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This project was started when I realized that Ubuntu Bionic Beaver would reach End of Life on May 31, 2023; and before peebee explained that files in the then current Ubuntu repositories would merely be transfered and still somewhat available [even if not via Puppy Package Manager unless that was modified].
Bionicpup64 had been my ‘Go To’ Puppy almost since its release in 2019. It still was on my laptop. It could, and still can, perform any real-world task I wanted. Thanks to the efforts of Forum members, it still can run versions of the latest Web-browsers. And it can do all that using less RAM and in a more convenient manner than more recent Puppys*. So I thought, why not build a user-friendly version taking into consideration all upgrades and all insights Forum members have had since 666philb first made it available.
My laptop is a Lenovo T420 manufactured about 12 years ago. It has a second generation core i5 processor and 4Gb of RAM. When first available it sold for about $1,300. Today, similar T420’s can be purchased now for less than $100: very ‘user-friendly’. 
On my T420, the Remaster boots to desktop ‘using’ only 173 Mbs of RAM: that is, because of how efficiently Bionicpup64 manages RAM cache and buffering, only 173 Mbs of the 4Gbs are not available for running applications. And this despite all the ‘goodies’ now builtin.
The Good: 
OOTB, Bionic-Revival very likely has all the applications most User’s will need with one exception.
The Bad: 
The trade-off for the Good is that its ISO is almost 1GB, a long download. And it doesn’t have a builtin Web-browser. The latest firefox-esr is offered as a separate download. This Remaster takes a little while to reach desktop and to shut-down/reboot. Remember, you don’t have wait for it to shutdown. After 60 seconds --if you do nothing-- it will shutdown/reboot without Saving.
The reasons I didn’t build-in a web-browser are (a) they are the applications most often requiring updates, and built-ins complicate do that; and (b) most Users of Puppys already have their favorite web-browsers and/or are aware of the many SFSes and Portables you can download from links on the Forum. So only those new to Puppy would need a web-browser; and one has been provided in IMHO the most flexible format.
I’ll discuss that web-brower here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 667#p90667. Even if you don’t need it, you may want to scan the post for information about setting up ANY web-browser as default.
About the Goodies, after a word from our sponsor.
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The Goodies:
It can be deployed to a USB-Key using the latest Rufus (3.22) under Windows. See this post as to how to use Rufus. https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 522#p40522. I have no reason to doubt that under a Linux system Unetbootin can do the same following bigpup's instructions here, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 174#p83174.
The latest AUFS supporting kernel from ozsouth, https://www.forum.puppylinux.com/viewto ... 640#p85640. If you compile, he has also provided Sources and Headers linked from that post. FYI, with that ‘Hugh Kernel’ package and the fdrv.sfs built-in enabled wifi on my 12 year old Thinkpad. But as with other Puppys, ‘swapping kernels’ can be done if necessary.
The latest Openssl upgrade available from Ubuntu. A ‘reasonably’ current Openssl is an essential foundation to support Web-browers ‘acceptable’ to web-sites. My best guess is that the one builtin will keep Bionicpup-Revival useful for many years.
LibreOffice 5.3.2.2: Abiword is still there, but still presents problems with long documents. Abiword will open the Help files Wizard wrote.
Especially for newbies are wizard’s implementation of xfe as alternate file-manager and Help file documents. Thanks, wizard. 
I’ve only edited the Help files a little to reflect Bionic rather than fossa; and changed a couple of xfe’s default applications. Hope I got it right. 
AppFinder – again so that newbies don’t have to struggle learning which applications do what.
Gimp 2.10.
Masterpdfeditor4 – still the best for doing serious work with pdfs.
XnViewMP – A graphic file manager with some basic photo editing capabilities. [Note: run Menu>Setup>Menu-Manager, Click OK to obtain a Menu-listing. Missed that before the full remaster].
lazpaint – a graphic application with a gui for creating vector graphics and combining those with raster graphics.
peazip – supplementing Bionicpup’s other compression/decompression tools, and providing an easy means to encrypt folders.
Xournal – a note-taking with graphics application.
Artha – an OFF-LINE thesaurus.
Planner – for organizing work-flow
Dukto – an easy to use application for transferring files over your network. [Also present are applications for transferring files between your computer and cameras or android devices. If possible, these were updated].
Dogradio & Deadbeef for your listening pleasure
Avidemux and Winff for basic video editing and format conversions. Avidemux is version 2.7.1. Later versions annoying stick to the Top-Left corner of one’s screen.
And Upgrades –whenever possible-- to all Utilities previously built into Bionicpup64–such as Radkys for desktop management-- with the additions of grub2 bootloader config, nicOS-Utilities-Suite and pwidgets
Other Applications not included: As I mentioned, Bionicpup64 can perform every real-world task I desired. Over the course of time I’ve accumulated over a hundred applications specifically built for the ‘old’ Bionicpup64. Most were not builtin to the Revival. I expect that most, but perhaps not all, those not included will work OOT under Revival. There are many Portables published by Forum members and available AppImages which Bionicpup64 can use. Some of those may have rendered the ones I’ve accumulated obsolete.
The online folder from which you can obtain the ISO and firefox_esr.sfs will be dedicated to Bionicpup64 and open to all. You’ll find within it a screenshot of my bionicpup64 applications. Later on this thread I’ll provide links to some available portables and Appimages. If you know of an application which is either hard to find or soon likely to become unavailable let me know. When necessary and possible, I’ll upload it to that online folder. The folder MAY –I’ve got to ruminate about it-- also contain a spread sheet of applications and links to them. So check the folder before posting.
Minimum RAM 2Gb, recommended 4GB. More is even better.
Link to Bionicpup64-Revival.ISO and firefox64-esr_8.0.sfs
https://mega.nz/folder/A7ZDzRpC#akFHWOVO9HaouYx5G_e9Rg
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* My last exploration of dimkr’s work on VanillaDPups suggests that they may be more ‘ram-efficient’, especially compared to other recent Puppys. Eventually, I’ll explore them again. But currently on my two main computers I don’t consider them “User-Friendly” for three reasons: (1) dimkr is moving toward (if not already) entirely depending on Overlays, entirely abandoning AUFS. I may not need AUFS’s greater flexibility, but occasionally still find it useful. (2) Conman has replaced Puppys’ admittedly confusing offering of three network managers. Conman is the fastest network setup implementation available to Puppys. But is its also the most fragile. I have a weak wifi connection, often lost. To recover it Conman requires a reboot. Puppys usual network managers don’t. Once the wifi signal is strong enough they will usually pick it up; worse-case requires just a restart-x. (3) Pulse-Audio under Puppy is not yet as User-friendly as the Alsa-retrovol combination.
