Kirk and myself is pleased to announce Fatdog64 601. This is a maintenance release and mainly contain bugfixes over 600. If 600 is working for you and its known bugs do not affect you, you don't need to update to 601. For new users, usage of 601 is recommended over 600.
Changes from 600:
- YASSM updated to 2.4.6 (rcrsn51) - this has ability to search for shares
- savefile-argument-builder update to 1.2 (rcrsn51) - this fixes a bug when finding UUID
- update xorg with patched version that fixes panning
- fix major bug: savefile-tool does not always work
- fix major bug: launching console applications can lock X desktop
- new tool: fatdog disk usage
- update kernel to 3.4.5
- update seamonkey to 2.11
- update guess_fstype and busybox for ext4 detection
- and other minor fixes.
[Release Notes for 600]
Kirk and myself are pleased to announce Fatdog64 600 Final, after over 6 months of development time and 2 months of continuous testing.
Fatdog64 600 is the next generation Fatdog, the first major release after 500 series (500, 510, 511, 520, 521) and brings about many changes, hopefully for the better.
For those who have not followed the alpha2/beta1/beta2/rc releases; this release brings major changes to Fatdog. Please read the FAQ here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... s/faq.html especially the boot options which has changed significantly from 521 and other puppies: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... tions.html
Changes from 600rc:
- restore "archive" functionality for multisession save
- applet to create "savefile" boot option from existing savefiles (thanks rcrsn51)
- Update libv4l package
- Add more dvb firmware
- New drive mounter (replacing pmount) - original pmount still available as pmount-old
- And a few bug fixes from rc.
Packages in no particular order:
- Gcc-4.6.2
- Glibc 2.13
- GTK+ 2.24 with Glib 2.28
- Qt 4.7.2 (partial)
- Xorg-1.11.4
- Mesa-8.0.2
- ALSA 1.0.25
- VLC-2.0.1 (compiled with --enable-pvr & subtitles) replaces Xine
- CUPS 1.5.2, ghostscipt 9.0.2, Gutenprint 5.2.8
- Wpa_gui replaces Frisbee.
- Evince replaces epdfviewer
- Peasyscan 1.9, peasypdf 1.6, new peasyprint and peasyscale (thanks to rcrsn51)
- Fotoxx-12.01.2
- Abiword rolled back to a patched version 2.8.6
- Update libv4l package
- Add more dvb firmware
- ffmpeg to 0.11.1
- libdrm-2.4.35
- xf86-input-synaptics-1.6.2
- xf86-video-ati-6.14.5
- xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.0
- Linux kernel 3.4.4
- urxvt 9.15 (without perl extension)
- Hauppauge firmware
- ene-ub6250 firmware
- Seamonkey 2.10.1
- Latest hardinfo from git, patched to avoid not crash and show Fatdog64 version
- libdbus_glib (enable firefox official binaries to run)
- Flash player 11.2.202.236
- gtkdialog4 0.8.0
- JWM build 579
- Rox to git master 2012-05-30
- Gimp 2.6.12 with script-fu and python-fu (python-fu requires python and pygtk from pet repo)
- SLiM 1.3.3 graphical login manager
- partimage 0.6.9
- mongoose webserver git 2012-06-19 - works with php and mysql on the pet repo
- And hundreds of other package upgrades.
Fatdog/Puppy specific packages in no particular order:
- Peasyscan to 2.4 (thanks rcrsn51)
- Grub4dosconfig 1.8 (thanks shinobar)
- Sfsmanager (thanks 01micko)
- Firewall-status control panel applet (thanks rcrsn51)
- FFconvert 1.3 (thanks shinobar)
- smbw - alternative Samba printer (thanks rcrsn51)
- YASSM 2.1 (thanks rcrsn51)
- Wallpaper setter to 0.6.2 (thanks 01micko)
- Peasypdf 2.2 replaces puppypdf (thanks rcrsn51)
- Pburn updated to 3.6.0
- Pmusic updated to 2.6.2
- QuickApps - alternative application launcher
New features in no particular order:
- Optimised for harddisk frugal install, boot faster than Fatdog64 521
- Unlimited number of SFS (warning: too many SFS will slow the system down)
- Humongous initrd by default; tool to make standard ("small") initrd provided
- PXE-boot directly using the ISO file
- Flexible savefile options - local disks, cifs share, nbd, or dvd+rw
- Savefile in a file or to entire partition
- RAM layer options in all savefile options, not only flash drive
- Ability to disable session saving when running in RAM mode
- "Underdog" feature - run other Linux partition with Fatdog
- ISO file is isohybrid file and can be either be burned to DVD or imaged directly to USB stick
- Clean un-mount - for savefile and the underlying devices, even for ntfs partition
- Faster multisession (dvd only: dvd+rw/dvd+r/dvd-r supported)
- New installer - install and configure boot loader in one step
- New remaster tool
- New package manager
- New event manager
- New Samba browser on desktop
- New savefile resize tool that does not require double the disk space
- New control panel - all system/settings apps are now here
- New services manager (replacing bootmanager)
- New SFS loader with on-the-fly loading capability (replacing bootmanager)
- New drive mounter (replacing pmount) - original pmount still available as pmount-old
- Udev-based desktop drive icons (replacing pup_event_frontend_d)
- Udev-based hotplug management (replacing pup_event_backend_modprobe)
- HTML-lised manpages in devx (or separate manpages.sfs)
- CUPS-PDF can now be used as PDF print server (again)
- In Openbox, Windows-K key is shortcut for xkill (to kill windows apps). Right-click to cancel.
- Experimental multi-user
- Multiple login modes: easily switch between autologin, graphical, console login modes.
Discontinued features:
- Dropped support for full-install (but please see http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=79819 if you really need this feature)
- Dropped multisession support for CD/CD-RW
[ISO and devx]
Fatdog64 600 final is released in two official flavours:
- Seamonkey (Fatdog64-600.iso)
- Firefox (Fatdog64-600-firefox.iso)
And one "unofficial" version using "small initrd" (Seamonkey only) - Fatdog64-600-small-initrd.iso (only available on the personal mirrors below).
Primary distribution site: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... atdog/iso/
Mirrors (may take a while to synchronise):
- http://ftp.nluug.nl/ibiblio/distributions/fatdog/
- http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fatdog/
- http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/fatdog/
Personal mirrors:
- http://puppy-linux.org/fatdog64/ (thanks to Q5sys)
- http://www.smokey01.com/jamesbond/fatdog64/ (thanks to smokey01)
[PET Packages]
Other SFS and packages are available from ibiblio and its mirrors.
When possible, get the packages from official pet repo first using the Package Manager (available from the Control Panel). Package Manager provides dependency tracking for both installation and uninstallation.
[Previous releases]
Earlier discussion threads during testing stages - though some of the info have been superseded, they still contain useful information and hints.
- RC release thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=79424
- eta2 release thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=79265
- Beta1 release thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=79001
- Alpha2 release thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=78407. Alpha2 is the first early public release of 600.
- Fatdog64 521 - the last 500 series release - thread: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72483
- Special thanks for rcrsn51 who tirelessly updates his tools (peasy-apps, YASSM & others) for Fatdog throughout the long nights from alpha2 stages until final, as well as the superb provision of printing and scanning support.
- Thanks to 01micko, shinobar and zigbert for providing and updating key applications in Fatdog.
- Most heartfelt thanks to all alpha, beta and rc testers who helped to uncover tons of bugs: 01micko, Billtoo, Jim1911, rcrsn51, James C, gcmartin, and many others - I'm sure I missed many.