Pre Alpha release

Goals

4.4 "Woofy" will use a modular approach, with Technosaurus as project leader

rather like the ChoicePup puplet

Woofy will be based on 4.3.1 and will aim for aprox. 105MB size on its first release

Applications will be easily available as sfs add-ons (with choices)

Bug Reporting

End users are requested to please visit the Puppy Linux 4.4 Development Project Page to report any bugs they may find. To sign up for an account please view the New Bug/Issue tracking system on Google Code thread at Puppy Linux Forum.

icon-stacking fix when there are too many drive icons to fit horizontally on the screen. Appropriate script is /sbin/pup_event_frontend_d, function free_coord()

Network Wizard fix - having to scan twice for a wireless network, and settings not (properly) remembered between boots. USB solution

Detailed Objectives

Patches, upgrades and tests from feedback of Barrys 4.3.1 release

Update software: OpenSSL Viewnior; ISO Master NicoEdit ALSA

Include new software: libtheora Transmission

Software packages added to Puppy repository

New drivers compiled and increased

Support for XFS

Support for .ogv

Localization

64-bit support

On-the-fly mounting of SFS's

AdBlock Plus or MonkeyMenu in Seamonkey added

Puppy Desktop Cloud services website

Puppy44Team Puppy 4.4 Team add yourself

Releases

4.4CE is the umbrella name for CE development versions 4.3.2 - 4.3.9. Once development is completed, the final product will be renamed 4.4

Links

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46890 (announcement)

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46497 (development thread)

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=46941 (pet tests thread)

Status – Under development, but is dependent on completion of 4.3.2. Presumably, the final 4.4CE will have the same 5 version releases as the original 4.30.

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