PuppEX Noble64 Mate Build 241031
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.
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. Read about how to do that at the INFO site.
SCREENSHOTS
1. The Desktop 1
2. The Desktop 2
3. Synaptic running
PERSONAL NOTE: Now I will give Puppy Linux a rest. I'll be back in a year or so. I must upgrade or change all my other Linux systems...
