file at porteus/porteus-v4.0-x86_64.cfg which replaces the .sgn file and can hold cheatcodes. One per line.
- New update-browser feature to update or download your preferred browser (available in GUI)
- Support for EFI (using syslinux for both BIOS and EFI boots) Only one config file now exists for both methods: /mnt/sdXY/boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg
- New Porteus update feature built in to update the base modules
- Intel microcode available in boot folder (load with initrd=/boot/syslinux/intel-ucode.cpio,/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz in boot line)
New in Porteus Xfce 4.0 RC4 (Feb 19, 2018)
- Kernel 4.15.2
- Core is based on Slackware current
- 7 desktop options to choose from! :crazy:
- New configuration file at porteus/porteus-v4.0-x86_64.cfg which replaces the .sgn file and can hold cheatcodes. One per line.
- New update-browser feature to update or download your preferred browser (available in GUI)
- Support for EFI (using syslinux for both BIOS and EFI boots) Only one config file now exists for both methods: /mnt/sdXY/boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg
- New Porteus update feature built in to update the base modules
- Intel microcode available in boot folder (load with initrd=/boot/syslinux/intel-ucode.cpio,/boot/syslinux/initrd.xz in boot line)
New in Porteus Xfce 3.2.2 (Dec 29, 2016)
- kernel 4.9
- pulseaudio
- eudev
- consolekit2
- more complete 000-kernel firmware
New in Porteus Xfce 3.2 RC5 (Sep 12, 2016)
- This release upgrades to kernel-4.7.2, updates many packages, fixes most reported bugs from rc4 and makes a major update to KDE5 which seems more responsive now.
New in Porteus Xfce 3.1 (Dec 9, 2014)
- CORE:
- Linux kernel 3.17.4
- Kernel config: compiled support for FB_EFI, increased number of Aufs branches to 1024, added input drivers
- Porteus Installer: user must type 'ok' before MBR will be updated. This is to prevent installation made by accident on unwanted partition.
- Added 'ntpdate' utility from ntp package which syncs the clock over internet if 'timezone=' cheatcode is enabled
- XFCE:
- Rebuilt from scratch v4.10
- Added fixed drives to file manager pane
- BROWSERS UPGRADES:
- firefox-31.3.0
- google-chrome-39.0.2171.71
- opera-12.16.1860
- flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.424
- OFFICE UPDATES:
- LibreOffice 4.3.4
- PROPRIETARY DRIVERS:
- AMD Catalyst 14.9
- nVidia 340.58
- nVidia legacy 304.123
New in Porteus Xfce 3.1 RC2 (Nov 17, 2014)
- core.xzm:
- upgraded to: bash-4.2.053-x86_64-1_slack14.1, glibc-solibs-2.17-x86_64-9_slack14.1, glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1_slack14.1, openssh-6.7p1-x86_64-1_slack14.1, usm-3.1.7-noarch-3, wget-1.14-x86_64-3_slack14.1, wgetpaste-2.25-noarch-1ftm
- xorg.xzm:
- changed usm.desktop to include 'package manager' in application name
- upgraded to: isomaster-1.3.12-x86_64-1ftm, libbluray-0.6.2-x86_64-1ftm, libdrm-2.4.58-x86_64-1ftm, libva-1.4.1-x86_64-1ftm, libva-intel-driver-1.4.1-x86_64-1ftm, mesa-10.3.3-x86_64-1ftm, pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1ftm, xf86-video-ati-7.5.0-x86_64-1ftm
- firefox.xzm:
- upgraded to: flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.418
- opera.xzm:
- upgraded to: flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.418
- devel.xzm:
- upgraded to: glibc-2.17-x86_64-9_slack14.1
- libreoffice.xzm:
- upgraded to: LibreOffice-4.3.3
New in Porteus Xfce 3.1 RC1 (Oct 19, 2014)
- kernel:
- Upgraded to linux-3.17.0
- Kernel config: compiled support for FB_EFI, increased number of Aufs branches to 1024
- Porteus-installer-for-Linux.com:
- User must type 'ok' before MBR will be updated. This is to prevent installation mady by accident on unwanted partition.
