Puppy Linux 22.12: The last stable version of the year is available
Continuing with the news related to the release of the latest versions of GNU / Linux Distros of the year 2022 , today we will address the well-known Puppy Linux Distribution. Which is not unknown at all, since it currently occupies the 25 position from the famous website Distro Ranking call DistroWatch.
What makes it a popular distror for users of free and open operating systems. Therefore, with this launch of its new version "Puppy Linux 22.12", we hope to resume the frequency of yesteryear, in which we regularly address your news.
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About Puppy Linux in general
For those who know of its existence, but do not fully understand its general characteristics, it is worth noting that it is described in its Official website as follows:
"Puppy Linux is a unique family of Linux distributions intended for home users' computers. It was originally created by Barry Kauler in 2003".
And between his main and general characteristics the following stand out 5 most relevant:
- It is very easy to install and use. In addition to being very fast and versatile.
- It is highly customizable and is excellent for achieving remasters of it.
- It offers different flavors, which are specially optimized for use on both older and newer computers. In addition, it has hundreds of derivatives called "puplets", to extend the reach to more types of users and hardware configurations.
- It's extraordinarily small (+/- 300 MB), but it's pretty well equipped for the average user's starting work. That is to say, he tries to beready to use, thanks to its good set of tools for common day-to-day computing use.
- In its live mode, it loads entirely into RAM, so unlike other distros like it, you don't have to keep ripping your stuff off CD/DVD/USB or other used media. In addition, it is fully compatible with the use of persistence in them.
types of flavors
Currently there 3 (three) flavors (categories) of official Puppy Linux distributions, and these are the following:
- official distributions: These are the ones maintained by the Puppy Linux team, generally intended for general purposes and usually built using the Puppy Linux system builder, called Woof-CE.
- Distributions created with Woof-built system generation software: Are those developed to meet specific needs and appearances, also intended for general purposes with some additional or modified packages.
- Unofficial derivatives (Puplets): Are those remasters (primary or secondary), created and maintained by Puppy Linux enthusiasts, generally intended for specific purposes.
Y for more information about it, you can also visit his official section in DistroWatch.
What's new in Puppy Linux 22.12 (S15Pup-22.12+1)
According to official announcement of this release, this new version called Puppy Linux 22.12 (S15Pup-22.12+1) brings us the following 10 news, among many others:
- It is available in 64 and 32 bit versions.
- It comes with Abiword and Gnumeric word processor and spreadsheet.
- It includes the "traditional" look and feel of Puppy Linux.
- In the multimedia area, it has the programs Ffmpeg, Pmusic and Mplayer.
- It incorporates the Kernels of the LTS branches of the 5 series: 5.15 for 64-bit, 5.10 for 32-bit.
- It comes with the Joe 2.4.3 window manager (JWM). In addition, it comes with ydrv LXDE plugin.
- It uses a lightweight web browser, but includes installers for others, such as Chromium, Firefox, and Palemoon.
- Includes Samba software, to achieve file sharing with Windows over the local network.
- It is built from the Slackware-15.0 TXZ binary packages. So, it has binary compatibility with Slackware and access to the Slackware and Salix repositories.
- It integrates many other software applications and utilities, such as: Busybox, Curl, Dhcpcd, Didiwiki, Evince, Gcc, Geany, Ghostscript, Glib, Glibc, GParted, GTKDialog, MTPaint, Ncurses, Openssl, Parcellite, Rox-filer, Sed, Sylpheed, Syslinux, Transmission, Util-linux, Viewnior, XDelta and XSane.
Finally, for access this and other versions and flavors of Puppy LinuxIn addition to its official website, the following can be used directly link.
Summary
In summary, Puppy Linux, with this new release of its current version "Puppy Linux 22.12" continues and will continue to be, one of many Small and light GNU/Linux distros, ideal for home use and basic users. Which stands out for allowing itself to be assembled to be compatible with a variety of major distributions, as in this case (version) has been made with Slackware. Therefore, if you have not tried it yet, we recommend you try it live or a virtual machine to see its potential.
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