Porteus

Porteus è una leggera, veloce, piccola ma potente distribuzione Linux basata su Slackware. Inizialmente era nata per tenere aggiornata la distribuzione Slax. Adesso adotta diversi ambienti grafici ed è disponibile sia per i sistemi a 32 che a 64 bit.

Versione 3.0.1

Questa versione contiene (in Inglese):

• kernel:
  • upgraded to latest LTS: linux-3.14.15
  • kernel config: added ecryptfs, ipv6 iptables and aloop kernel modules

• initrd:
  •  fixed handling of .wh files in ‘changes=EXIT:’ cheatcode

• 000-kernel.xzm
  • upgraded to broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248

• 001-core-xzm
  • security fixes: curl-7.36.0, dhcpcd-6.0.5, openssh-6.6p1, openssl-1.0.1h, shadow-4.1.5.1
  • firmware: added rt3071.bin and rt3290.bin, added missing rt3070.bin and rt3090.bin symlinks, upgraded to latest radeon firmware
  • fixed ‘changes-time’ script when run from guest account
  • fixed ‘dump-session’ script which broke after introducing ‘changes-ro’ cheatcode
  • Laptop-Mode-Tools: blacklisted ‘usbhid’ module in usb-autosuspend.conf
  • upgraded package manager to USM-3.1.4

• 002-xorg.xzm:
  • security fixes: libjpeg-v8a, mozilla-nss-3.16
  • fixed burning Audio CDs through pburn by adding missing packages: audiofile-0.3.6 cdrdao-1.2.3 esound-0.2.41 libao-1.1.0
  • Porteus-Settings-Centre fixes by brokenman

• 003-kde.xzm:
  • security fixes: gnupg-1.4.17
  • reverted to bluedevil-1.3.1 and libbluedevil-1.9.3 to fix bluetooth support under kde4 desktop

• 04-firefox.xzm:
  • security fixes: flashplayer-plugin-11.2.202.394, mozilla-firefox-31.0

• 04-chrome.xzm:
  • upgraded to 36.0.1985.125

• 04-opera.xzm:
  • Opera remains at the same version 12.16.1860 but with a flash upgrade to 11.2.202.394.

• 06-libreoffice.xzm:
  • upgraded to version: Version: 4.3.0.4

• drivers:
  • upgraded to: amd-catalyst-14.4-porteus-v3.0.1, nVidia-173.14.39-porteus-v3.0.1, nVidia-304.123-porteus-v3.0.1, nVidia-340.24-porteus-v3.0

Risorse

La distribuzione può essere scaricata da:

• 64 bit KDE (217MB): http://dl.porteus.org/x86_64/current/Porteus-KDE4-v3.0.1-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit LXDE (171MB): http://dl.porteus.org/x86_64/current/Porteus-LXDE-v3.0.1-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit Mate (215MB): http://dl.porteus.org/x86_64/current/Porteus-MATE-v3.0.1-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit Razon-QT (223MB): http://dl.porteus.org/x86_64/current/Porteus-RazorQT-v3.0.1-x86_64.iso
• 64 bit XFCE (176MB): http://dl.porteus.org/x86_64/current/Porteus-XFCE-v3.0.1-x86_64.iso

Il sito web della distribuzione è: www.porteus.org

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Conclusioni

Contemporaneamente a questa distribuzione è stata rilasciata anche Porteus Kiosk Edition 3.1.1