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PuppEX Dev64/Noble64/Trixie6/Jammy64/Slack64 Linux :: Build 251014, 251008, 250913, 250901, 250829, 241109, 241031, 241029 respectively 251002

NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Dev64 with the ROX Desktop Environment - Build 251014
This Puppy derivative is made by me. It is built from Devuan Linux 5.0 (Daedalus) packages and packages built from woof-CE Recipes. I've also compiled a brand new kernel - 6.17.1-puppex. This is possibly one of the best PuppEX versions I've ever made. Everything just works! I could run the system very well on all of my six different computers. Among them on a really old computer Acer Aspire 5102WLMi from 2006. Study all installed packages in this PuppEX build. NOTE: Debian 12 bookworm (and thus Devuan 5.0) will be supported until June 30th, 2028. Note also that you can use the Apt command (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage etc.) and Synaptic for installing thousands of new Devuan/Debian packages in PuppEX Dev64.

About Devuan
Devuan GNU+Linux is a fork of Debian without systemd that allows users to reclaim control over their system by avoiding unnecessary entanglements and ensuring Init Freedom.

NVIDIA
I've installed NVIDIA's proprietary driver 58.82.09. That's because I could not get X to work on one of my computers with a new NVIDIA card RTX 4060 in any other way. The driver will be used if you have a relatively new NVIDIA card. If the card isn't automatically recognized after boot you shall run the command xorgwizard. When choosing card you shall go for Auto. After that restart X and you will hopefully enter the Desktop as root.

INSTALL PuppEX Dev64 to hard drive
That is best done in the same way (frugal) as regards PuppEX Jammy64 - see below.

How to make a frugal installation - Instruction...

IMPORTANT NOTE: The normal remasterpup2 script (which is included in all Puppy Linux versions) doesn't work in PuppEX Dev64. The remasterpup2 script works very well in PuppEX Trixie64 though. It works very well in PuppEX Slack64 15.0 too.
NOTE1: PuppEX Dev64 uses the original Devuan 5.0 repositories.

NOTE2: The best way to run PuppEX Dev64 (or any Puppy Linux system) is still to run it from a USB stick and save the system changes on the stick. You will be asked about that when you reboot or shutdown your computer.

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
If you need development tools you shall download and load puppex_devx-devuan.sfs. Put puppex_devx-devuan.sfs in the folder where you have "installed" PuppEX and then click on it to load it. Test it by running the command which git.

SCREENSHOTS
1. The ROX DE showing the use of an NVIDIA card
2. Showing a how to configure a WiFi connection
3. The Desktop 251014 while running VLC
4. Showing the Desktop while running YouTube
5. Showing a nice Linux wallpaper
6. Showing how to configure sound

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NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Noble64 "original" with the ROX Desktop Environment - Build 251008
This Puppy derivative is made by me. It is built from Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) packages and packages built from woof-CE Recipes. I've also compiled a brand new kernel - 6.16.9-exton. This is possibly one of the best PuppEX versions I've ever made. Everything just works! I could run the system very well on all of my six different computers. Among them on a really old computer Acer Aspire 5102WLMi from 2006. Study all installed packages in this PuppEX build. NOTE: Ubuntu 24.04 will be supported until April, 2029. Note also that you can use the Apt command (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage etc.) and Synaptic for installing thousands of new Ubuntu packages in PuppEX Noble64.

I've installed NVIDIA's proprietary driver 58.82.09. That's because I could not get X to work on one of my computers with a new NVIDIA card RTX 4060 in any other way. The driver will be used if you have a relatively new NVIDIA card. If the card isn't automatically recognized after boot you shall run the command xorgwizard. When choosing card you shall go for Auto. After that restart X and you will hopefully enter the Desktop as root.

INSTALL PuppEX Noble64 "original" to hard drive
That is best done in the same way (frugal) as regards PuppEX Jammy64 - see below.

How to make a frugal installation - Instruction...

IMPORTANT NOTE: The normal remasterpup2 script (which is included in all Puppy Linux versions) doesn't work in PuppEX Noble64. The remasterpup2 script works very well in PuppEX Trixie64 though. It works very well in PuppEX Slack64 15.0 too.
NOTE1: PuppEX Noble64 uses the original Ubuntu 24.04 repositories. Ubuntu 24.04 will be supported until April 2029...

NOTE2: The best way to run PuppEX Noble64 (or any Puppy Linux system) is still to run it from a USB stick and save the system changes on the stick. You will be asked about that when you reboot or shutdown your computer.

