blackPanther OS Changelog

What's new in blackPanther OS 18.1

Aug 1, 2019
  • Kernel 4.18.16 (64bit) and 5.1.15 (64bit)
  • Xorg 1.20.3 and vga drivers
  • Plazma: 5.14.2
  • Frameworks: 5.51.0
  • Qt version 5.11.1
  • More supported printer, example Xerox 3010, Oki, Konica, etc
  • Redesigned Fusion Logic PackageWizard manager
  • Two different but new desktop layout
  • App-helper with many new good applications
  • New App-Mime integration for system settings

New in blackPanther OS 16.1 (Aug 8, 2016)

  • Kernel 4.7.0
  • Qt5 5.6.1
  • Plasma + (components) 5.7.1/5.24.0/16.04.3
  • Python3 3.5.1
  • Calamares installer

New in blackPanther OS 14.1 (Jul 31, 2015)

  • Yes, yes it is that time again! After well over a year of planning, development, and testing, the blackPanther is proud to announce the latest stable release of the longest running distribution of the Linux based operating system the blackPanther OS v14.1, codename Walking Dead!
  • The blackPanther OS now 13 years old:
  • We are sure you’ll enjoy the many improvements. We’ve done our best to bring the latest technology to blackPanther while still maintaining the stability and security that you have come to expect. blackPanther OS is well known for its simplicity and the fact that we try to bring software to you in the condition that the authors intended. blackPanther OS v14.1 (Walking Dead) brings many updates and enhancements, KDE 4.18.5, a recent stable release of the 4.1x.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment.
  • Fast and quickly:
  • These desktops utilize udev, udisks, and udisks2, and many of the specifications from freedesktop.org which allow the system administrator to grant use of various hardware devices according to users’ group membership so that they will be able to use items such as USB flash sticks, USB cameras that appear like USB storage, portable hard drives, CD and DVD media, MP3 players, mobile (MTP) devices and more.
  • Easy to use:
  • Just plug and play. blackPanther OS uses the 4.1.1 kernel bringing you advanced performance features such as journaling filesystems, SCSI and ATA RAID volume support, SATA support, Software RAID, LVM (the Logical Volume Manager), and encrypted filesystems. Kernel support for X DRI (the Direct Rendering Interface) brings high-speed hardware accelerated 3D graphics to Linux.
  • Includes to KDE many useful application and App-Helper for quick new software access. The KDE Software Compilation (kdelibs-4.14.10), a complete desktop environment. Available the Calligra productivity suite (previously known as KOffice), networking tools, more GUI development environment, multimedia tools (including the Clementine, Amarok music player and K3B disc burning software), the Konqueror web browser and file manager, many popular games and utilities, international language support, and more, and more…

New in blackPanther OS 11.1 (Oct 20, 2011)

  • Available 10(!) official repositories with up to 10.000 packages
  • Firefox 6.x and Xulrunner with nss, nsp and dependences packages
  • The install / live disc include Gimp again (2.7.3)
  • Fixed all reported bug