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Kernel versions:
k2.6.25.16
k2.6.21.7

Release announcement:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42696

Reviews:
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090824#feature
http://techexposures.com/2009/06/puppy-linux-4-2-super-fast-linux-quick-review-and-screenshots/

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<b>Puppy Linux 4.2 Features</b>
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<ul>
<li>choice of <u>two</u> window managers, <i>IceWM</i> and <i>JWM</i>, with extra themes including Clearlooks Gtk+2 theme engine;</li>
<li>optimized <i>SeaMonkey 1.1.15</i> web browser with <i>MonkeyMenu</i> extension;</li>
<li>efficient management with <i>Puppy Control Panel</i>;</li>
<li>stay informed with <i>Pwidgets</i> continuously running desktop programs (clock, weather, battery, wireless, calender, RSS feed, slideshow, and many more);</li>
<li>audiophiles will be pleased with <i>AlsaPlayer</i> and <i>Pmusic</i> for audio entertainment using the latest audio codecs for .flac, .ogg, and .mp3 files, and, alsa-lib-1.0.19;</li>
<li>access to Internet radio using <i>streamtuner</i>;</li>
<li>full-screen video playback with <i>Gxine</i> supported by flashplayer-9.0.152.0;</li>
<li>essential communication via <i>SeaMonkey Mail</i> e-mail client, <i>Meebo</i> web chat, <i>Psip</i> VoIP and instant messaging client, and <i>XChat</i> IRC client;</li>
<li>office productivity enhanced with <i>AbiWord</i> word processor, <i>Gnumeric</i> spreadsheet editor, <i>HomeBank</i> personal accounting, <i>Osmo</i> personal organizer, and <i>Xpad</i> sticky notes;</li>
<li>spritely image viewer <i>GPicView</i> with slideshow capability;</li>
<li>super-quick archive management with <i>Xarchiver</i>;</li>
<li>enhanced boot-up and shutdown procedures with extra options at shutdown;</li>
<li>elegant, graphical boot loader using gfx-boot;</li>
<li>superior live-CD/DVD re-mastering with Remaster Xpress (<i>RemaX</i>);</li>
<li>easy access to downloads facilitated with <i>Puppy Download Accelerator</i> and <i>Transmission</i> BitTorrent client</li>
<li>programming versatility with tcl/tk, Glade, and freeBASIC;</li>
<li>new games;</li>
<li>free, live technical support - just click on the <i>chat</i> icon on the desktop;</li>
</ul>
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<b>The Puppy Linux 4.2 Team</b>
The team is comprised of <u>all</u> those who have participated, often at <u>great</u> cost.
<b>Project Co-ordinator</b>: Warren Willson (WhoDo)
<b>Project Consultant</b>: Barry Kauler (BarryK)
<b>Project Lead Developers</b>: Jeff (ttuuxxx), Sigmund (Zigbert), Will (Hairywill), David (pa_mcclamrock), Jeremy (Pizzasgood)
<b>Project Developers</b>: 01micko, Aragon, CatDude, coolpup, Dougal, droope, ecube, esmourguit, JebaJQ8, Jrb, Kirk, Mark Ulrich (MU), MinHundHettePerro, Patriot, rerwin, Tasmod, Technosaurus, Tempestuous, Trio, WhoDo
<b>Project Documentation</b>: coolpup
<b>Project Publicity</b>: Ed Jason (Lobster)
<b>Project Hosting</b>: Eric (Caneri), Mark Ulrich (MU), Previously known as Guest
<b>Project Pre-release Testers</b>: All of the above plus 8-bit, `f00, Aitch, ags, alex12, athanasios, Béèm, big_bass, bigbeck, brymway, capoverde, Cb88, Christopher, cthisbear, d4p, DaveS, davesurrey, daklander, darrelljon, dejan555, cretsiah, Doglover, Dogone, drongo, ecomoney, edoc, ferikenagy, Flash, Flash858, gerry, Greatnessguru, growler, Harry1949, hillside, himajin, hxc, ICPUG, jabu2, jakfish, jamesbond, jcoder24, Jim1911, JMX, keef, liberomureddu, Libretto100ct, linuxcbon, mawebb88, Max Headroom, mikeb, Minnesota, Muggins, NathanO, nic2109, panzerpuppy, PaulBx1, pedropajanito, pitape, playdayz, Ray MK, Roy, sata80, scheck.r, seeker, slippycurb, smooth, SouthPaws, steve_s, straypup, Terryphi, TheBlackSheep, tom4jesus, Tom Raft, trapster, tronkel, Tui, twointo1, WB7ODYFred, Wellesfargo, William (Dthdealer), WN2A, XiaolinDraconis, yim, yvonne, zygo<br />
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<b>New software </b>
<a href="http://bcrypt.sourceforge.net/">bcrypt-1.1</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/bcrypt-1.1-prescott.pet">.PET 12KB</a>, <a href="http://conky.sourceforge.net/">conky-1.6.1</a>, <a href="http://fontconfig.org/wiki/">fontconfig-2.6.0</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/fontconfig-2.6.0-prescott.pet">.PET 126KB</a>, <a href="http://lxde.sourceforge.net/gpicview/">gpicview-0.1.11</a> <a href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14541">.PET 43KB</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1537&package_id=273638">gutenprint-5.2.3</a>, hotrox-0.1 .PET 21KB, <a href="http://htop.sourceforge.net/">htop-0.8.1</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/htop-0.8.1-prescott.pet">.PET 38KB</a>, libsamplerate-0.1.2 .PET, ""[[Parcellite]]"", <a href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=38307&start=135&sid=1aa48ebfbf8ab2efe2a9e5299eb71b27">refreshmenus</a> <a href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14702">.PET 2KB</a>, remax-4.2 .PET, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=37410">roxrightclicks-0.8.2</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=37410">.PET 60KB</a>, <a href="http://www.transmissionbt.com/">transmission-1.50</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=15404">.PET 235KB</a>, <a href="http://xarchiver.xfce.org/">xarchiver-0.5.2</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14509"> </a><a href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14541">.PET</a>, <a href="http://www.xchat.org/">xchat-2.8.6</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=15672">.PET 687KB</a>, <a href="http://mterry.name/xpad/">xpad-2.14</a><br />