SCREENSHOTS
1. The ROX DE showing the use of an NVIDIA card
2. Showing a how to configure sound
3. The Desktop 251008 while running apt
4. Showing the Desktop while running PuppEX on my old laptop from 2006

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NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Slack64 15.0 251002

This Puppy derivative is built by me using Puppy Linux Woof-CE Builder. It is compatible with Slackware 15.0 and uses kernel 6.16.9-exton. This Puppy system works very well on UEFI and non-UEFI computers. You can build your own Puppy Linux Slackware 15 compatible system using PuppEX as "groundwork". Just start the remaster tool (Remaster Puppy) and follow the instructions given by the remaster script. Study all installed packages in this PuppEX build.

I've installed NVIDIA's proprietary driver 58.82.09. That's because I could not get X to work on one of my computers with a new NVIDIA card RTX 4060 in any other way. The driver will be used if you have a relatively new NVIDIA card. If the card isn't automatically recognized after boot you shall run the command xorgwizard. When choosing card you shall go for Auto. After that restart X and you will hopefully enter the Desktop as root.

When booting you may see one error message regarding an unclean shutdown. Just ignore it and the boot will continue!

For a frugal installation of PuppEX Slack64 add the following boot lines to your existing Grub configuration (/boot/grub/grub.cfg):

menuentry 'PuppEX Slack64 exton build (FRUGAL - sdb2 - SAMSUNG) 251002' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-6e5f8fe8-edd1-4cf7-86b9-bfb2ec23d803' {
        recordfail
    load_video
    insmod gzio
    if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod ext2
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6e5f8fe8-edd1-4cf7-86b9-bfb2ec23d803
    else
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6e5f8fe8-edd1-4cf7-86b9-bfb2ec23d803
    fi
    linux /PUPPEX-SLACK64/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=PUPPEX-SLACK64
    initrd /PUPPEX-SLACK64/initrd.gz
}

How to make a frugal installation - Instruction...

If you need development tools you shall download and load devx_s15pup64_22.12.sfs. Put devx in the folder where you have "installed" PuppEX and then click on it to load it. Test it by running the command which make.

SCREENSHOTS
1. First screen after boot
2. Running in VirtualBox
3. Running the lspci command
4. Showing a WiFi connection
5. Showing how to configure sound
6. Configure a wired Internet connection

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NEWS 250913 ABOUT PuppEX Trixie64 - BUILD 250913 - with Cinnamon DE

My new Puppy Linux derivative is built using the Trixie Build Script (mklive-trixie). It is compatible with Debian Trixie - Debian 13. It is for UEFI computers and non-UEFI computers. Build 250913 uses Cinnamon as Desktop environment (DE). "Compatible with Debian 13" means that you can use the Apt command (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage etc.) and Synaptic for installing thousands of new Debian packages in PuppEX Trixie64. PuppEX Trixie64 can easily be installed manually (frugal install) to hard drive if you have at least one Linux system installed. You must also use Grub as boot loader.

How to make a frugal installation - Instruction...

NOTE ABOUT SOUND
In PuppEX Trixie64 Build 250913 with Cinnamon you will NOT have sound when logged in as root.

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT PuppEX Trixie64 Cinnamon BUILD 250913
Normally you run all Puppy Linux versions as root. I.e. you will automatically be logged in as root to the desktop. Not as regards Build 250913 though. When the boot process is ready you will end up at LightDM's Login Manager page. Log in as the ordinary user puppy with password puppex. You will then enter the Cinnamon Desktop. You can also log in to Cinnamon as root with password root. While logged in as the ordinary user puppy you can of course use Sudo to become root. Example command: sudo pcmanfm.

REMASTER PuppEX Trixie64
Please note that you can build your own Puppy Trixie64 version using PuppEX Trixie64 Cinnamon as a "template". Do it like this:
1) Make a frugal install of PuppEX Trixie64 - Instruction
2) Change everything to your liking
3) Start the remasterscript (QuickRemaster 1.7.1).
Watch this screenshot...

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NEWS 250901 ABOUT PuppEX Trixie64 - BUILD 250901 - with KDE Plasma 5:162

My new Puppy Linux derivative is built using the Trixie Build Script (mklive-trixie). It is compatible with Debian Trixie - Debian 13. It is for UEFI computers and non-UEFI computers. Build 250901 uses KDE Plasma 5:162 as Desktop environment (DE). "Compatible with Debian 13" means that you can use the Apt command (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage etc.) and Synaptic for installing thousands of new Debian packages in PuppEX Trixie64. PuppEX Trixie64 can easily be installed manually (frugal install) to hard drive if you have at least one Linux system installed. You must also use Grub as boot loader.

How to make a frugal installation - Instruction...