- kernel.xzm:
- Upgraded to: cryptsetup-1.6.6
- core.xzm:
- Added 'rfkill' package
- Added 'ntpdate' utility from ntp package which synces the clock over internet if 'timezone=' cheatcode is enabled
- Updated dir2xzm to search for top root directories like" /etc, /opt, /root, if exist then run mksquashfs with '-keep-root-dir' flag
- Upgraded to: alsa-lib-1.0.28, alsa-utils-1.0.28, bash-4.2.050, dosfstools-3.0.26, e2fsprogs-1.42.12, kernel-firmware-stripped-0.6, kmod-18, ntfs-3g-2014.2.15, openssl-1.0.1j, squashfs-tools-4.3, unrar-5.1.6, usm-3.1.7, xfsdump-3.1.4, xfsprogs-3.2.1
- xorg.xzm:
- Added 'polyglot' online translator
- Upgraded to: asunder-2.5, ffmpeg-2.1.5, isomaster-1.3.11, libass-0.11.2, libbluray-0.6.1, libdrm-2.4.56, libva-1.3.1, libva-intel-driver-1.3.2, libvdpau-0.8, libvdpau-va-gl-0.3.4, libvpx-1.3.0, mesa-10.3.0, mozilla-nss-3.16.5, opus-tools-0.1.9, xf86-input-evdev-2.8.4, xf86-input-synaptics-1.7.6, xf86-video-ast-1.0.1, xf86-video-ati-7.4.0, xf86-video-modesetting-0.9.0, xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11, xvidcore-1.3.3
- xfce.xzm:
- Rebuilt from scratch v4.10
- Added whisker-menu as default
- Removed gtk3
- Added ePDF viewer
- Added audacious as audio player
- firefox.xzm:
- Replaced default homepage with 'new tab' function containing shoutcuts to various Porteus related sites
- Upgraded flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.406
- chrome.xzm:
- Upgraded google-chrome-38.0.2125.104
- opera.xzm:
- Upgraded flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.406
- libreoffice.xzm:
- Upgraded to LibreOffice-4.3.2
- skype.xzm:
- Upgraded to skype-4.3.0.37
New in Porteus Xfce 3.0.1 (Aug 6, 2014)
- kernel:
- upgraded to latest LTS: linux-3.14.15
- kernel config: added ecryptfs, ipv6 iptables and aloop kernel modules
- initrd:
- fixed handling of .wh files in 'changes=EXIT:' cheatcode
- kernel.xzm:
- upgraded to broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248
- core-xzm:
- security fixes: curl-7.36.0, dhcpcd-6.0.5, openssh-6.6p1, openssl-1.0.1h, shadow-4.1.5.1
- firmware: added rt3071.bin and rt3290.bin, added missing rt3070.bin and rt3090.bin symlinks, upgraded to latest radeon firmware
- fixed 'changes-time' script when run from guest account
- fixed 'dump-session' script which broke after introducing 'changes-ro' cheatcode
- Laptop-Mode-Tools: blacklisted 'usbhid' module in usb-autosuspend.conf
- upgraded package manager to USM-3.1.4
- xorg.xzm:
- security fixes: libjpeg-v8a, mozilla-nss-3.16
- fixed burning Audio CDs through pburn by adding missing packages: audiofile-0.3.6 cdrdao-1.2.3 esound-0.2.41 libao-1.1.0
- Porteus-Settings-Centre fixes by brokenman
- kde.xzm:
- security fixes: gnupg-1.4.17
- reverted to bluedevil-1.3.1 and libbluedevil-1.9.3 to fix bluetooth support under kde4 desktop
- firefox.xzm:
- security fixes: flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.394, mozilla-firefox-31.0
- chrome.xzm:
- upgraded to 36.0.1985.125
- opera.xzm:
- Opera remains at the same version 12.16.1860 but with a flash upgrade to 11.2.202.394.
- libreoffice.xzm:
- upgraded to version: Version: 4.3.0.4
- drivers:
- upgraded to: amd-catalyst-14.4-porteus-v3.0.1, nVidia-173.14.39-porteus-v3.0.1, nVidia-304.123-porteus-v3.0.1, nVidia-340.24-porteus-v3.0
New in Porteus Xfce 3.0 (Mar 12, 2014)
- CORE:
- Replaced Porteus Package Manager with a new version (GUI and CLI ... CLI si called 'usm')
- We no longer need to maintain a porteus module repository and the new version will pull slackware package across 5 repositories and convert to modules.
- Upgraded kernel to linux-3.13.6
- pxe-server: added support for random IP from private pool when nothing is defined
- Configured logrotate to rotate system logs once they reach 500KB in size
- Added: archivemount-0.8.3, libvdpau-va-gl-0.3.2
- BROWSERS UPGRADES:
- Mozilla Firefox 24.3.0
- Google Chrome 33.0.1750.146
- Opera 12.16.1860
- Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.341
- OFFICE UPDATES:
- LibreOffice 4.2.1
- PRINTING:
- Fixed the missing test page for hp printers
- Added support for some legacy Canon Pixma printers (note that the compat-32 module is required for this to work with 64-bit porteus) - thanks Blaze and Francois!
New in Porteus Xfce 3.0 RC2 (Feb 8, 2014)
- downgraded xfdesktop to 4.10.2 as 4.11.1 introduced a bug that broke updating the wallpaper through the thunar right-click menu
- fixed mimetypes so clicking 'show files' after extracting with filer-roller opens the folder in Thunar instead of audacious (lol)
- /etc/lxdm.conf now points to '/usr/bin/startde' which is a symlink to startlxde or startxfce4, respectively. This fixes a bug where switching between lxde and xfce with saved changes causes you to get stuck at the login screen. Thanks to fanthom for suggesting the fix :)
- added '7za' from the p7zip package and symlinked 7z to it. This should resolve our problems with file-roller not being able to open or create some file types, as file-roller defaults to 7z for several filetypes if 7z is present; the 7z we have in 001-core is actually a symlink to 7zr which is a stripped standalone binary that is only capable of handling .7z files. '7za' handles more filetypes but still not as many as the full 7z application that is much larger still; if you are still experiencing extract/compress proplems through file-roller please let me know the filetype so I can evaluate our need for the full package, and/or install the full p7zip package to get this functionality.