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<b>New or upgraded 'P' series programs</b>
<a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=10975">pbackup-3.1.5</a> 33KB, <a href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23881">pburn-2.2.2</a> 64KB, pcp-1.0, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=1907996163&t=39013">pcursorsel-0.1</a> 2KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=15544">petget-420</a> 24KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=26764">pfilesearch-1.11</a> 8KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=94755">pfind-4.7</a> 15KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=1510448132&t=24291">pmetatagger-2.1</a> 12KB, <a href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31206">pmusic-0.5.4</a> 19KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=203508&search_id=769156020#203508">precord</a> <1KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22166&sid=8d8bc462b03f5fd8b949e62fec1b3e93">pschedule-0.6</a> 5KB, <a href="http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=38439">ptray-0.5</a> 9KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=273930#273930">pwget</a>, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=35601">pwidgets-2.0.6-4</a> 221KB, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=23121&sid=93fd4d0e2db5bfa3a87706cbda892ee8">pwireless-0.8.4</a> 5KB<br />
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<b>Upgraded software</b>
<a href="http://www.abisource.com">abiword-2.6.6</a> <a href="http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/ttuuxxx/puppy420/RC2/abiwordfinal/abiword-2.6.6-i386-4.pet">.PET 3980KB</a>, alsa-lib-1.0.19, <a href="http://axel.alioth.debian.org/">axel-2.3</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14732">.PET 23KB</a>, <a href="http://www.cups.org/">cups-1.4b3</a> <a href="http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/ttuuxxx/alphatesting/cups-1.4b2-i386-v1.pet">.PET 2549KB</a>, <a href="http://www.daniel-baumann.ch/software/dosfstools/">dosfstools-3.0.1</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/dosfstools-3.0.2-prescott.pet">.PET 53KB</a>, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">flashplayer-9.0.152.0</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/flashplayer-9.0.152.0.pet">.PET 2982KB</a>, <a href="http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html">freetype-2.3.8</a>, <a href="http://mange.dynalias.org/linux.html">gadmin-rsync-0.1.1</a>, <a href="http://galculator.sourceforge.net/">galculator-1.3.3</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/galculator-1.3.4-prescott.pet">.PET 66KB</a>, <a href="http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/">gdmap-0.8.1</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14613">.PET 27KB</a>, <a href="http://www.geany.org/">geany-0.16</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=15120">.PET 745KB</a>, <a href="http://gftp.seul.org/">gftp-2.0.19</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14572&sid=3c9427630d0cf4957889b79aa61af5f0">.PET 153KB</a>, <a href="http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/">gnumeric-1.8.4</a> <a href="http://download275.mediafire.com/svjns5x3m2sg/mntywmhz1my/gnumeric-complete-1.8.4.tar.gz">.PET 7.2MB</a>, <a href="http://www.gphoto.org/">gphoto2-2.4.4</a>, <a href="http://www.xine-project.org/home">gxine-0.5.903</a>, <a href="http://homebank.free.fr/">homebank-4.0.2</a> , <a href="http://www.littlesvr.ca/isomaster/">isomaster-1.3.5</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/isomaster-1.3.5-prescott.pet">.PET 75KB</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290&package_id=309">lame-3.98.2</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/lame-398-2-prescott.pet">.PET 250KB</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/lame_DEV-398-2-prescott.pet">DEV.PET 142KB</a>, <a href="http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/libdvdcss/">libdvdcss-1.2.10</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/libdvdcss-1.2.10-prescott.pet">.PET 34KB</a>, <a href="http://www.gphoto.org/">libgphoto2-2.4.4</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14519&sid=3c9427630d0cf4957889b79aa61af5f0">.PET 731KB</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5624">libpng-1.2.34</a>, <a href="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/">libsndfile-1.0.18</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/libsndfile-1.0.19-prescott.pet">.PET 181KB</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/libsndfile_DEV-1.0.19-prescott.pet">DEV.PET 191KB</a>, <a href="http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/">mtpaint-3.30</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=15083">.PET 269</a>, <a href="http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/">mtr-0.75</a>, <a href="http://www.ntfs-3g.org/">ntfs-3g-2009.2.1</a> <a href="http://puppylinux.asia/members/coolpup/ntfs-3g-2009.2.1-prescott.pet">.PET 142KB</a>, <a href="http://www.seamonkey-project.org/">seamonkey-1.1.15</a>, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=263483#263483">trash-0.3.3</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=13906&sid=3b62269244c85851f598f9927f9093f3">.PET 18KB</a>, <a href="http://www.xiph.org/downloads/">vorbis-tools-1.2.0</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=14731">.PET 47KB</a>, <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=263481#263481">wallpaper-0.5.3</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=15535">.PET 10KB</a>, <a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/">wget-1.11.4</a> <a href="http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=15503">.PET 96KB</a>
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