NOTE ABOUT SOUND
In PuppEX Trixie64 Build 250901 with KDE you will have sound also when logged in as root. That is essential since you normally run all Puppy/PuppEX versions as root.

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT PuppEX Trixie64 KDE BUILD 250901
Normally you run all Puppy Linux versions as root. I.e. you will automatically be logged in as root to the desktop. Not as regards Build 250901 though. When the boot process is ready you will end up at LightDM's Login Manager page. Log in as the ordinary user puppy with password puppex. You will then enter the KDE Plasma Desktop. You can also log in to KDE as root with password root. While logged in as the ordinary user puppy you can of course use Sudo to become root. Example command: sudo pcmanfm.

REMASTER PuppEX Trixie64
Please note that you can build your own Puppy Trixie64 version using PuppEX Trixie64 as a "template". Do it like this:
1) Make a frugal install of PuppEX Trixie64 - Instruction
2) Change everything to your liking
3) Start the remasterscript (QuickRemaster 1.7.1).
Watch this screenshot...

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NEWS 250829 ABOUT PuppEX Trixie64 - BUILD 250829 - with LXQt 2.1

My new Puppy Linux derivative is built using the Trixie Build Script (mklive-trixie). It is compatible with Debian Trixie - Debian 13. It is for UEFI computers and non-UEFI computers. Build 250829 uses LXQt 2.1 as Desktop environment (DE). "Compatible with Debian 13" means that you can use the Apt command (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage etc.) and Synaptic for installing thousands of new Debian packages in PuppEX Trixie64. PuppEX Trixie64 can easily be installed manually (frugal install) to hard drive if you have at least one Linux system installed. You must also use Grub as boot loader.

How to make a frugal installation - Instruction...

NOTE ABOUT SOUND
In PuppEX Trixie64 Build 250829 with LXQt you will have sound also when logged in as root. That is essential since you normally run all Puppy/PuppEX versions as root.

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT PuppEX Trixie64 LXQt BUILD 250829
Normally you run all Puppy Linux versions as root. I.e. you will automatically be logged in as root to the desktop. Not as regards Build 250829 though. When the boot process is ready you will end up at LightDM's Login Manager page. Log in as the ordinary user puppy with password puppex. You will then enter the LXQt Desktop. You can also log in to LXQt as root with password root. While logged in as the ordinary user puppy you can of course use Sudo to become root. Example command: sudo pcmanfm-qt.

REMASTER PuppEX Trixie64
Please note that you can build your own Puppy Trixie64 version using PuppEX Trixie64 as a "template". Do it like this:
1) Make a frugal install of PuppEX Trixie64 - Instruction
2) Change everything to your liking
3) Start the remasterscript (QuickRemaster 1.7.1).
Watch this screenshot...

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NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Jammy64 22.04 241109
This Puppy derivative is made by me. It is a replacement for Build 230222. It is built from Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) packages and packages built from woof-CE Recipes. I've also compiled a brand new kernel - 6.11.7-exton. The reason for this new build is that I came to realize that Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be supported until April 2027...

CHANGES
This build uses the standard Puppy Linux DE. I.e. ROX. I have added PCManFM File Manager and Samba so that you can reach your Windows computers in you home network. Watch this screenshot...

COMPATIBLE WITH Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
PuppEX Jammy64 is compatible with Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish), which means that Ubuntu packages for Ubuntu 22.04 can be installed and used in PuppEX. You can use the Synaptic Package Manager or the apt command. (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage etc).

IMPORTANT NOTE: The normal remasterpup2 script (which is included in all Puppy Linux versions) doesn't work in PuppEX Jammy64. I had to use my "special remaster tricks" to be able to fully build PuppEX Jammy64.

INSTALL TO HARD DRIVE
PuppEX Jammy64 can easily be installed manually to hard drive if you have at least one Linux system installed. You must also use Grub as boot loader. Do it like this. (A frugal installation).
1. Extract everything from the PuppEX ISO to a folder called (for example) PUPPEX-JAMMY64 in the root (/) of your Linux system. Watch this screenshot...
2. Add the following boot lines to your existing Grub configuration (/boot/grub/grub.cfg):

menuentry 'PuppEX Jammy64 (FRUGAL - sda5) 241109' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-e1efec4d-0acb-44f3-b161-c865ea757d0f' {
     recordfail
    load_video
    insmod gzio
    if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod ext2
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e1efec4d-0acb-44f3-b161-c865ea757d0f
    else
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e1efec4d-0acb-44f3-b161-c865ea757d0f
    fi
    linux /PUPPEX-JAMMY64/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=PUPPEX-JAMMY64
    initrd /PUPPEX-JAMMY64/initrd.gz
}

