Porteus-v5.01 is released!
Posted: 26 Sep 2023, 22:34
Porteus-v5.01, a bugfix and security patch update of v5.0 is now released.
You can download the releases at any of our mirrors: http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.html in the following folders:
x86_64/Porteus-v5.01
i586/Porteus-v5.01
Main changes include:
Previous other of note:
A simple wrapper for slackpkg: pmod : to produce a module of the package
A small script: pkginfo : to provide some info about whether a package is installed, what's in it, whether it has missing libs and which module it's in, if any.
see Porteus-v5.0 updates for other changes since v5.0
THINGS TO DO AFTER INSTALLATION:
1) Find the fastest mirror
Open a root console (root password is toor) and run: fastest-mirror
- This will place the fastest mirror for your area into the file /etc/porteus.conf
2) Set your passwords for guest and root
Open >System>Porteus Setting Centre>Security(lock symbol)>Porteus Password
3) Get a Web Browser via our 'Browser Selection and Update Tool' , log in to the forum and report all those bugs!
With special thanks to Blaze, neko, Hamza, babam and all those who reported bugs.
You can download the releases at any of our mirrors: http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.html in the following folders:
x86_64/Porteus-v5.01
i586/Porteus-v5.01
Main changes include:
- Kernel 6.5.5
- Core is based on Slackware 15.0 plus updates from Slackware-15.0-patches(as of 2023-09-21)
- 8 desktop options to choose from! (7 for i586)
- Perl has been moved to 05-devel (so those that need it for some perl script will need get it, so as not to need to run with devel)
- Slackware package managers included: slapt-get and slackpkg (in core) and slpkg (in 05-devel)
- A simple wrapper for slapt-get: slapt-mod : to produce a module of the package (a revision of getmod by babam)
- Sysvinit static binary updated to 3.07 (and corresponding slackware package to match)
- A simple script: convertz : to convert a folder of xz compressed modules to zstd compressed modules.
- Updated the onboard FAQ documents regarding package management.
- BusyBox in initrd updated to 1.36.1, along with the other libs and bins.
- The xcb util stack moved to 002-xorg, for VirtualBox support, and more seamless use of the qt5 module with non qt DEs.
- Media player mpv updated to v0.36.0 .
- Prebuilt nvidia 535 and 470 driver modules (with multilib support) and VirtualBox 7.01 available in x86_64/Porteus-v5.01/kernel folder.
- New bootsplash provided by Blaze.
- Lxqt updated to latest. Other DEs: small interface changes eg. kde: dolphin has better filesystem navigation defaults
- New update script: update-onlyoffice for the OnlyOffice office suite (thanks Blaze)
Previous other of note:
A simple wrapper for slackpkg: pmod : to produce a module of the package
A small script: pkginfo : to provide some info about whether a package is installed, what's in it, whether it has missing libs and which module it's in, if any.
see Porteus-v5.0 updates for other changes since v5.0
THINGS TO DO AFTER INSTALLATION:
1) Find the fastest mirror
Open a root console (root password is toor) and run: fastest-mirror
- This will place the fastest mirror for your area into the file /etc/porteus.conf
2) Set your passwords for guest and root
Open >System>Porteus Setting Centre>Security(lock symbol)>Porteus Password
3) Get a Web Browser via our 'Browser Selection and Update Tool' , log in to the forum and report all those bugs!
With special thanks to Blaze, neko, Hamza, babam and all those who reported bugs.