- patched file-roller so that extracting iso images works with the newer libarchive
- recompiled gvfs to add Samba and http backends (note these backends need extra packages to work). this was compiled against samba-3.6 from Slackware 14.0 as it won't work against Samba-4 from Slackware 14.1 -- it should still work at runtime against samba-4 but please let me know if you run into troubles. http support requires glib-networking, gnutls, gsettings-desktop-schemas, libproxy and libsoup (already in Xfce).
- recompiled audacious-plugins and a newer version of mplayer against the newer ffmpeg
New in Porteus Xfce 3.0 RC1 (Dec 24, 2013)
- Set mimetypes in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list to fix activation on double click and various other mimetype defaults (thanks brokenman for the help)
- Added winff, at-spi2-atk and core (new gtk+3 deps), gcr, libtasn1, p11-kit (new gnome-keyring deps)
- Fixed xfce volumeicon not opening alsamixer
- Modified xfce .gtkrc-2.0 to show text against light or dark background (thanks to jimwg)
- Upgraded to Linux kernel 3.12.4
- Porteus-installer-for-Linux: fixed installation on MMC cards and when udisks2 helper mounts the media under the /run directory
- cheatcodes:
- Added 'changes-ro' cheatcode which keeps saved changes in a frozen state. This is handy if you have set your system 'how you like' and do not want to make other modifications to it.
- Added 'utc' cheatcode which tell Porteus that the hardware clock is set to UTC time and not to localtime.
- Tweaked 'kmap=' cheatcode so now its possible to use keyboard layout variants. Cheatcode syntax is: 'kamp=$layout:$variant', example: 'kmap=pl:qwertz'. Old syntax: 'kmap=pl,us' or 'kmap=pl' is still valid
- kernel config:
- Added squashfs multi-threaded decompression patch (backported from linux-3.13) which should make Porteus even faster on multi CPU machines
- Added support for ACL and Security Labels to all filesystems which supports these features
- Compiled many drivers directly into kernel as there is no point for loading them by udev if they will be used anyway during live session
- core.xzm:
- Removed guest from plugdev group to fix udisks2 issues with unauthorized mounting
- Updated txz2xzm, deb2xzm and rpm2xzm scripts to support converting of multiple packages. Example: 'txz2xzm /path/some_folder/*' will convert all packages from that folder in one run
- Fixed saving to .dat container when it is placed on ntfs partition
- Fixed 'changes=EXIT:' not saving the session with full paths
- Added empty and non executable by default /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown script for users who need to do custom actions before Porteus goes down
- Reenabled lcd brightness control in laptop-mode-tools config
- Fixed broken pns/xpns tools and added possibility for setting netmask to the pns-tool
- Added check to the booting and activate/deactivate scripts for 32bit caches which needs to be updated in x86_64 multilib environment
- Updated 'psinfo' and 'xpsinfo' utilities which now provides more information about the PC Porteus is booted on
- Tweaked activate scripts so restarting of the panel in not needed anymore
- Recompiled ntfs-3g to add extra ntfsprogs utilities not included in Slackware by default
- Added iproute2 and pcmciautils packages along with other Slackware-14.1 dependencies
- xorg.xzm:
- Updated 'watch-xorg' script which should help us getting into GUI in every case
- Updated context menu scripts to display notification rather than confirmation window
- Upgraded opensource 2D and 3D drivers to their latest versions (OpenGL-3.x compatibility for certain GPUs)
- Added ffmpeg with all required deps and opus-tools so Asunder can rip audio CDs to the opus files directly
- Updated gtk tools: gtk-porteus-timeconfig, gtk-soundcard-select, gtk-xkb-select, PPM and updater are disabled for rc's.
- Software:
- Mozilla Firefox 24.2.0 ESR and latest flash
- Google Chrome-31.0.1650.63
- Opera 12.16.1860
- Added src2pkg package
- Abiword 3.0.0
- LibreOffice 4.1.4 (64bit version has 4.1.3)
- Rebuilt based on Slackware 14.1 and recompiled non-standard slack packages from source
- Fixed a bug that resulted in a missing print test page for hplip
- Drivers:
- Upgraded to latest available versions and dropped catalyst-legacy as it does not compile against recent kernel/Xorg anymore
- Added 32bit opengl to 64bit nVidia proprietary drivers
New in Porteus Xfce 2.1 (Aug 9, 2013)
- upgraded MPlayer (thanks to fanthom for providing updated source/build)
- fixed broken txz/tgz icons in Thunar right click menus
- fixed Thunar right click menus that weren't working in RC2
- added 'gifsicle', which is required for creating animated gifs with mtpaint (thanks Rava!)
New in Porteus Xfce 2.1 RC1 (Jun 5, 2013)
- upgraded several Xfce components to version 4.10.1
- updated several applications to their latest stable version