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  2. <h2>Slacko64 Puppy DISTRO_VERSION - released November 2015</h2> <!--edit for 64-->
  3. <h4>Slacko64 Puppy DISTRO_VERSION
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  5. <h4>16th November, 2015</h4>
  6. <p>The debut release of Slacko64 Puppy Linux is out!</p>
  7. <p><strong>This is the first official release of a 64 bit Puppy!</strong></p>
  8. <p>
  9. Slacko64 Puppy is built from Slackware64-14.1 binary TXZ
  10. packages, hence has binary compatibility with Slackware and access to the
  11. Slackware and Salix repositories. It is a 64 bit operating system and requires a compatible Intel (IA64) or AMD (amd64) processor. More comprehensive
  12. release notes and documentation of known issues are <a href="http://slacko.eezy.xyz/notes.html" target="_blank">available</a>.<br>
  13. </p>
  14. <p>
  15. Features include:</p>
  16. <ul>
  17. <li>Updated &quot;First Run&quot; GUI with bugfixes and visual enhancements.
  18. </li>
  19. <li>New kernels following LTS branches of 3 series built with f2fs support and 4 series kernels. The shipped kernel is 4.1.11
  20. </li>
  21. <li>New &quot;change_kernels&quot; script to easily change kernels
  22. </li>
  23. <li>Many Icon and Graphical User Interface improvements throughout the system.
  24. </li>
  25. <li>Latest Ffmpeg and supporting programs including Pmusic and Mplayer.
  26. </li>
  27. <li>Updated Joe's Window Manager (<a href="http://joewing.net/programs/jwm/">JWM</a>).
  28. </li>
  29. <li>Visual and bugfix improvements to the tools to configure JWM, including the new <strong>PTheme</strong>, a global theme manager for JWM and ROX desktop
  30. </li>
  31. <li>Updated Firefox and Abiword
  32. </li>
  33. <li>new graphical firewall program
  34. </li>
  35. <li>Samba, used to share files with Windows, is shipped by default
  36. </li>
  37. <li>replaced epdfview with evince pdf viewer
  38. </li>
  39. <li>Many other updated programs.
  40. </li>
  41. </ul>
  42. <br>
  43. <p>As mentioned above, Slacko64 DISTRO_VERSION is shipped with kernel 4.1.11 but 3.18.22 and 4.2.5 are available from the repository and easily changed using the <em>change_kernels</em> script.
  44. Find more information at the Slacko <a href="http://slacko.eezy.xyz/download.html" target="_blank">download</a> page
  45. including a brief guide to which version is right for you.</p>