ArchPup 12.12.2
Posted: Mon 17 Dec 2012, 09:12
ArchPup is minimalistic Puppy Linux variant, built using Arch Linux packages,
with pacman installed and configured as default package manager.
Combining speed and low resource requirements from Puppy Linux with this
powerful and efficient package manager, ArchPup provides a light-weight,
portable operating system and gives full control to the end user. Obviously
this OS would not be possible without Arch Linux developers and Mr. Barry Kauler,
so we owe them a big 'thank you'.
People behind ArchPup:
Developer: simargl
Contributors: mavrothal, stifiling
Ideas and suggestions: peebee, oui, darkcity
Next version Planning phase
UPDATE: 12.12.2, January 9th, 2013
This release is made with two main goals: include linux-firmware into main iso in order to
achieve better support for wireless internet cards, and keep iso size below 80 MB.
Actually, latest ArchPup iso with size 78 MB is smaller than ever. To make this possible I
removed some applications (like pacmanxg) and unneeded files from /usr/lib/gconv and
/usr/share/i18n/charmaps. New terminal sakura which allows right click copy/paste was added
to replace urxvt. Main iso now comes with two sfs included archpup.sfs and adrv.sfs.
adrv.sfs contains all graphical applications and window manager related stuff, so it is
now easy to remaster and use language, DE, window manager... of your choice. Also, I want to
thank all users who posted comments on this forum, your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Release notes for ArchPup-12.12.1
Twenty days after first release, I am pleased to announce update for version 12.12,
which includes many bug fixes, together with some additional applications and scripts:
- added PacmanXG4 - graphical frontend for pacman,
- yaourt replaces packer (If you want to build packages from AUR, first run this in terminal: update-ca-certificates),
- notification support using xfce4-notifyd,
- added wvdial - a dialer program to connect to the Internet,
- lxtask replaces htop,
- fixed executing pinstall.sh and puninstall.sh scripts inside sfs module,
- help section with following topics explained: Install ArchPup to USB or HDD,
Manage packages with pacman, Using ArchPup specific scripts,
- changed user accounts, unprivileged user name is arch, read documentation
to find out user passwords
- arch2sfs and makesfs scripts, for easy sfs module creation,
- new logout dialog.
Changes in version 12.12:
- Upgraded to latest Arch Linux packages from December 2012
(glibc-2.16, gcc-4.7.2, linux-3.6.8, xorg-server-1.13.0, mesa-9.0.1...)
- Moved squashfs-tools to main iso
- Added grub4dos config
- Fixed saving session on first reboot
Download from SourceForge.net
archpup-12.12.2.iso
Recomended
Applications module containing: firefox, flashplugin, evince, smplayer, deadbeef, xarchiver,
transmission, smtube, faience-icon-theme, image-enlarger, gpicview...
archapps-12.12.sfs
Optional
Development add-on with gcc, perl, python2, musl, cmake, git, mercurial, bzr, vala, subversion...
archdev-12.12.sfs
linux-3.6.8-12.12.sfs
md5sums.txt
Screenshot thumbnails (click for larger image)
with pacman installed and configured as default package manager.
Combining speed and low resource requirements from Puppy Linux with this
powerful and efficient package manager, ArchPup provides a light-weight,
portable operating system and gives full control to the end user. Obviously
this OS would not be possible without Arch Linux developers and Mr. Barry Kauler,
so we owe them a big 'thank you'.
People behind ArchPup:
Developer: simargl
Contributors: mavrothal, stifiling
Ideas and suggestions: peebee, oui, darkcity
Next version Planning phase
UPDATE: 12.12.2, January 9th, 2013
This release is made with two main goals: include linux-firmware into main iso in order to
achieve better support for wireless internet cards, and keep iso size below 80 MB.
Actually, latest ArchPup iso with size 78 MB is smaller than ever. To make this possible I
removed some applications (like pacmanxg) and unneeded files from /usr/lib/gconv and
/usr/share/i18n/charmaps. New terminal sakura which allows right click copy/paste was added
to replace urxvt. Main iso now comes with two sfs included archpup.sfs and adrv.sfs.
adrv.sfs contains all graphical applications and window manager related stuff, so it is
now easy to remaster and use language, DE, window manager... of your choice. Also, I want to
thank all users who posted comments on this forum, your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Release notes for ArchPup-12.12.1
Twenty days after first release, I am pleased to announce update for version 12.12,
which includes many bug fixes, together with some additional applications and scripts:
- added PacmanXG4 - graphical frontend for pacman,
- yaourt replaces packer (If you want to build packages from AUR, first run this in terminal: update-ca-certificates),
- notification support using xfce4-notifyd,
- added wvdial - a dialer program to connect to the Internet,
- lxtask replaces htop,
- fixed executing pinstall.sh and puninstall.sh scripts inside sfs module,
- help section with following topics explained: Install ArchPup to USB or HDD,
Manage packages with pacman, Using ArchPup specific scripts,
- changed user accounts, unprivileged user name is arch, read documentation
to find out user passwords
- arch2sfs and makesfs scripts, for easy sfs module creation,
- new logout dialog.
Changes in version 12.12:
- Upgraded to latest Arch Linux packages from December 2012
(glibc-2.16, gcc-4.7.2, linux-3.6.8, xorg-server-1.13.0, mesa-9.0.1...)
- Moved squashfs-tools to main iso
- Added grub4dos config
- Fixed saving session on first reboot
Download from SourceForge.net
archpup-12.12.2.iso
Recomended
Applications module containing: firefox, flashplugin, evince, smplayer, deadbeef, xarchiver,
transmission, smtube, faience-icon-theme, image-enlarger, gpicview...
archapps-12.12.sfs
Optional
Development add-on with gcc, perl, python2, musl, cmake, git, mercurial, bzr, vala, subversion...
archdev-12.12.sfs
linux-3.6.8-12.12.sfs
md5sums.txt
Screenshot thumbnails (click for larger image)