The minimalist operating system Puppy Linux 22.12 (“S15Pup”) based on one of the oldest still active Linux distributions Slackware has now been released. Like its basis, Puppy Linux – following the KISS principle – does without unnecessary ballast and is a real ultra-lightweight for older computer systems.
Puppy Linux 22.12, also called “S15Pup”, was built entirely from binary TXZ packages and optimized for Intel IA64 and AMD64. With the latest version 2.4.3 of the lightweight window manager Joe's Window Manager (JWM), especially compared to the full-fledged desktop environments Gnome and KDE Plasma, the distribution is particularly suitable for older or even discarded hardware. Puppy Linux 22.12 is based on Slackware Linux 15.0, the operating system was first released on July 17, 1993, making it the oldest distribution still active today and the first to be widely distributed worldwide.
Ultralightweight for 32- and 64-bit systems
The base and lineage as well as the free operating system kernels on which Puppy Linux 22.12, which is offered for 32 and 64-bit systems, is based are as follows:
- GNU/Linux →
- SLS →
- Slackware →
- Puppy Linux
- Slackware →
- SLS →
- Joe's Windows Manager (“JWM”) 2.4.3
- Linux 5.15 LTS for 64-bit systems
- Linux 5.10 LTS (Optional) for 32-bit systems
Slackware as base without ballast
In addition to the in-house repositories, Puppy Linux also offers access to the package sources of Slackware, the first Linux distribution that was accessible to a wide user base, and the Salix OS that is based on it.
Puppy Linux 22.12 ( “S15Pup64”) with Linux 5.15 LTS (Image: Puppy Linux)
Puppy Linux 22.12 (“S15Pup32”) with Linux 5.10 LTS (image: Puppy Linux)According to the official release notes, the latest version 22.12, which is particularly suitable as a live system in addition to a local installation, comes with the following new features and various bug fixes.
- 'Traditional' Puppy Linux look and feel and features.
- Kernels from the LTS branches of 5 series – 5.15 for 64-bit, 5.10 for 32-bit.
- Browser installer for heavyweight browsers such as Chromium, Firefox and Palemoon.
- Ffmpeg and supporting programs including Pmusic and Mplayer.
- Abiword and Gnumeric word processing and spreadsheet.
- Samba, used to share files with Windows included.
- Many other apps as shown below.
- Lightweight web browser in adrv.
- Joe's Window Manager 2.4.3.
LXDE addon by ydrv.
- Evince pdf viewer.
Puppy Linux 22.12 (“S15Pup”) – Release Notes
Test the live system from the USB stick
The “large” system image Puppy Linux 22.12 (ISO) with around 350 MB can written to a USB storage medium using an appropriate tool such as Ventoy or Rufus and tested risk-free as a live system and become.