Release of Puppy Linux 9.5, a distribution for legacy computers

Submitted by release of a lightweight Linux distribution Puppy 9.5 (FossaPup), oriented to work on obsolete equipment. Boot iso image occupies 409 MB (x86_64).

The distribution is built using the Ubuntu 20.04 package base and its own build tools Woof-CE, which allows you to use package databases of third-party distributions as a basis. Using binary packages from Ubuntu allows you to significantly reduce the time to prepare and test the release, and at the same time ensure package compatibility with Ubuntu repositories, while maintaining compatibility with classic Puppy packages in PET format. A Quickpet interface is provided for installing additional applications and updating the system.

The user's graphical environment is based on the JWM window manager, the ROX file manager, its own set of GUI configurators (Puppy Control Panel), widgets (Pwidgets - clock, calendar, RSS, connection status, etc.) and applications (Pburn, Uextract, Packit , Change_kernels, JWMdesk, YASSM, Pclock, SimpleGTKradio). Palemoon is used as a browser. The package also includes Claws mail, Torrent client, MPV media player, Deadbeef audio player, Abiword word processor, Gnumeric spreadsheet, Samba, CUPS.

All innovations:

• Added compatibility with Ubuntu 20.04.
• The Linux kernel has been updated to release 5.4.53. A new kernel update mechanism has been proposed.
• The initialization script for initrd.gz has been completely rewritten.
• Added a service to enable specialized subsections in Squash FS.
• The package manager has been redesigned in the direction of expanding functionality and simplifying work.
• A modular assembly is provided, allowing you to replace the kernel, applications and firmware in a matter of seconds.
• Updated JWM window manager, Rox file manager, Palemoon Browser, Hexchat chat, MPV, Deadbeef and Gogglesmm media players, Claws Email, Abiword word processor, Quickpet and Osmo calendar-scheduler, as well as native applications developed by the project Pburn, PuppyPhone, Find'n'run, Take A Gif, Uextract, Packit, Dunst-config, Picom-gtk, Transtray, Janky Bluetooth, Change_kernels, JWMdesk, YASSM, Redshift and SimpleGTKradio.

Source: opennet.ru