Slacko64 Puppy DISTRO_VERSION - released RELEASE_DATE
Slacko64 Puppy DISTRO_VERSION
RELEASE_DATE
Another stable release of Slacko64 Puppy Linux is out!
Slacko64 Puppy is built from Slackware64-14.2 binary TXZ
packages, hence has binary compatibility with Slackware and access to the
Slackware and Salix repositories. It is a 64 bit operating system and requires a compatible Intel (IA64) or AMD (amd64) processor. More comprehensive
release notes and documentation of known issues are available.
Features include:
- Latest bugfixes from upstream Slackware64 - 14.2
- 64 bit EUFI boot capability!
- Kernels following LTS branches of 3 series built with f2fs support and 4 series kernels.
- 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 PTheme, a global theme manager for JWM and ROX desktop
- NEW fully compatible and interchangeable A drive and Y drive support. These are system 'sfs' files that can override the main sfs.
- Updated Firefox ESR
- Libreoffice suite added
- Improvements to the graphical firewall program
- Samba, used to share files with Windows, is shipped by default
- evince pdf viewer
- Many other updated programs.
Slacko64 DISTRO_VERSION is shipped with a few differnet kernels however alternatives are available from the repository and easily changed using the change_kernels script.
Find more information at the Slacko download page
including a brief guide to which version is right for you.