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PuppEX Noble64/ Bookworm64/Jammy64/Slack64 Linux :: Build 241109, 241031, 241029, 241028, 241018, 240928, 240924 respectively 230309

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 Bookworm64 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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NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Noble64 "original" with the ROX Desktop Environment - Build 241028
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. I've included devx_puppex-noble64.sfs in the ISO file. Load it if you need it. Study all installed packages in this PuppEX build.

INSTALL PuppEX Noble64 "original" 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 ROX DE with Synaptic running
2. Showing a WiFi connection
3. Installing Google Chrome
4. The Desktop 241028
5. Showing a Samba connection using PCManFM 241028

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NEWS ABOUT PuppEX Slack64 15.0 241018
This Puppy derivative is built using Puppy Linux Woof-CE Builder. It is compatible with Slackware 15.0 and uses kernel 6.10.13-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.
I've included devx_puppex-slack64.sfs in the ISO file. Load it if you need it. Study all installed packages in this PuppEX build.

SCREENSHOTS
1. First screen after boot
2. A Frugal install running from a USB stick
3. Puppy Linux info
4. Light Browser is outdated
5. Installing Firefox
6. Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions
7. Running in full screen in VirtualBox
8. Running the lspci command
9. Showing a Samba connection
10. Showing how to configure sound

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NEWS 240928 ABOUT PuppEX Bookworm64 Build - THREE versions
My three new Puppy Linux derivatives are built using the Bookworm Build Script. They are compatible with Debian Bookworm - Debian 12. All three versions are for UEFI computers. The UEFI Xfce4/LXQt Build 240928/240924 can run in full screen in VirtualBox, since VirtualBox Guest Additions are pre-installed. Watch this screenshot...
All Bookworm64 builds are for UEFI and non-UEFI computers. Also version 230309 (Tint2) runs very well in full screen in VirtualBox. Watch this screenshot...
Build 240928 uses Xfce4 as Desktop Environment (DE). Build 240924 uses LXQt as DE. Build 230309 uses Tint2 as DE. Compatible with Debian 12 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. All three PuppEX Bookworm64 versions can easily be installed manually (frugal installation) to hard drive if you have at least one Linux system installed. You must also use Grub as boot loader. Do it like this.
1. Extract everything from the PuppEX ISO to a folder called (for example) PUPPEX-BOOKWORM64 LXQt in the root (/) of your Linux system.
2. Add the following boot lines to your existing Grub configuration (/boot/grub/grub.cfg):
menuentry 'PuppEX Bookworm64 LXQt - DebLive (FRUGAL - sda4) 240924' --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-BOOKWORM64/live/vmlinuz1 edd=off noauto from=UUID:e1efec4d-0acb-44f3-b161-c865ea757d0f/PUPPEX-BOOKWORM64 changes=UUID:e1efec4d-0acb-44f3-b161-c865ea757d0f/PUPPEX-BOOKWORM64
initrd /PUPPEX-BOOKWORM64/live/initrd1.xz
}
NOTE1: The UUID above shall (of course) be the same as the one your installed Linux system has. You don't have to do anything else. Just boot up PuppEX and be happy!
NOTE2: As regards PuppEX Bookworm64 Build 240924 and 230309 you'll have to run the following command (as root) to be able to log in as the normal user puppy to LXQt or Tint2: chown -R puppy:puppy /home/puppy
Then press Ctrl Alt F2. Log in as puppy with password puppex. Run the command startx and you will enter LXQt or Tint2.
Watch this screenshot...
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT PuppEX Bookworm64 Xfce4 BUILD 240928
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 240928 though. When the boot process is ready you will end up at SLiM Login Manager site. Log in as the ordinary user puppy with password puppex. You will then enter the Xfce4 Desktop. You can't log in to Xfce4 as root. While logged in as puppy you can of course use Sudo to become root. Example commands: sudo su and sudo pcmanfm.

NOTE ABOUT SOUND: In PuppEX Bookworm64 Build 230309 with Tint2 and Build 240924 with the LXQt DE you will have sound also when logged in as root. That is essential since you normally run all Puppy/PuppEX versions as root. To fix the sound issue I followed the advice here.
First I installed PulseAudio and Pavucontrol with apt install pulseaudio pavucontrol. Then I added root to the Audio Group with usermod -a -G audio root. If you don't get sound when using YouTube (for example) you shall open up a terminal - RoxTerminal. After that you will get sound! If not restart Firefox.

Using Samba
You can connect to your Windows computers in your Home Network using this command as root: smbclient \\\\192.168.0.38\\LINUX -U arne
NOTE: This is an example of course. LINUX is my shared folder on one of my computers. arne is my login name on my Windows computer. You'll find your correct IP-address by running the command ipconfig on your Windows computer. You can transfer files between your computers using the command get and put.

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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 Jammy64. In PuppEX Bookworm64 (all three versions) and Slack64 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

As regards PuppEX Bookworm64 you can very easy install Google Chrome if you follow the instructions here. If you want to run Google Chrome as root you'll have to add --no-sandbox to the command google-chrome-stable.
The best thing with Chrome is that you can run Netflix while using it.

Known issues re. PuppEX Bookworm64
1. Fix warning about Google Chrome during update :: run this command:
wget -O- https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub |gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/google.gpg
2.If you have no sound you may have to select sound card and create an .asoundrc file in your home directory. Run Menu > System > Sound Card Selector. Watch this Puppy Forum topic...

Screenshot of PuppEX Bookworm64 root LXQt Desktop - 240924

Screenshot of PuppEX Bookworm64 root Tint2 Desktop - 230309

Screenshot of PuppEX Jammy64 22.04 Desktop - 241109

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 Noble64/Bookworm64/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 Slack64 Build 241018 and PuppEX Bookworm64 Build 230309 with Tint2 can also be downloaded from the Swedish Linux Society's server...

md5sum for PuppEX Noble64 Mate Build 241031

md5sum for PuppEX Noble64 KDE Build 241029

md5sum for PuppEX Noble64 ROX Build 241028

md5sum for PuppEX Slack64 Build 241018

md5sum for PuppEX Bookworm64 Build 240928 Xfce4 - UEFI

md5sum for PuppEX Bookworm64 Build 240924 LXQt - UEFI

md5sum for PuppEX Bookworm64 Build 230309 Tint2 - UEFI

md5sum for PuppEX Jammy64 Build 241109 - UEFI

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