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which can build a Puppy Linux distribution from the binary packages of any other distro.
There are many "puppies" built with Woof, and this image gives an
appreciation of some of them and how they fit into the Woof time-line: |
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"Puppy distro" built by Woof is a distinctive distribution in its own right, with
unique features. You choose a puppy based on your particular needs, be
it specific hardware, software, or access to and compatibility with the
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Woof release notesWoof is the substratum of all puppies built from Woof, so these notes are common to all. To see the complete history of Woof, go to my blog: http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewCat=WoofSince the commencement of the Woof project in November 2008 there has been rapid development, too much to list on this summary page. However, here are highlights: Since the release of Puppy 4.3.1 (2009-10-17) up to the release of Quirky 1.0 (2010-05-05), in no particular order:
Please note that some puppies that are not built from the latest version of Woof, or remasters of an earlier release of Puppy, may not have all of the above features. |
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Wary PuppyWary Puppy is intended to be our on-going commitment to older hardware. Puppies built with recent Linux kernel and X.org may not work properly on older computers. In particular, some analog dialup modem drivers cannot be compiled with recent kernels. Another major area is old video hardware not working with latest X.org drivers. Many of our leading-edge puppies are built with recent kernel and X.org, however Wary is built with an "old" kernel and X.org 7.3 so as to provide better drivers for the older hardware. However, Wary is in all other respects at the leading-edge like the other puppies, with recent applications, and support for all modern peripherals (printers, scanners, cameras, digital modems, etc.). Wary is also built with the latest Woof, so has the same infrastructure as other recent puppies. The packages used to build Wary were originally compiled from source in T2, then binary PET packages created. Wary is now built with PET packages, with a small but growing repository. As Wary is intended to be a long-term-supported project, there will be no major upgrade, only incremental improvements such as application upgrades and bug fixes. Thus, the PET repository will remain viable for years ahead and will continue to grow as developers contribute packages. To read more about the concept of Wary, here is an introduction page: To follow development of Wary, read my daily blog: To download Wary (including sources): |
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Wary 5.0 release notesWary 5.0 was released on December 29, 2010. The version number "5.0" does not imply any relationship/synchronisation with other Puppy releases, such as Lucid Puppy (currently nearing 5.2). Wary 5.0 simply signifies this is the first release of another fifth-generation Puppy.Here are highlights of Wary 5.0, in no particular order:
Some general Puppy-related news items: |
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Wary 5.1 release notesWary 5.1, released on February 19, 2011, is a minor upgrade and bug-fix release of 5.0. I tried not to do anything that would introduce new bugs!Here are highlights of Wary 5.1, in no particular order:
Wary 5.1.1This is a very minor bugfix upgrade of Wary 5.1. The main problem in 5.1 is that the 'jimtcl' PET package was accidentally left out, which is needed for detection and setup of some USB 3G modems. You can install this PET without upgrading to 5.1.1:http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-quirky/jimtcl-0.63.pet Other minor bugfixes are in the underlying Woof infrastructure (see notes above). Wary 5.1.2Once again, the focus has been on bugfixing, but also some packages are upgraded. Most of the bugfixing has taken place at the Woof level, see above. Additional notes specific to Wary 5.1.2:
Wary 5.1.3Mostly bugfixes and minor upgrades to 5.1.2. There have been some significant improvements at the Woof level, see above. Notes specific to Wary 5.1.3:
A couple of projects that need special mention: BaCon and gtkdialog. BaCon is a superb BASIC compiler, and gtkdialog provides sophisticated GUIs for shell scripts. Both of these are extremely active projects, with very keen developers and users. BaCon 1 2 3 4 gtkdialog 1 2 Wary 5.1.4 (5.1.4.1 is an emergency bugfix release, see http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02452)
More minor bugfixes and upgrades to 5.1.3. Some fixes also at the Woof level, see above. Notes specific to Wary 5.1.4 build: |
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Puppy 4.xThe packages for Puppy 4.0 were compiled from source using T2 (http://t2-project.org) back in November 2007. There have been upgraded packages since then, however the original base packages (such as Xorg 7.3) are still being used. The latest official release, 4.3.1, has been and continues to be one of our most popular puppies, and is still "going strong", with many puplets (other puppies based on 4.3.1, such as Puppee, NOP and Lighthouse Pup).Puppy 4.3.1 release notes: http://puppylinux.com/download/release-4.3.htm |
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QuirkyBarry Kauler, the founder of Puppy Linux and Woof, created Quirky as an avenue to explore the latest ideas. There may be some features in this distro that you won't find in other puppies, either different applications and utilities, different system scripts/behaviour, or even some fundamanetally new underlying behaviour. This is very much a moving target. Some of the ideas may be a bit strange, hence the name "Quirky"!Quirky introduction page: http://bkhome.org/quirky Quirky blog: http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewCat=Quirky |
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Upup (Karmic, Lucid)"Upup" is our generic name for puppies built with Ubuntu packages. Our latest is "Lucid Puppy", built with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx binary .deb packages. What you get is a very small distro (the live-CD is about 130MB) yet with just about every application you would need and the speed and ease-of-use that Puppy is famous for. All of the advantages of Puppy, plus binary compatibility with Ubuntu .deb packages -- Puppy's own Puppy Package Manager will install any packages from the vast Ubuntu repositories!The official release of Lucid Puppy (also known as "Lupu") is 5.2.8. 1 2 3 | |||
FatDog64FatDog64 is compiled from source using T2 and optimised for the Intel 64-bit x86 (and compatible) CPUs. This built tends to be leading-edge in terms of features and application versions. Forum threads: 1 2 3 4 5 |
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PuppeeePuppeee is a remaster of Puppy 4.3.1, optimised to run on the EeePC netbook. A lot of work has gone into compatibility with EeePC hardware, so this distro is a good choice if you have one of these netbooks. The developer is also planning "Fluppy", which will target a wider range of netbooks. Website: http://puppeee.com/ |
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So many more puppies!It is so easy to create a custom Puppy, either by using Woof or remastering the live-CD (there is an super-easy remaster program in the Setup menu), and this has resulted in a huge choice of custom puppies. The main problem is finding out just what is available. A good starting point is the Community News page:http://puppylinux.org/news/ |