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Puppy 5.3 Beta 5++ Download
'What is Slacko'?
Puppy 5.3 uses Puppy code and continues the Lucid tradition but uses more efficient Slackware rather than Ubuntu binaries along with the latest releases of Woof
Slacko uses Puppy scripts, programs and Slackware binaries and we call this an Spup. Slacko offers high compatibility with Slackware for developers.
How does this fit in with other Puppy versions?
Previous versions of Puppy are Wary, a conservative design for older hardware, Lucid puppy526 Puppy 528 and Racy. Quirky is used to test new ideas from Barry Kauler, the original creator of Puppy.
Dpup (Puppy + Debian) is designated as Puppy 6
currently being developed by Dejan555 and Iguleder
puppy6 Saluki Puppy rewrite is likely to move up to Puppy 7
Puppy 8 is likely to offer x86, ARM and 64 bit versions
and have support for tablet, phone, touch, cloud and Android features
Main Features
Built from using Woof with high Slackware binary compatibility
Seamonkey major default browser ready installed (others easily available from Slickpet)
Transmission bit torrent installed
Xchat IRC chat installed
Audio improvements. eg. audio and recording in Mhwavedit works
Slickpet development of Quickpet - easily add major programs such as Gimp, Wine, Pidgin, accelerated graphic drivers
Puppy Phone (Slickpet addon)
Security Fido Non root initiative
LibreOffice Easy GUI installation
Growl Security hardening
Official Puppy 5.3 'Slacko' forum thread
Detailed features 0f 5.3 (known as Spup 'Slacko' and Spot (early Alpha name) during development
- Min spec P3 600 with 256 RAM
- Pns-tool Wi-fi support
- One Window manager - JWM
- Many software support modules (SFS) and pets (Puppy prepared programs)
- Gettext being used in all GUI scripts for internationalization
- LucidPuppyQuickpet Slickpet updated Quickpet, updated Puppy programs
- Run as Fido, Spot or root as a choice
- Security dialogue on first booting, education rather than FUD, unmounting, benefits of encryption, use of passwords, running from DVD benefits etc.
- Panic button, disconnect from Internet (see icons bottom right of browser)
- Enhanced snapshot by radky
- Automatic 'personal storage file growth'/movement into a swap file
- Sorting out Browser/Flash incompatibilities on AMD dual core processors
- More than 6 SFS available as modules at any one time
- Menu Simplification - menu systems all need to be dragged up-to-date, such as giving the ability to drag application items between menu groups, create new groups, and hide groups not generally used until 'a menu spot is touched' or a new pet requiring that default group.
- An actual Recycle Bin. Deleted files go automatically to the Recycle Bin, which can be emptied. People expect this, numerous times in Puppy I have seen my mistake right after hitting Delete.
- One application per function by default
- All applications on install give you the option of an on screen shortcut
- On screen info messages with close button rather than timer eg. initial boot up message
- A ppm userset directory (defaults to /root/pets) and matching auto-indexing ppm entry point that users can place pets from other sources into and install / remove via the ppm.
- As in Lucid, boot to desktop, quickset, browser installer (for alternatives to Seamonkey) and LucidPuppyQuickpet Quickpet/Slickpet
- Puppy Universal Installer bug fixes
- Messages colour scheme
Yellow: next-step
Violet: announcement
Green: success, completion
Pink: warning
Red: error
Orange: pending, in-progress
Blue: information
