Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Puppy Linux 5.5 "Slacko"



Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.5 "Slacko" edition, a small and fast distribution built from and compatible with Slackware's binary packages: "Slacko Puppy is built from Slackware 14.0 binary TXZ packages, hence it has binary compatibility with Slackware Linux and access to the Slackware, Salix and Slacky package repositories. Slacko 5.5 has many improvements due to the heavy development of the woof build system and the many bug fixes to the Slacko base packages. Through the dedication of many testers and developers we were able to produce what is a great working dog Puppy that can rejuvenate your hardware and show it's potential. Release notes: improved SFS manager; improved updates manager - to get the latest; new kernels following LTS branches; improved graphics support, with KMS and Mesa...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: slacko-5.5-4G.iso (165MB, MD5), slacko-5.5-PAE.iso (165MB, MD5).

1 comment:

  1. the best puppy i have ever used. its incredible the apps you can get from linux in a small space with the best browser.

    thanks to Barry Kauler

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