Larry Short has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.2, an independent, minimalist Linux distribution for the desktop. From the release notes: "To
create Lucid Puppy 5.2 we began with the popular Lucid Puppy 5.1.1. We
then upgraded, updated, and/or improved all of the main programs as well
as many of the other programs in the menu and system. We have
incorporated numerous improvements from the latest version of Barry
Kauler's Puppy builder, Woof. We have refined operation throughout. The
first thing up is a very tidy Quickset dialog to accept or change video
resolution, time zone, language, locale and keyboard. Next up could be
the browser installer with browser default allowing you to change which
one you use as the default. And then there's Quickpet with as much good
stuff as a Swiss army knife." Download the live CD image from here: lupu-520.iso (127MB, MD5).Puppy Linux 5.2 "Wary"
Barry Kauler has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.2 "Wary" edition, a small, fast and very light distribution designed for old and low-resource computers: "This
is a massive upgrade relative to the 5.1.x series. All of the base
packages were recompiled in T2. Certain choices were made in T2 with the
plan of seamless upgrading from X.Org 7.3 to 7.6 - that is, the default
Wary system has X.Org 7.3, but it is planned that Wary can be upgraded
to X.Org 7.6 by installation of a single PET package, and all
applications will work before and after. This required some very careful
configuration. The idea is to 'have our cake and eat it too' - X.Org
7.3 for old hardware, easy upgrade to 7.6 for newer video hardware. The
plan actually seems to be working. As usual, huge changes yet only a
small version-number change. Many bug fixes, upgrades, new packages." Both the release announcement and the release notes contain many more interesting details. Download: wary-5.2.iso (124MB, MD5).Puppy Linux 5.2.5
Larry Short has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.2.5: "Lucid
Puppy is our official flagship Puppy Linux release. Version 5.2 was
released on January 6th and since then the team has been feverishly
developing the next version -- and it has now arrived! Lucid Puppy 5.2.5
is the most leading-edge Lucid ever. It has Bash 4.1.0, Syslinux 4.03,
and e2fsprogs 1.41.14, the latest from Ubuntu 'Natty'. It now has JWM
500, up from 493. Gnumeric 1.10.13 is a necessity because a forum member
had posted a bug to Gnumeric that is corrected in 1.0.13. Lucid 5.2.5
uses the Woof of February 28 replacing the Woof of November 28 for three
months of progress in Woof development. All of the favorite Puppy
programs are there in their latest versions." For more details please consult the release announcement and the release notes. Download the live CD image from here: lupu-525.iso (128MB, MD5).Puppy Linux 5.2.8
Larry Short has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.2.8, a small and fast desktop distribution built from scratch and compatible with Ubuntu binary packages: "Lucid
Puppy is our edition of Puppy Linux that is built from Ubuntu binary
packages, hence has compatibility with, and access to, the vast Ubuntu
package repositories. Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 is the fastest and friendliest
Lucid yet. It is the fastest because it is the first Lucid to use the C
and FFmpeg libraries optimized for i686 computers rather than the older
i386 computers. Lucid 5.2.8 has also received a thorough going-over
under the hood. There is new and updated firmware and drivers for many
devices and the hardware detection and configuration routines have been
extensively tested and enhanced." Check out the release announcement for further details. Download: lupu-528.iso (129MB, MD5).
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