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NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Noble64 Mate 24.04 241031
This Puppy derivative is made by me. It is a replacement for Build 241007. It is built from Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) packages and packages built from woof-CE Recipes. I've also compiled a brand new kernel - 6.11.5-exton. This is special about this new PuppEX version:
1. I've replaced the original Puppy Linux Desktop (ROX) with Mate (The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems), which I find more useful.
2. I've added some essential packages. Among them Samba so you can connect to your Windows computers in your home Network. Study all installed packages...
The ISO size is therefore rather BIG (930 MB), but PuppEX runs nevertheless as fast as the original Puppy, which means that it runs very very fast! Puppy Linux/PuppEX runs from RAM. You'll need at least 2GB RAM to run this PuppEX version.
NOTE: When the boot process is ready you will automatically be logged in as root to the Mate Desktop. The password for root is woofwoof (if you for some reason should need it). The original root password for all Puppy Linux distributions. When logged in to the Mate DE you must wait a few seconds before the Desktop and the apps are fully loaded.

COMPATIBLE WITH Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
PuppEX Noble64 Mate is compatible with Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat), which means that Ubuntu packages for Ubuntu 24.04 can be installed and used in PuppEX. You can use the Synaptic Package Manager or the apt command. (apt update, apt upgrade, apt install MyUsefulPackage etc).
IMPORTANT NOTE: The normal remasterpup2 script (which is included in all Puppy Linux versions) doesn't work in PuppEX Noble64. The remasterpup2 script works very well in PuppEX Trixie64 though. It works very well in PuppEX Slack64 15.0 too.
NOTE: PuppEX Noble64 Mate uses the original Ubuntu 24.04 repositories. Ubuntu 24.04 will be supported until April 2029...

Install PuppEX Noble64 Mate to hard drive
That is best done in the same way (frugal) as regards PuppEX Jammy64 - see above.

SCREENSHOTS
1. The Desktop 1
2. The Desktop 2
3. Synaptic running

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NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Noble64 with the KDE Plasma Desktop (5.27) Environment - Build 241029
This Puppy derivative is made by me. It is built from Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) packages and packages built from woof-CE Recipes. I've also compiled a brand new kernel - 6.11.5-exton. This is possibly the best PuppEX version I've ever made. Everything just works! I could run the system very well on all of my six different computers. Among them on a really old computer Acer Aspire 5102WLMi from 2006. Study all installed packages in this PuppEX build.

INSTALL PuppEX Noble64 KDE to hard drive
That is best done in the same way (frugal) as regards PuppEX Jammy64 - see above.
NOTE: The best way to run PuppEX (or any Puppy Linux system) is still to run it from a USB stick and save the system changes on the stick. You will be asked about that when you reboot or shutdown your computer.

SCREENSHOTS
1. The KDE Desktop 241029-1
2. The KDE Desktop 241029-2
3. Showing a Samba connection using PCManFM 241029

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The root (superadmin) password

Normally you have no need for root's password in a Puppy Linux/PuppEX system (since you are always logged in automatically as root). But if you for some unknown reason should need it it is woofwoof in PuppEX Noble64, PuppEX Jammy64 and PuppEX Slack64. In PuppEX Dev64 and Trixie64 the password is root.

NOTES about Google Chrome
Google Chrome can be installed in PuppEX Slack64 without problems. You can use this pet.

Chrome can also be installed in the same way in PuppEX Jammy64. You'll have to install one extra package though - apt install libnss3

INSTALLED PACKAGES

Study ALL installed packages in PuppEX Dev64 ROX - 251014

ABOUT ALL PuppEX (Puppy Linux) distributions

I must share a post by Clarity at Puppy Linux Discussion Forum.

Clarity has tested my four latest PuppEX versions.

DOWNLOAD

PuppEX Dev64/Noble64/Trixie64/Jammy64/Slack64 (all versions) can be downloaded from Sourceforge.net - Fast, secure and free downloads from the largest Open Source applications and software directory.

NOTE: PuppEX Trixie64 Build 250829 (LXQt) and PuppEX Slack64 Build 251002 can also be downloaded from the Swedish Linux Society's server...

md5sum for PuppEX Dev64 Build 251014

md5sum for PuppEX Trixie64 Cinnamon Build 250913

md5sum for PuppEX Trixie64 Build 250901 KDE

md5sum for PuppEX Trixie64 Build 250829 LXQt

md5sum for PuppEX Noble64 Mate Build 241031

md5sum for PuppEX Noble64 KDE Build 241029

md5sum for PuppEX Noble64 ROX Build 251008

md5sum for PuppEX Slack64 Build 251002

md5sum for PuppEX Jammy64 Build 241109

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