What's new in Puppy Linux "Slacko" 6.3.2
Jun 23, 2016
- Latest bugfixes from upstream Slackware64 - 14.1
- NEW - 64 bit EUFI boot capability! It is designed to boot on any x86 computer but will only boot UEFI 64 bit computers (rare anyway)
- New kernels following LTS branches of 3 series built with f2fs support and 4 series kernels. The shipped kernel is 3.14.55
- New "change_kernels" script to easily change kernels
- Many Icon and Graphical User Interface improvements throughout the system.
- Ffmpeg and supporting programs including Pmusic and Mplayer.
- Joe's Window Manager (JWM).
- Visual and bugfix improvements to the tools to configure JWM, including the new PTheme, a global theme manager for JWM and ROX desktop
- Updated Firefox ESR
- Improvements to the graphical firewall program
- Samba, used to share files with Windows, is shipped by default
- evince pdf viewer
- Many other updated programs.
New in Puppy Linux "Slacko" 6.3.0 (Nov 18, 2015)
- Updated "First Run" GUI with bugfixes and visual enhancements.
- New kernels following LTS branches of 3 series built with f2fs support and 4 series kernels. The shipped kernel is 4.1.11
- New "change_kernels" script to easily change kernels
- Many Icon and Graphical User Interface improvements throughout the system.
- Latest Ffmpeg and supporting programs including Pmusic and Mplayer.
- Updated Joe's Window Manager (JWM).
- Visual and bugfix improvements to the tools to configure JWM, including the new PTheme, a global theme manager for JWM and ROX desktop
- Updated Firefox and Abiword
- new graphical firewall program
- Samba, used to share files with Windows, is shipped by default
- replaced epdfview with evince pdf viewer
- Many other updated programs.
New in Puppy Linux "Slacko" 5.7 (Mar 12, 2014)
- A significant development has been to redesign the pup_event_frontend_d daemon from a single script, to a modular format with a small compiled daemon
- Support for running Internet applications as user 'spot'. The original LoginManager has now become the Login and Security Manager
- QuickSetup now displays extra network configuration options
- A new IPC (InterProcess Communication) system based on inotify
- A long-time problem we had with overlapping desktop drive icons fixed
- Many more bug fixes and improvements
New in Puppy Linux "Slacko" 5.6 (Aug 13, 2013)
- Improved SFS Manager
- Improved Updates Manager - to get the latest Slackware security fixes
- New kernels following LTS branches and either patched or already built with f2fs support
- Improved graphics support, with KMS and Mesa
- Proprietary video driver upgrades available for Nvidia and AMD/ATI graphics for new and legacy cards
- Ffmpeg-2.0 and supporting programs including Pmusic and Mplayer
- Abiword-2.9.4 and geany-1.23.1
- Sylpheed-3.3.0 for email
- Many other updated programs.
New in Puppy Linux "Slacko" 5.5 (Mar 6, 2013)
- A gadzillion fixes and improvements
- Improved Multiple Sound Card Wizard
- Trash applet fixed
- Puppy Universal dd (Pudd) improved
- Full support for udf filesystem
- New top-level /run directory
- Preliminary support for f2fs (Flash Friendly File System)
- Infrastructure to support Frisbee network manager
- Major overhaul finding categories of packages
New in Puppy Linux "Slacko" 5.4 (Dec 3, 2012)
- It's out! Slacko is one of our flagship puppies, built with the latest Woof from Slackware 14.0 binary packages. It is all-puppy right through, with the advantage of binary compatibility with Slackware 14.0 and access to the Slackware package repositories.
New in Puppy Linux "Slacko" 5.3.1 (Dec 13, 2011)
- Slacko has had a very good reception, but as always there are things that can be improved, and Project Coordinator Mick Amadio has now released Slacko 5.3.1, a minor upgrade and bugfix release.